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Left Out? The Extra-Parliamentary Left in Aotearoa/NZ from 1999 to 2008
By popular demand, I’ve decided to put a copy of my master’s dissertation on the blog for anyone interested to have a browse. Left Out? The Extra-Parliamentary Left in Aotearoa/NZ from 1999 to 2008 represents both a year of my life… Continue reading
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To Fascism or Not: The Origins of New Zealand’s Far Right (p2)
Following on from the previous article (here) in this part I’ll be looking at the 1905 murder of Joe Kum Yung, anti-semitism and Jewish refugees from Europe, and two mass right-wing or reactionary movements which arose in NZ during the… Continue reading
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To Jettison the ‘Pragmatists’
I’ve been meaning to put my thoughts on the role of intellectualism, education, and independent media for New Zealand socialists for a while now. Folk who know me well know I tread an awkward position denouncing both the barren anti-intellectualism… Continue reading
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Drowning in a Shallow Cesspit
What a thoroughly abhorrent swamp the parliamentary left presently is. Nothing, it would seem, is safe from opportunistic reaction (though to be fair I never really doubted this to be the case). Over the past few weeks a certain level… Continue reading
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Reflecting on the Spectacle of ANZAC
Now that another years’ concentrated spectacle is a month or so passed, I thought I’d throw up a short reflection on ANZAC Day while I work on other projects. This year was the first I didn’t go to any services,… Continue reading
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Outpost of Empire: The Origins of New Zealand’s Far Right (p1)
New Zealand has avoided the kinds of reactionary mass movements which gained considerable ground during periods of crisis in various other countries. Classical fascist movements or contemporary populist chauvinism (such as, say, ‘Powellism’ in Britain or ‘Hansonism’ in Australia) largely… Continue reading
Notes South from Nowhere 