Activism

  • Independent Socialist Media in NZ: A Quick Survey

    It probably isn’t too controversial to say that left media in New Zealand has gone through some uncomfortable teething pains this decade. Although it hasn’t exactly been in a healthy state since probably the 1990s, the mix of rapid acceleration… Continue reading

    Independent Socialist Media in NZ: A Quick Survey
  • Is It Over?

    As I begin typing here, I’m not entirely sure what the end result of this piece will be. I find myself at wits end puzzling over what exactly the New Zealand radical left should do going into the future. It’s… Continue reading

    Is It Over?
  • 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

    Left Out? The Extra-Parliamentary Left in Aotearoa/NZ from 1999 to 2008
  • 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

    To Jettison the ‘Pragmatists’