Research
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Long, Slow, and with Terrible Haste (Dunedin-Palestine Solidarity Movement, October-December 2023)
I had intended to publish this around a month ago, but unfortunately life gets ahead at times. C’est la vie, I suppose. In keeping with the local demonstration photo galleries I posted in 2022, this will be a mixture of… Continue reading
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A Sectological Survey of NZ (2022)
When I pulled down the Leftovers, the section of the website I used to run as a guide to the organisations and sects of the socialist left in NZ, it was due in part to simply not having the time… Continue reading
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The Birth of a Modern Far Right in New Zealand: The Post-War Years, 1950s-1980s
A few years back I began what was intended to be a fairly brisk series of articles detailing the history of what can broadly be considered a ‘far right’ politics in New Zealand, with the intention of having an easily… Continue reading
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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
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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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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 