Theory
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Condition, Terminal? Notes Toward and Against a Concept of National Pessimism
I have intended for some time to write this piece, to formalize ideas which have swirled in the æther since I started my first clumsy attempts at writing for a public audience. Some have been abandoned, others changed in form… Continue reading
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On Students and Socialism
This article was originally written way back when the blog was launched in 2017 (I’m reasonably sure I penned a draft even earlier while in undergrad), but has slowly migrated – mostly finished and entirely unpublished – across laptops, USB… Continue reading
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Archive: Unity (Socialist Worker, 2005-2010)
Available material All issues of Unity published 2005-2010.Missing materialNone, the items linked below constitute the entirety of Unity’s run in both forms it was published. Unity was the last physical periodical produced by Socialist Worker (NZ) before the organisation was… Continue reading
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Supplementary Notes on Sectology, the Current State and Political Composition of the Socialist Left
The following are some notes related to a somewhat impromptu talk I gave at the first annual Otago Politics Day School in August entitled The Modern Socialist Left in New Zealand: Its Current State and Political Composition. Because the talk… Continue reading
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Reprint: Broadsheet Debates the “New Age” (Sue Flitchett & Cushla Dodson, Broadsheet, 1988-1989)
After my dive into the Broadsheet archives, which in all honesty revealed very little for the project that initiated it, I wound up with somewhere in the vicinity of two to three dozen pieces that caught my eye for republishing… Continue reading
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Reprint: Mosgiel – women ‘restructured’ (Mary Hancock, Broadsheet, 1981)
I’ve been scouring the Broadsheet archive for an unrelated project, and among other things this article caught my eye as something that should gain a new audience it may not otherwise have if I left it be. While the other… Continue reading
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Reprint: Reconsidering Marxism (Bruce Jesson, The Republican, 1984-85)
Been awhile since I reprinted anything, but I’ve got a big one to make up for lost time. Bruce Jesson is someone that’s probably familiar to the readers of this blog, either as a more historical figure to younger readers… 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 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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Reprint: Towards a Socialist Polynesia (Owen Gager, pamphlet, 1982)
I’ve decided to reprint this now obscure essay by Owen Gager partly because I’ve seen it referenced on numerous occasions (it seems to have made some waves at the time) and partly because I see very few attempts at such… Continue reading
Notes South from Nowhere 