Wellington
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Archive: The State Adversary (State Adversary Collective, 1987-2000)
Available materialThe following issues published 1991-1996 – #18-25, #27-29.Missing materialThe following issues published up to the thirtieth – #1-17, #26, #30 – as well as all subsequent issues up to its 2000 discontinuation. An institution of the 1990s anarchist movement,… Continue reading
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Clowns to the Left, Cowards to the Right
After something of a break from writing over the length of the pandemic, it is probably somewhat unusual for me to write here so soon after I last published something. Alas, the story that has gripped media headlines and the… Continue reading
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Who Wants to go Camping?
As I start writing, the tent encampment on parliament grounds that resulted from “Convoy 2022” remains in place. Rain is belting Wellington and the sprinklers have been turned on in a rather spiteful effort to encourage the protesters to disperse… 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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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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Reprint: Salient Interviews Colin King-Ansell (uncredited, Salient, 1970)
This three page interview was the center-piece of the feature on the far right Salient published in 1970 (the rest of which is here). A fair chunk of the article as it appears in the archive is unclear, I’ve done… Continue reading
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Reprint: Salient looks at New Zealand’s Far Right (uncredited, Salient, 1970)
This took a while to put together, effectively editing around 10,000 words of article that included both scanning mistakes and the occasional mistake in the original articles. I’ve cut the centerpiece interview (posted here), and some literature from the National… Continue reading
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Reprint: Salient Confronts the Radical Right in the Swingin’ Sixties (various, Salient, 1965-1967)
I’ll be posting some more things I dig out from the Salient archive over the next few days, all on the radical right in New Zealand. The topic has a fairly small amount published on it, so until I’ve finished… Continue reading
Notes South from Nowhere 