Grid of posts 2×3

  • Body Politics (a poem by Sionainn Byrnes)

    Poem by Sionainn Byrnes (UC Femsoc, Fightback). Trigger warning: references to incest What am I? On A3 sheets of recycled pulp mashed new Furry ended felts and snapped crayons strewn across the room I am opportunity, I am hope, I am green ribbons in auburn pigtails I am marital glue – pasty, gelatinous, salty I Read more

  • Mass Surveillance and Resistance

    Revelations just five days before the General Election pose serious questions about the nature of the New Zealand government. Whistleblower Edward Snowden has revealed details about the GCSB and the rest of the spying apparatus. The revelations on spying reveal that it is a serious threat to the democratic rights of New Zealanders. Snowden has provided Read more

  • Mass surveillance and sexual violence: The difference between Snowden and Assange

    Last night’s ‘Moment of Truth’ event in Auckland, called together by Internet Party founder Kim Dotcom, revealed the extent of mass surveillance in Aotearoa/NZ. Our government, in complicity with a transnational regime headed by the US, collects extensive personal data through information technology. As seen in the 2007 Urewera Raids, governments will use this information Read more

  • Feed the kids, end the hunger system

    Internet MANA recently released its policy platform for eliminating poverty. Feed The Kids is a key plank. This article by Grant Brookes, originally published by Fightback in March 2013, offers a socialist perspective on feeding the kids and ending the hunger system. One in five New Zealand children were living in poverty in 2011, says Read more

  • WGTN event: Why socialists participate in elections

    Is all politics dirty? Does voting change anything, and is it enough? If socialists view parliament as a part of capitalism, why do we engage in elections? Monday | September 15th | 6pm | 19 Tory St [Facebook event] Read more

  • Queer Politics and the Election: What are “Our” issues?

    By Nic Wood, reprinted from Ours. I’m queer. My ideas about what it means to be and belong as a queer person have changed a lot since I ‘came out’ in my teenage years. It’s interesting for me to reflect on this in the context of an election, because the notion of ‘belonging’ is intensified and highly visible Read more