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International Socialists Aotearoa @isoaotearoa.bsky.social · 7d

There is a call-out to flood the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade with requests to assure his safety and provide him support to return home. We call on all our members and followers to do the same.
Phone 0800301030 or email [email protected].

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International Socialists Aotearoa @isoaotearoa.bsky.social · 7d

The International Socialist Organisation of Aotearoa (New Zealand) supports the goals of the Global Sumud Flotilla, & condemns the actions of Israeli forces against them.
Israel has now arrested flotilla activists, including New Zealand citizens Samuel Leason, Rana Hamida, and Youssef Sammour.

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International Socialists Aotearoa @isoaotearoa.bsky.social · 7d

Israeli forces have intercepted and boarded boats in the #GlobalSumudFlotilla, which was sailing to #Gaza. The Flotilla was a civilian aid flotilla; its goals are to bring aid supplies to Palestinians who are being starved by Israel, & to bring global attention to Israel's crime of cutting off aid🧵

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International Socialists Aotearoa @isoaotearoa.bsky.social · 7d

“The year of the #strike? Perfect pay storm looms over public sector.” This was a @stuff.co.nz headline back in February. The perfect storm has arrived though it’s about much more than pay. The current strike wave has the potential to reshape the political landscape #nzpol iso.org.nz/2025/10/01/t...

The year of the strike is a year like no other

“The year of the strike? Perfect pay storm looms over public sector.” This was the headline of an article back in February by a prescient Stuff journalist. This perfect storm has arrived, though it’s ...

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International Socialists Aotearoa @isoaotearoa.bsky.social · 9d

"Socialists (along with sympathisers, the curious, and even haters) should understand a defining schism or split in socialist politics: between the traditions of #Socialism from Below and Socialism from Above. Essentially: to organise or to be organised."
#nzpol
iso.org.nz/2025/09/29/t...

Tātau, Tātau e: Socialism from Below

The emancipation of the working class must be the work of the working class itself. – Marx and Engels, Strategy and Tactics of the Class Struggle, 1879 The working class is the maker of history....

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 18d

on.ft.com/48qLNWG ‘It’s our South Africa moment’: the growing global boycott of Israel

‘It’s our South Africa moment’: the growing global boycott of Israel

Calls to shun Israel over its war in Gaza are gaining traction in sport, the arts and academia

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Left Voice @leftvoice.bsky.social · 19d

Mamdani’s campaign for reform faces massive political and economic pressures that are already starting to drive him rightward. But winning the battles with capital depends on the class struggle.
www.leftvoice.org/mamdanis-cam...

Mamdani’s Campaign Is up Against Capitalist Headwinds, but with Class Struggle We Can Win Our Demands - Left Voice

Mamdani’s campaign for reform faces massive political and economic pressures that are already starting to drive him rightward. But winning the battles with capital depends on the class struggle.

www.leftvoice.org

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 18d

What is going on in Your Party?

👇Civil war in the party’s leadership threatens the whole project—but building an insurgent left alternative remains the priority

socialistworker.co.uk/news/what-is...

What is going on in Your Party?

A row in the leadership of Your Party threatens the whole project—but building an insurgent left alternative remains the priority.

socialistworker.co.uk

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International Socialists Aotearoa @isoaotearoa.bsky.social · 19d

“Union workers are rightly outraged by this govt and are ready to use their most effective tool, the withholding of their labour, to demand change. In this climate, union leaders who are truly committed to the rights of women workers should be calling for wider strikes”
iso.org.nz/2025/09/20/w...

Women workers deserve a stronger union response to pay equity cuts

This government hates the working class, particularly women In May 2025, New Zealand’s coalition government passed the Equal Pay Amendment Act under urgency, and in this one action, rolled back years ...

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International Socialists Aotearoa @isoaotearoa.bsky.social · 29d

“Voting in local elections won’t fix all the problems we face, nor is the current local government our vision of working class democracy. But social progress can be maintained by encouraging voter turnout, retaining Māori wards & electing local politicians who stand for collective well-being”
#nzpol

New Zealand’s Local Elections: What’s At Stake?

Local government “Local government” is the term used for elected officials and non-elected bureaucratic structures that oversee geographic subparts of New Zealand. The Local Government Act 2002 descri...

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International Socialists Aotearoa @isoaotearoa.bsky.social · Aug 30

“Socialists fight for extending democratic rights, for social services, & against militarism & the carceral system. This puts us in direct conflict with the Right Wing worms currently leading the NZ state politically. But our opposition to the state goes deeper”
#nzpol
iso.org.nz/2025/08/28/j...

J is for Justice

According to states around the world, one of their central purposes is to maintain order and dispense justice among their populations. Socialists understand that the order they maintain is the capital...

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International Socialists Aotearoa @isoaotearoa.bsky.social · Aug 15

“The Coalition govt has been relentless in its cuts. Health has been especially targeted, w/ funding cuts, moves towards #privatisation, & deregulation of professions being 3 methods of prioritising profit & its own interests over people & their health & well-being”
#nzpol
iso.org.nz/2025/08/15/h...

Healthcare in Aotearoa

The Coalition government has been relentless in its cuts to public services across the board, all while pumping out policies that uphold the status quo and benefit the wealthy few. Health has been esp...

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International Socialists Aotearoa @isoaotearoa.bsky.social · Aug 8

“Climate change costs jobs and homes”

Bathurst Resources wants a new mine to extract even more climate-changing coal - and ANZ Bank is helping them do it. Today ISO joined @climateliberation.bsky.social’s blockades of ANZ branches.

People & planet before profit - System change not #climatechange!

ISO placard in Pōneke reads: “climate change costs jobs and homes”

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · Mar 27

Emmy, Peyton, and Grace are PAPA members as well as criminology lecturers. In this article for the Spinoff, they explain the evidence proving that everything Tamatha Paul said about the police is true.

thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-...

Is Tamatha Paul in ‘la-la land’? Here’s what the evidence says

A history of negative experiences of policing will affect how some communities view the police – and it's crucial that the opinions of these communities are heard.

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International Socialists Aotearoa @isoaotearoa.bsky.social · Aug 8

It’s no accident that a focus on wealth accumulation for the few is complemented by a “tough on crime” approach: there has to be a way of managing the fallout, the communities abandoned by austerity – some way of justifying the violence visited on them
#nzpol @papa.org.nz
iso.org.nz/2025/08/07/t...

The Politics of Law and Order

The politics of “law and order” in New Zealand finds its natural home in the current pro-business coalition government. It is no accident that a central focus on accumulation is complemented by a “tou...

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International Socialists Aotearoa @isoaotearoa.bsky.social · Jul 31

Socialists out yesterday with #nurses in their fight for #safestaffing. That means funding public health, not tax cuts for the govt’s capitalist mates & parasitic landlords! Respect to the #NZNO rank & file & Prez Anne Daniels for dismantling tripe peddled by right-wing slimeballs like Ryan Bridge

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International Socialists Aotearoa @isoaotearoa.bsky.social · Jul 31

“The crowd of 300, bristling with flags of #NZNO, various unions & Tino Rangatiratanga, gathered at Te Whatu Ora head office to demand better pay, safer staffing & recruitment of new nurses – the bare minimum for #nurses facing the reality of Aotearoa’s healthcare crisis” iso.org.nz/2025/07/31/s...

“Share the Wealth, Protect Public Health!”: Notes from the Nurses’ Strike in Pōneke

Heralded by fire truck sirens and honks from passing cars, Te Whatu Ora nurses, midwives, healthcare assistants and kaimahi hauora from Hutt Hospital and Wellington Hospital walked off their shifts at...

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International Socialists Aotearoa @isoaotearoa.bsky.social · Jul 27

“Work in the performing arts – incl dance, theatre & film – raises unique issues at the intersection of consent & workplace safety. Workers in these industries are fighting to raise awareness, promote safer practices, & strengthen protections against harassment & abuse.”

iso.org.nz/2025/07/19/c...

Consent and Workplace Safety in Performing Arts

Work in the performing arts – including dance, theatre and film – raises unique issues at the intersection of consent and workplace safety. Workers in these industries are fighting to raise awareness ...

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · Jul 22

Nearly two-thirds of young Americans view socialism favorably, according to a 2025 YouGov/CATO poll.

That's up from 51% in 2019.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · Jul 22

#OtD 22 Jul 2005 civil servants in Tonga went on strike for pay rises. The strike incapacitated the government and grew to include many other public sector employees, resulting in the most significant challenge to the island's monarchy in its history stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9488...

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International Socialists Aotearoa @isoaotearoa.bsky.social · Jul 22

Public talk presented by Lily Atu at the ISO Te Whanganui-a-Tara weekly meeting on 15 July - about resistance in the #Pacific, particularly discussing the struggle and resistance to colonial oppression and exploitation.
#kanaky #imperialism #westpapua #nzpol
m.youtube.com/watch?v=e00o...

Resistance in the Pacific

YouTube video by ISO Te Whanganui-a-Tara

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · Jul 21

#OtD 21 Jul 1936 this iconic photo of 17-year-old socialist Marina Ginestà was taken by Hans Gutmann after the start of the Spanish civil war. She was a journalist and translator who was given the rifle to pose with. She survived the war. More in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e39-...

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International Socialists Aotearoa @isoaotearoa.bsky.social · Jul 22

“Nurses, midwives, and healthcare assistants have voted to go on a 24-hour #strike at the end of July. When #nurses and the health system are being attacked by a government ruling for the rich, it is right to strike!”
#nzpol
iso.org.nz/2025/07/21/n...

Nurses and Healthcare Workers: Right to Strike!

Nurses, midwives, and healthcare assistants have voted to go on a 24-hour strike at the end of July. When nurses and the health system are being attacked by a government ruling for the rich, it is rig...

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Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · Jul 19

"Unsolvable economic crisis plus Trump’s rogue politics make Trumpism an extremely unstable system."

The buffoon, the empire, and the crisis

Thomas Hummel describes the onslaught of Trump’s first six months: a program of crisis-driven neoliberal austerity and ideological appeals to his petty bourgeois base

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · Jul 19

#OtD 19 Jul 1936 after a right-wing coup by General Franco, workers across Spain took up arms and launched a social revolution. The ensuing civil war pitted the working class against Spanish capitalists, German Nazis and Italian fascists. More in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e...

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