Say NO to the 90 Day Hire & Fire Act (AWSM 2009)
Download leaflet. Workers in small businesses across the country have been subject to increasing attacks on their rights to work since the election of the current government. The National Party’s 90...
View ArticleLet’s melt the wage freeze (AWSM 2009)
Download leaflet. OK, you’re here at the rally about the wage freeze for low-paid government workers. Yeah, the recession has hit us hard, with mass layoffs and pay freezes, and the prices of food and...
View ArticleNew Website – we are still here
The Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement has been quiet for a few months. But we are still here! Due to some technical glitches, we’ve had to re-design our website. We have also changed our email...
View ArticleAsset sales – an anarchist position (AWSM 2013)
Download leaflet. Angry? You bet! We are marching side-byside with others who are sick and tired of greed. We reject privatisation – the transfer of functions and industry to the private sector – as it...
View ArticleAsset sales – an anarchist position
Here is a leaflet we wrote for the asset sales protest on 27th April 2013. You can download a PDF here. Angry? You bet! We are marching side-by-side with others who are sick and tired of greed. We...
View ArticleBrazilian anarchism interview on the Crisis, World Cup, Especifismo
In a wide ranging interview Paul Bowman talked to Felipe Corrêa (FC) a Brazilian anarchist who is member of Organização Anarquista Socialismo Libertário [Libertarian Socialist Anarchist Organization]...
View Article1st May – a day to celebrate our victories
What is May Day? The traditional workers holiday, 1st May, has its roots in a pagan festival that was perpetuated by the common folk of Europe, despite repeated attempts by the church and authorities...
View ArticleBook Launch – Sewing Freedom: Philip Josephs, Transnationalism & Early New...
Jared Davidson, AK Press, and the Museum of Wellington City & Sea invite you to the launch of Sewing Freedom, a new book on early anarchism and labour history in New Zealand. “Sewing Freedom works...
View Article10 years of the Balkan Anarchist Bookfair
The Federation for Anarchist Organizing (FAO) invites everyone to come to Ljubljana this May and join us at the Balkan Anarchist Bookfair (BAB). It has been ten years since the BAB started its voyage...
View ArticleIntroduction to Anarchist Communism
This pamphlet was published by our comrades of the British Anarchist Federation in 2010. A revised second edition was released last month. You can download a PDF pamphlet here. CONTENTS Introduction...
View ArticleRevolting Kitchens – The Red Chef’s perspective on the food industry
– by The Red Chef (member of the Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement) It seems that over the last few years the chef has become a rather in vogue character following the rise of some notorious TV...
View ArticleUp A Mighty River Without A Paddle?
During the last election the centre-right National Party lead by multi-millionaire John Key, said it would partly privatise certain state assets if re-elected. Its main losing rival was the Labour...
View ArticleThe Plague of Monsanto
Under the pretence of ‘feeding the world’, Monsanto – the leading commercial force behind the creation, promotion, and widespread use of pesticides and genetically modified seeds in farming – is making...
View ArticleRotorua: Homelessness Debate
Approximately 80 people attended a debate in Rotorua on May 24th on the subject of homelessness. The debate was framed around the topic of “Joining the Homeless is a Great Lifestyle Choice.” Speakers...
View ArticleMovie review: “There Be Dragons: Blood & Country”
There are few English-language movies that have the Spanish Civil War/Revolution of 1936-39 as a major backdrop to their narratives. Due to the wide-scale involvement of anarchists in that conflict,...
View ArticleRotorua: Anti-Monsanto March
Rotorua is not known as a hotbed of political activity, but on May 25th it became the first of over 400 cities worldwide to hold a march in opposition to the giant multinational Monsanto, which...
View ArticleRevolutionary Anarchists Call for International Solidarity
For Ongoing Public Revolt Against State Terrorism Last week a group of protesters started guarding action after some trees were taken down illegally in the name of urban gentrification projects. In the...
View ArticleIntroduction to the Turkish Uprising
“Last week a group of protesters started guarding action after some trees were taken down illegally in the name of urban gentrification projects. In the second day of the protest, very early in the...
View ArticleDouble struggle in Brazil
Brazil has seen strong economic growth, although this is slowing. In 2010, the economy grew by 7,5 percent; in 2011, the IMF ‘s estimate is 2,7 percent. Short-term slowdown is supposed to be followed...
View ArticleThe Siege of Troy: Interview With a Sex Worker
In recent decades the NZ economy has been restructured away from a basis in primary production, towards the service sector. This trend has been combined with labour laws taking collective protections...
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