War Memorial Encounter
Guest Post by Pink Panther Travel anywhere in New Zealand and it is impossible to miss the war memorials. Even the smallest town of no more than a pub and garage will have a stone structure of some...
View ArticleBook review: Radical unionism (2013)
R Darlington, Radical Unionism: The Rise & Fall of Revolutionary Syndicalism (Chicago, 2013) Syndicalism isn’t known by most people today. It sounds like ‘syndicates’ and therefore English speakers...
View ArticleMovie review: Jimmy’s Hall (2014)
Ireland has a long and difficult history. It is hardly surprising that its pantheon of folk heroes includes a significant number of rebels and martyrs. This tradition has continued to this day, with...
View ArticleThe Rojava revolution in Syria
From the chaos of the Syrian Revolution the existence of a radical experiment in democracy has slowly emerged. The project in Rojava, in the north of Syria, has been instigated by the Democratic Union...
View ArticleJe suis pas Charlie
by (guest contributor) Pink Panther On 7th January, 2015, in Paris, seventeen people were killed by Islamic-inspired terrorists. Twelve of those killed were staff of the notorious magazine Charlie...
View ArticleAnarchist weekend: Film, Dinner and Talks (13 – 15 March)
Aotearoa Workers’ Solidarity Movement (AWSM) is holding a weekend of Anarchism from Friday 13th of March to Sunday 15th of March. The weekend will be held at the Hum Café and Falling Apple Charitable...
View ArticleInterview with a beneficiary advocate: Miles Lacey
By guest contributor Pink Panther Recently, I contacted Miles Lacey, the forty-five year old administrator of the Facebook page of the NZ Beneficiaries and Unemployed Workers Union. We chatted about...
View ArticleJohn Key, Tony Abbott: Shared Criminal History
As John Key and Tony Abbott conclude new agreements around the sharing of criminal records between their two countries, we might take the opportunity to look at the criminal policies of their...
View ArticlePublic meeting against zero-hour contracts
Over 50 people attended a public meeting held in Christchurch/Otautahi on the 2nd March to hear from workers and union organisers about the brutal reality of zero hour contracts. Chaired by Jared...
View ArticleMassive Fire Next-Door to AK Press, Oakland
This morning we woke to hear the awful news that our friends at AK Press, Oakland have suffered from a significant fire that started in an adjacent building. We understand there are two confirmed...
View ArticleWater War
Guest post by Pink Panther Mention conflict in the Middle East or North Africa and the almost inevitable response from the Left is that it’s the fault of Israel or the United States and it’s all about...
View ArticleZero Tolerance for Zero Hours
In New Zealand precarious work was common throughout the 19th century. Workers though throughout the first half of the 20th century fought for, and won, a number of protections that significantly...
View ArticleZero hours = Zero dollars = Pissed off
There has been a lot of discussion and organsising on zero hour contracts recently (see 1 | 2 ). We interviewed two people on zero hour contracts to illustrate that the problem of casualised labour is...
View ArticlePONYTAILS AND MEDIA TALES
PONYTAILS AND MEDIA TALES By Guest contributor Pink Panther There was an uproar recently, after news broke that Prime Minister John Key has a ponytail fetish. According to waitress Amanda Bailey, Key...
View Article110 years after NZ’s first workers May Day gathering, the struggle continues
The celebration of May Day as a working class holiday evolved from the struggle for the eight-hour day in the 1880’s. In the USA, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions passed a resolution...
View ArticleThe First Genocide
By (Guest Contributor) Pink Panther Recently Pope Francis caused a stir when he described the mass killing of Armenians by the Turks in 1915 as the first genocide of the 20th Century. In the context of...
View ArticleOrigin of the Housing Crisis
By (Guest Contributor) Kaye Richards Aotearoa is in the midst of a housing crisis. In parts of the country, especially Auckland, there is a serious shortfall in housing availability. Rents are high and...
View ArticleWorkers Bard From Profits
On May 18th tour guides at the Globe Theatre in London went on their first ever strike in a dispute that has been simmering since last year. Some of the guides wore Jacobean and Elizabethan costumes...
View ArticleSailing Away: High Tide For House Prices?
By (Guest Contributor) Pink Panther Want to own a home? Just buy a decent yacht with all the whistles and bells. It’ll be cheaper and easier. A yacht with a cabin containing berths, galley (kitchen),...
View ArticleResponding to the New Tory Strike Laws
Note: Below is an article written in response to the recent budget in Britain, following the return to power of the Conservatives. Governments everywhere have a habit of copying each other, so...
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