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Final Straw: Autonomous Hurricane Relief on the Gulf Coast

In the mainstream media imagination, it is the government and large NGOs’ that always come to the aid of victims during natural disasters. The following download highlights the reality of grassroots,...

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Save Mart

The second hand clothing store Save Mart has been accused of mis-treating its workers in some of its branches. The AWSM encourages people to express solidarity with their fellow workers by signing the...

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Non-Voting Is A Choice

As of today the country is still waiting to see which major party Winston First intends to support to form the next government. Many people didn’t vote. The majority probably out of sheer apathy or...

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Don’t Ask ASSK

By (Guest Contributor) Pink Panther A refugee crisis is unfolding in Myanmar (or Burma). The Rohingya Muslims, who numbered about two million people, have been forced to flee into neighbouring...

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Good Blacks, Bad Blacks

There is a campaign in the USA by sportspeople and others in support of black rights. The following article looks at the history of the way in which black people have been and continue to be defined in...

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Public 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...

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Meat workers’ struggles at Talley’s AFFCO

Since 7th September up to 150 New Zealand Meat Workers Union members at AFFCO’s Wairoa shed have been refusing to sign draconian new Individual Employment Agreements (IEAs) that AFFCO are making a...

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Indonesian Port Workers Under Attack

The port management company ICTSI (International Container Services Inc) is one of the top five major maritime terminal operators in the world. As such the company makes huge annual profits. At the...

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Parihaka Peace Action Conference

Auckland Peace Action When: Sun 5 Nov, 10:00am – 3:30pm Where: Central City Library, 44-46 Lorne St, Auckland CBD The resistance of the people of Parihaka to violent colonialism is the foundation of...

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Catalonia: Competing Nationalisms Against The Working Class

The conflict between the factions defending the existing Spanish state and those seeking a separate Catalonian state continues to accelerate. Whatever the outcome or the detailed twists and turns it is...

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Anarchists You Should Know: #1 LOUISE MICHEL

With this posting we begin an occasional series of mini-biographies of historical anarchists. Some will be more well-known than others. All are worthy of attention as interesting and vibrant activists...

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Wellington Anti-Nazi Demo Report

On 28th October over 200 anti-racist and anti-fascist demonstrators successfully blocked the gates of parliament in Wellington, in opposition to a provocation by fascists and Alt-Right. The latter had...

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Save South Yorkshire Women’s Aid

Please see the open letter below from Save South Yorkshire Women’s Aid: Dear Sister, Brother We send this letter requesting your support for our campaign. If you’ve not learned of the campaign yet,...

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Reclaim the Night

3rd November 2017 #WeToo – Reclaim the Night march for a world without rape culture Young Asian Feminists Aotearoa (YAFA) are organising a Reclaim the Night march in response to #MeToo. The march will...

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Report: Blockading The Arms Expo

Below we have a link to a report about a recent blockade against the Arms Expo held in Wellington. Building Peace: blockading the arms trade in Aotearoa

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Stuck in a Rut: The Perils of Private Public Partnerships

By (Guest Contributor) Pink Panther On October 26th, it was reported (stuff.co.nz) that two sections of the Waikato Expressway had experienced problems with rutting. Rutting is when grooves appear in a...

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Interview: Eclipse Phase-The Anarchist RPG

Eclipse Phase is a tabletop roleplaying game of post-apocalyptic transhuman conspiracy and horror. It has a strong Anarchist philosophy underlying its design. Below is an interview with the designers:...

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Hail The October Revolution

Below is an article by the Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group on the centenary of the October Revolution in Russia: One hundred years ago, a workers’ revolution triumphed in Russia, with consequences...

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Why Irish Rail workers are right to strike

Date: Wed, 2017-11-01 21:32 The Worker Solidarity Movement [Ireland] extends its solidarity to all workers at Irish Rail. A series of one-day stoppages and pickets to secure pay rises are planned over...

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BALFOUR DECLARATION PROTEST MARCH

BALFOUR DECLARATION PROTEST MARCH WELLINGTON TRAIN STATION TO THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION 44 HILL ROAD, THORNDON, WELLINGTON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 24 MEET WELLINGTON TRAIN STATION 5.30PM November 2nd 1917...

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