Against The Current

 New Zealand no longer has a credible left-wing party, writes Chris Trotter.IN THE CURRENT MIX of electoral alternatives, there is no longer a credible left-wing party. Not when “a credible left-wing party” is defined as: a class-orient...

Despite loyally supporting a right-wing Labour Government for the past six years, the Green's want the electorate to believe that they have changed. But the evidence for that claim is thin on the ground.WHAT IS the role of the Green Party t...

Young New Zealanders were absent from TVNZ's 'Young Voters Debate'...THERE WAS an absence of young voters on TVNZ's 'Young Voters Debate' screened on Monday night. Instead, we were presented with half a dozen present MP's or MP wannabees, each trying...

New Zealand's election campaign grinds on but none of the political parties seem eager to talk about Ukraine and their support for America's proxy war with Russia. And the corporate media doesn't seem interested enough to challenge them.LAST FRIDAY t...

The hollowing out of our representative democracy means that political leaders like Chris Hipkins and Chris Luxon can only scrape together low levels of support from a civil society that has seen a significant number of people disengage from electora...

Australian real estate CEO Tim Gurner sparked outrage after calling for a rise in unemployment to put workers in their place. We should be grateful for his comments says Grace Blakeley, because they reveal what the ruling class really thinks.LAST WEE...

After four decades of relentless neoliberalism that has benefited a few at the expense of the many, the public mood is for change. But that's not what's on offer from our present crop of parliamentary parties. It's failed centrism.IN THE holiday town...