Against The Current

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Blog Tags:new zealand, politics, left wing, socialist

New Zealand politics from a left wing perspective as well as some international coverage.



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JOURNALIST ABBY MARTIN joins two propagandists for the Israeli Government on Piers Morgan Uncensored.Morgan is clearly shocked that the spokesperson for the Israeli Government, Avi Hyder, appears to have no idea of how many innocent Palestinians the...

The New Zealand economy is in bad shape and the mood of the nation is increasingly sour. But while a growing number of New Zealanders are doing it hard, the corporate sector continues to make vast profits. This week, the ANZ Bank announced a six-mont...

Julie Ann Genter's only 'crime' has been to upset parliamentary sensibilities. But with a recent poll revealing that more than half of all New Zealanders think the system is rigged in favour of the rich and powerful, there are more things to be outra...

  May Day, writes Vicky Wilson, is a day to honour the past, challenge the present, and fight for a future where social justice prevails. As Rosa Luxemburg said, 'Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.' International Worker...

 Despite being less than six months old, the National-led coalition is already unpopular with the electorate, but so too are the opposition parties.WHILE the 1News Verian poll might have confirmed what some of us suspected, that the National-led...

It began with just a few students protesting at Columbia University in New York. But now the protests have swept through university campuses throughout the United States. The demand is the same, the end of America's support for Israel's genocidal war...

On Tuesday night, writer and activist Naomi Klein addressed thousands of anti-Zionist Jews near Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's home in New York. Hundreds of Jewish anti-war demonstrators were subsequently arrested during a Passover 'Seder in...