By Rufus Tyler In September 1970 Salvador Allende was elected into government at the head of a left-wing coalition, the Unidad Popular (UP). Even though the coalition was reformist, the bourgeoisie still feared the revolutionary potential of the UP government:
Read MoreBy Rufus Tyler “Materialism” as a philosophical notion means that all things in the universe are made of the same thing – matter. There’s no heaven or hell, no ghosts or spirits. Materialism is a version of monism Matter is not a social construct, it exists independent of human ideas and thought. This […]
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by Miles Lacey In New Zealand there is a phrase that is commonly used in all walks of life: “She’ll be right”. Until recently the term generally had positive connotations, reflecting our laid back attitude to life. In more recent times the term has become increasingly negative as it often refers to a complacent attitude […]
Read MoreArticle by Rufus Tyler The Covid-19 virus most likely originated from the wet markets of Wuhan, China. It is certainly not a manufactured disease as proposed by former United States President Donald Trump – who claimed that it came from a Chinese lab – and it wasn’t spread deliberately by American military personnel during the […]
Read MorePrior to the European settlement of New Zealand, most Maori lived in small villages where the very notion of ownership was unheard of. Housing was usually allocated according to the position held by a person, or more commonly, a family within the community. The houses were usually made of whatever materials were available, […]
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Article by Sione Ma’u After the formation of the Labour-led coalition government in 2017, there were hopes that the housing crisis was going to be tackled. Labour promised a mass house-building programme called “Kiwibuild” that would build 100,000 new houses over a decade. The Government would play an active role in driving this programme […]
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After Joe Biden was elected President of the United States in November 2020 the big question on most people’s minds was if Trump would go peacefully. That question was answered on January 6th, 2021.
Read MoreParty PartyVotes %Votes ElectorateSeats ListSeats TotalSeats Labour Party 1,169,397 49.1 43 21 64 National Party 638,393 26.8 26 9 35 ACT 190,106 8.0 1 9 10 Green Party 180,224 7.6 1 9 10 Māori Party ** 23,938 1.0 1 1 New Zealand First 63,447 2.7 – – – Others 115,967 5.0 – – – […]
Read MoreThe New Zealand Minister of Finance, Hon. Grant Robertson, delivered the budget on 14 May 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the original budget had to be scrapped. The new budget is dubbed “Rebuilding together” and its main focus is on jobs. The main budget item, whose cost dwarfs all others by an order of […]
Read MoreAlan Woods comments on the uprising in the USA, which was sparked by the police murder of George Floyd, and has become the catalyst for an explosion of anger by the downtrodden in America that has sent shockwaves throughout the world. What is the way forward?
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