The following statement by the International Marxist Tendency declares our solidarity with the Palestinian people. It answers the disgusting hypocrisy of western imperialism and its lackeys, who are rallying behind the reactionary Israeli state as it unleashes bloody vengeance on Gaza, following Hamas’ surprise attack on 7 October. We moreover explain why freedom for Palestine […]

2023 is an election year in New Zealand. Opinion polls put Labour and National within five points of each other until the most recent polls in September 2023 in which Labour slumped below 30%. While support for National has remained steady they have not been the main beneficiaries of Labour’s slump in the polls.  Rather, […]

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In Autumn 2022, the Fraser Institute ran a survey that asked respondents in the United States, the  United Kingdom, Canada and Australia about what sort of economic system they would prefer: capitalism or socialism? Among 18–34 year olds there was a clear preference for socialism in all countries. A significant minority even agreed with the […]

On Tuesday September 11, 2001 the world was changed forever by the most devastating terrorist attack in history. 2,996 people (including the 19 terrorists) were killed and many more injured after two planes crashed into the World Trade Centre towers in the heart of New York’s financial district. Just 18 minutes after the first explosion […]

The first casualty of war is truth. This is also the case of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine. Marxists need to be able to cut through the fog of lies and war propaganda and analyse the real reasons behind the conflict; what has caused it; and the real interests that lie behind the excuses and […]

By the Socialist Appeal Editorial Board   For most of the post-war period the Pacific region was treated like a United States lake. As the colonial territories of Australia, France, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States became independent between 1962 and 1994 they tended to side with the Western powers, with the […]

by Rufus Tyler The 1981 PATCO air traffic controllers’ strike was one of the largest strikes by federal employees in the United States.  This strike had ramifications that would be felt world wide by the working classes, especially in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.  It would also mark the ultimate betrayal by a man […]

By Miles Lacey Samoa is a small South Pacific country made up of two major islands – Upolu and Savai’i – and a few minor ones. It has a total area of 2347 square kilometres. That is half the size of the Auckland region. The population of Samoa is approximately 202,000 people with about 37,000 […]