‘In world market crises, all the contradictions of bourgeois production erupt collectively; in particular crises (particular in their content and in extent) the eruptions are only sporadically, isolated and one-sided.’ Theories of Surplus Value – Karl Marx What happens when capitalism reaches its limits? Can the system sustain itself indefinitely, or is collapse built into…
We’re stoked to be contributing to this event alongside Teachers for Palestine! https://events.humanitix.com/kneecap-film-nightTickets are $20 waged, $15 unwaged. Funds raised by be donated to KiwiPal https://kiwipal.org Kneecap have made it their mission to bring attention to colonisation through their Irish language hip-hop. Riotous, rebellious, and hilarious, Kneecap the film is a mostly-true origin story of the…
In 2023, the Wellington City Council commissioned a review of its balance sheet which identified that the Council had a significant insurance risk associated with underinsurance in the context of a major disaster. The review recommended the sale of the full Wellington Airport shareholding and establishment of a perpetual investment fund to manage the Council’s…
The National-led coalition’s shock gutting of pay equity legislation, passed under urgency just days after being announced, has taken woman workers back decades. The new legislation goes well beyond repealing the 2020 amendments to the Equal Pay Act of 1972: in a number of important respects, it takes women back to the 1970s. In 2012,…
Sara Salman joins us to discuss her recent book, The Shaming State, which examines the erosion of social rights and the political use of shame against people in need, and argues that shame exacerbates the decline of social solidarity in neoliberal western regimes. Her book investigated the vanishing horizon of social rights in the United…
The introduction of Fair Pay Agreements (FPAs) under the last Labour government was an ambitious attempt to deal with stagnant wages and rising poverty. FPAs would have allowed unions to dramatically increase their reach and improve pay and conditions across whole industries and occupations. Unfortunately, the recent change of government led to the repeal of…
“If you remove the English Army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the organization of the Socialist Republic your efforts will be in vain. England will still rule you. She would rule you through her capitalists, through her landlords, through her financiers, through the whole array of commercial…
Anarchists of all varieties believe that the state lacks political authority—i.e., a special right to coercively rule its subjects. However, anarchists disagree about whether people have private property rights. This talk will defend the social anarchist rejection of such rights. Specifically, it takes Michael Huemer’s influential libertarian argument against state authority and redirects it against…
Central Otago-born Doug Jolly served on the front lines throughout the Spanish Civil War and in WW2, developing innovative systems for treating patients as soon as possible after they were injured. His systems were widely used by UK and US surgeons in WW2 and later wars, and their influence can be traced today in the…
Coming to us all the way from Chile, Pablo Abufom is the Sunday keynote speaker at the Second New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies National Conference – Labour Weekend 2024. Pablo will speak to “Resisting neoliberalism in Latin America: The 2019 Chilean revolt and the struggle for constitutional reform.” Please note: the Sunday keynote is…