Socialist Aotearoa

A Tale of Two School Strikes
In the last couple of weeks, both school teachers and their students have been on strike to demand a better future. The students are calling for...

Class Wars: The Teachers Fight Back
Aotearoa’s education system is in crisis. A perfect storm of underfunding, understaffing, low pay and long hours is causing people to leave the...

My Uterus, My Rules! Reproductive Rights, Capitalism, and the Struggle for Liberation
Alabama and other states in the US have made international news in recent months, causing huge uproar over the passage of restrictive, draconian...

Justice for Azad! Direct Action Against Migrant Worker Exploitation in Manurewa
When a young migrant chef was mistreated and fired for asserting his basic rights, the Migrant Workers’ Association fought his corner. On...

Victory For the Indian Students!
2016-17 saw hundreds of Indian international students in Aotearoa punished by Immigration New Zealand for being victims of fraud committed by...

The Oceans Are Rising — and So Are We!
Maxim Zhang, a student in Year 12 of high school, reflects on the Auckland School Strike 4 Climate, which was one of his first ever political actions.

Paradise Lost? March 15 and Racism in NZ Politics
When the ‘unthinkable’ happened at two mosques in Christchurch two weeks ago, it was a tragedy which shattered our beautiful Pacific paradise....

I Can’t Sleep — A Poem
A poem by Anu Kaloti I think of Parihaka, I can't sleep Half the prison population, And yet only 15% of general population, I can't sleep

After the Attack: Building a Lasting Movement Against Racism
The morning of March 15 was incredible. Thousands of young people were on strike from school, marching in the streets of Aotearoa, demanding action...

Stand Up To Islamophobia
Love Aotearoa Hate Racism Press Release After a beautiful day in which thousands of young people across Aotearoa marched for a better future, a...