When the deadly epidemic of influenza swept the world in the months following the end of the Great War of 1914-18, the toll it took in the Pacific Islands was […]
[Note: this post was updated on 24 June with comments on the obfuscatory character of the term ‘domestic violence,’ and on the source of Oranga Tamariki’s tendency to act on […]
Today we mourn with our Muslim brothers and sisters all those killed and injured in the Christchurch terror attack, and send our solidarity and condolences to their families and friends. […]
In March 1917, just as the New Zealand military campaign in Europe was getting bogged down both militarily and politically, a popular uprising overthrew the czar of Russia. For three […]
The initial purpose of the anti-German campaign following the sinking of the Lusitania was to boost flagging recruitment to the army. After an initial burst of enthusiasm, recruitment had dwindled […]
Harry Holland and the early labour movement in Australia and New Zealand – Part 16 Roy Holland was Harry’s third son. He was 16 years old when in July 1911 […]
Harry Holland and the early labour movement in Australia and New Zealand, Part 15 In early 1911 a rebellion broke out against the corrupt and abject Sultan of Morocco. France, […]
Harry Holland and the early labour movement in Australia and New Zealand, Part 14 Now that the Labor Party held the government benches in both the State of New South […]
Harry Holland and the early labour movement in Australia and New Zealand, Part 13 The defeat of the miners’ strike ended the forward momentum of the working class that had […]
Twelfth part of Harry Holland the early labour movement in Australia and New Zealand The battle of Broken Hill had ended with the Australian capitalist class unable to deliver the […]
A worker at large 