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Police, professions and the Kaikohe ‘tooth fairy’ – a stark illustration of the decay of dental care

December 10, 2020by James Robb 4 Comments

In April last year, police and Ministry of Health officials raided the home and workshop of Claire Wihongi-Matene, and charged her with claiming to be a health practitioner and six […]

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eugenics, health care, Labour Party, New Zealand history, petty-bourgeoisie, professions, trade unions, working class

New Zealand Labour Party re-elected on an anti-labour course

October 22, 2020by James Robb 2 Comments

In the October 17 general election in New Zealand, the Labour Party government of Jacinda Ardern was re-elected for a second three-year term with a greatly increased majority. For the […]

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class collaboration, conspiracy theories, electoralism, falling rate of profit, housing, Labour Party, pandemic, working class

Harry Holland, Leon Trotsky, and ‘Undesirable Immigrants’

August 9, 2020by James Robb Leave a comment

The New Zealand Labour Party formed in 1916 encompassed a wide range of tendencies in the labour movement, from revolutionaries to obdurate class-collaborationists. But initially at least, it was led […]

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class collaboration, class struggle, democratic rights, frame-ups, Harry Holland, Labour Party, parliamentarism, Russian revolution, Soviet Union, Stalinism

Essential workers

April 8, 2020by James Robb 1 Comment

The virus and capitalist society – Part 2 Of all the capitalist governments attempting to emulate the Wuhan model of lockdown to combat the Covid-19 virus, New Zealand has fared […]

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capitalist economy, class struggle, Cuban revolution, health care, job safety, Labour Party, pandemic, prisoners' rights, unions, United States, working class

Ghost houses and the spectre of communism

March 14, 2020by James Robb 2 Comments

In late January, the Labour Party mayor of Auckland, Phil Goff, made a bizarre, shocking proposal: Given that there is a housing crisis in the city, with thousands of people […]

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capitalist economy, class struggle, communism, housing, Labour Party, money, New Zealand history, working class

Teachers in New Zealand take a step towards West Virginia, and ponder their next move

June 4, 2019by James Robb 3 Comments

A nationwide one-day strike by 50,000 teachers in both the primary and secondary sectors took place in New Zealand on 29 May. It was the first time in the history […]

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class struggle, education, Labour Party, professions, solidarity, strikes, unions, United States, working class

‘Left’ critics of the Labour Party after 1919

April 10, 2019by James Robb Leave a comment

  Harry Holland’s general political course, from the time of the 1913 defeat on the waterfront, was one of ‘bending to the right’ to accommodate the Liberal politics of the […]

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capitalist economy, class struggle, First World War, Harry Holland, Labour Party, New Zealand history, strikes, working class history

Catastrophe in Germany, disorientation in New Zealand

April 3, 2019by James Robb Leave a comment

“We come into this House as representatives of the working-men in certain electorates of the Dominion, and we come to state not our views alone, but the views of the […]

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First World War, German revolution, Harry Holland, imperialist war, Labour Party, New Zealand history, rightist groups and currents, working class history

Shockwaves of the October revolution reach New Zealand

March 15, 2019by James Robb Leave a comment

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 […]

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Australia history, censorship, conscription, First World War, Harry Holland, Labour Party, New Zealand history, Russian revolution, working class history

The success and failure of Harry Holland’s campaign against conscription

March 5, 2019by James Robb Leave a comment

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 […]

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Australia history, censorship, conscription, electoralism, First World War, Harry Holland, Labour Party, New Zealand history, slander, working class history

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