At first glance, the discussion at the Unity conference in January 1913 seems to be about an uninteresting question of organisational forms. The leaders of the United Labor Party (ULP) […]
After a six-month strike, the struggle at Waihi came to a head in early November 1912, shortly after the arrival in Waihi of the Commissioner of Police John Cullen, a […]
Second of two articles on Two revolutions that ended the Great War. For Part 1, The Russian Revolution and the demoralisation of the German Army, click here. When finally the […]
Part I: The Russian revolution and the demoralisation of the German army It is now becoming apparent even to those who stood remote from socialist theories and forecasts that this […]
Second of two parts. The first part, “Half-caste Maori” strikebreakers at Waihi and Huntly, is here. After the mine re-opened on October 2, the number of police, strikebreakers and thugs brought […]
(Note: In quoting historic documents, I have not attempted to modernise their Anglicised spelling and usage of Māori words, offensive as some of these things may seem today. The English […]
Self-congratulation was the order of the day on the Auckland left, after Canadian rightists Stefan Molyneux and Lauren Southern were forced to cancel their speaking event on Friday 3 August. […]
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 […]
