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International Socialists Aotearoa
@isoaotearoa.bsky.social
Revolutionary socialists active in Aotearoa New Zealand. Socialist ideas in action: toitū te mana o ngā kaimahi katoa, toitū te mana o te whenua, toitū te Tiriti o Waitangi / www.iso.org.nz
“What freedoms do workers really have? We may be free to choose between 20 different brands of shampoo, or which boss will dictate to us next, but we are restricted from experiencing freedom in a meaningful way.”
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When Freedom isn't Free
For centuries, capitalists have claimed that the working class need capitalism because it guarantees our freedom from tyranny and from encroachment into our personal liberties.  The capitalist free ma...
iso.org.nz
February 2, 2026 at 8:19 PM
“The working class is always expected to absorb the shocks of capitalism in crisis, and strikes are one of the most effective ways the working class has of fighting back”
#unionstrong #nzpol #megastrikenz #strike
iso.org.nz/2026/01/28/s...
Striking: The Basics
This article was originally published 4 August 2025 in Salient under the title “It’s Right to Strike!”. It has since been edited and updated. On 30 June more than 36,000 nurses, midwives, health care ...
iso.org.nz
January 29, 2026 at 6:16 AM
“The Iranian people should not have to choose between two poisonous futures: a Pinochet-style “tortured and executed dissidents” neoliberal Iran; or a Libya-style “liberated” neoliberal Iran. An alternative can and must be built.”
#Iran #WomenLifeFreedom
iso.org.nz/2026/01/22/i...
Iran: The Struggle, the Shah’s Son, and the Screaming Economy
Under the veil of an almost complete Internet blackout, the situation on the ground in Iran is impossible to meaningfully engage with at this moment. The mass protests seem to have quietened, though t...
iso.org.nz
January 22, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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Minnesota appears to be in gear for a mass uprising. Unions, community organizations, faith leaders, and small businesses there are calling for a statewide day of “no work (except for emergency services), no school, and no shopping” on January 23 @lfelizleon.bsky.social reports 🧵1/7
The beating heart of a fighting labor movement is in Minnesota. One of the key battles for the future of working people will be determined there. Trump’s goons are treating their assault on the state as a workshop for what to do next. Solidarity is the answer.

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Will ICE Ignite a Mass Strike in Minnesota?
Minnesota appears to be in gear for a mass uprising. Unions, community organizations, faith leaders, and small businesses there are calling for a statewide day of “no work (except for emergency servic...
labornotes.org
January 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Thousands on the streets of Minneapolis - the best response to ICE socialistworker.co.uk/us-elections...
'The best thing you can do is organise': Protests break out over Ice murder - Socialist Worker
Thousands of people braved sub-zero temperatures to join the demonstration
socialistworker.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 10:59 PM
“Firefighters with the NZPFU have, as part of their #DireEmergency campaign, been taking strike action since October. Why, and how, are they striking? What’s been the response from FENZ, and the govt? What’s at stake for the public?”
#nzpol #solidarity
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Dire Emergency: Solidarity with the Firefighters! Shame on FENZ!
The following article was written after the 9 January Firefighters’ strike. The Ōtepoti Dunedin strike was attended by ISO members, including ISO editor Oscar Bartle, who conducted an interview with t...
iso.org.nz
January 11, 2026 at 10:46 PM
The following is a statement from the Iranian Revolutionary Marxist Tendency (IRMT). The organisation’s theoretical foundations are rooted in Trotsky’s Transitional Programme and the first four congresses of the Communist International.
#Iran #WomenLifeFreedom
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In solidarity with the popular uprising in Iran | Red Flag
The following is a statement from the Iranian Revolutionary Marxist Tendency (IRMT). The IRMT was founded in early 1979, initially under the name Iranian Socialist Workers’ Party.
redflag.org.au
January 10, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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Useful intro to the key issues here. Argues issue is not oil - much of Venezuelan oil is effectively privatised - but about allowing Trump to mass deport Venezuelan migrants and increase power of ICE. Very risky for Trump, who promised no new wars.
Venezuela: between crisis and invasion
rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century
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January 3, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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HANDS OFF VENEZUELA EMERGENCY PROTESTS!

MELBOURNE: Sunday 4 January, 5pm, Flinders Street Station
SYDNEY: Sunday 4 January, 6pm, Sydney Town Hall
BRISBANE: Sunday 4 January, 5pm, King George Square
CANBERRA: Sunday 4 January,
PERTH: Monday 5 January, 5:30pm, US Consulate (16 St Georges Tce)
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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US imperialism= war & terrorism.
January 3, 2026 at 10:26 AM
“What are Crisis Pregnancy Centres? Essentially, they are anti-choice organisations that masquerade as sources of information and support for pregnant people”

Extended Interview with Alma de Anda from @alranz.bsky.social

#nzpol #abortion #healthcare

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Extended Interview: Alma de Anda on Crisis Pregnancy Centres
The following is the minimally edited transcript of an interview conducted in October/November 2025. A short commentary article based on this interview was previously published on this website and in ...
iso.org.nz
December 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
“The 23 October public sector #strike was the largest industrial action in #Aotearoa since the 1979 general strike. On 28 Oct ISO hosted a panel discussion on this historic action. Nurse & unionist @grantbrookesnz.bsky.social was among the speakers”
#MegaStrikeNZ #nzpol
iso.org.nz/2025/12/11/s...
Strike Wave 2025: Reflections From a Unionist
The 23 October public sector strike was the largest industrial action taken in Aotearoa since the one-day General strike in 1979. On 28 October Te Whanganui-a-Tara branch of the International Socialis...
iso.org.nz
December 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Last month I spoke with a Spanish language outlet about “Reflections on the mega #strike of public sector workers in Aotearoa (New Zealand)”. Non-Spanish speakers interested in what I had to say could use the translate function in their browser
#nzpol
www.laizquierdadiario.com.bo/Reflexiones-...
[Entrevista]. Reflexiones en torno a la mega huelga de trabajadores del sector público en Aotearoa (Nueva Zelanda)
Compartimos para interés de nuestrxs lectores, una entrevista a Grant, de Aotearoa-Nueva Zelanda, quien es un activista socialista del sindicato de enfermeros Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) para conocer el impacto y la situación de la reciente huelga de trabajadores del sector público más grande de los últimos 40 años. Más allá de las importantes diferencias que mantenemos con la Organización Socialista Internacional (ISO), esta entrevista nos permite conocer y tener una visión de la situación de Aotearoa - Nueva Zelanda, la resistencia Māori, la cuestión palestina y la lucha de clases.
www.laizquierdadiario.com.bo
December 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Transgender-questioning youth in #Aotearoa will now be denied access to the “pause button” of puberty blockers. This govt is deliberately misinterpreting scientific language to achieve a desired outcome: in this case, the oppression of young #transgender people
#nzpol

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Puberty blockers and the deliberate misrepresentation of science
Transgender-questioning youth in Aotearoa will now be denied access to the “pause button” of puberty blockers – denied the option to delay their puberty by a few years while they come to grips with an...
iso.org.nz
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
#RocketLab has had US military contracts since 2009. This year they launched satellites that could be used by Israel. >100 ppl, incl ISO members, joined @peaceactnotautahi.bsky.social last month to blockade them, defence firm Nova & USAF contractor Dawn Aerospace #nzpol
iso.org.nz/2025/11/18/p...
Protesting the Ōtautahi Aerospace Conference
To quote from the 2025 Aerospace Summit website, New Zealand is a “global space leader”. Our low population density and open skies make us the perfect arena, in logistical terms, for testing and launc...
iso.org.nz
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
ISO was proud to stand with #Uberdrivers during their long legal battle for the minimum employment rights.
Today #Uber lost in the Supreme Court.
If the govt proceeds with planned law changes to annul this Supreme Court decision, it must pay the political price #nzpol
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November 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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In a historic victory for the left, Catherine Connolly won the Irish presidential election on October 24, becoming the first left candidate to win a majority of votes in a national election. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1442/wo...
Ireland: Behind Catherine Connolly’s historic victory
In a historic victory for the left, Catherine Connolly won the presidential election in Ireland, becoming the first left candidate to win a majority of votes in a national election. Green Left’s Isaac...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“The world we live in today is shaped by the struggles of the past. The class fighters of #Fiji are an important part of our political whakapapa.
We can take inspiration from the boldness & unity of the Fijian workers in 1959, & from the #solidarity of NZ dock workers”
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Working Class History: The 1959 Oil Workers Strike in Fiji
In the late 1950s in Fiji, the cost of living was rising. Indigenous Fijian workers, along with the formerly indentured Indo-Fijian workforce, chafed under the exploitation of the colonial, capitalist...
iso.org.nz
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“In #Aotearoa, colonisation carried out on the battlefield continued in the classroom. The foundations of the English-centric culture in this country lie directly in the violence visited on those children who tried to speak their Reo.”
#nzpol
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Anti-Māori Attacks on Education: Tracing the History
Papers released earlier this year have revealed the government’s plan to cut words in te Reo Māori from primary school curricula. According to a Ministry of Education report in August, te Reo Māori wi...
iso.org.nz
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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“A politician can’t save us, so as great as Mamdani is, we will need to keep organizing to win his bold agenda,” said labor scholar Stephanie Luce, a PSC-CUNY member labornotes.org/2025/11/zohr... 1/3
Zohran Mamdani: New York's Working Class Elects a Movement Mayor
Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist and the Democratic nominee, will be New York City’s next mayor, after trouncing former Governor Andrew Cuomo in a primary and general election double whamm...
labornotes.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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New Zealand’s streets filled with nurses, doctors, teachers, healthcare assistants, public workers, and firefighters last month in a massive one-day strike demanding that the government fully fund public services labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...
Mega Strike in New Zealand Demands Funding for Public Services, Raises
New Zealand’s streets filled with nurses, doctors, teachers, healthcare assistants, public workers, and firefighters on October 23 in a massive one-day strike demanding that the government fully fund ...
labornotes.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“The 2010s saw an upheaval in protests, from the Arab Spring to Occupy & Black Lives Matter, the Me Too movement & Indigenous protest. Europe saw rebellions vs austerity & in Africa, Asia & South America vs corruption & international exploitation. Yet we had the rise of the far Right. Why is that?”⤵️
The Lost Decade of Revolutions
The following is a lightly edited version of a public talk given to the Tāmaki Makaurau branch in March 2025. If you are attending a meeting of the International Socialist Organisation then we are goi...
iso.org.nz
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
“The 1st danger of Crisis Pregnancy Centres is that they spread lies, the 2nd is that they spread shame.” ISO talks to
@alranz.bsky.social co-President Alma de Anda about the misleading anti-abortion organisations springing up round the country
#nzpol #abortion #antichoice
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What’s the deal with “Crisis Pregnancy Centres”?
ISO writer Romany Tasker-Poland talks to ALRANZ co-President Alma de Anda about the misleading anti-abortion organisations springing up around the country. Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zeala...
iso.org.nz
November 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“Our role today is not to obey creeping authoritarianism & the threat of fascism in advance. Our job is to defend the right to #protest & dissent, to counter right-wing protest, & to build a cadre of organisers ready to take their place in mass movements”
#nzpol #socialism
iso.org.nz/2025/10/29/p...
Protect the Right to Protest
The demonstration is one of the most tried-and-true tools in the collective political toolbox. A well-placed, well-timed protest can do anything from disrupting industry, to undermining a country’s po...
iso.org.nz
October 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM