see you for the Hīkoi for Peace. Saturday 2pm Waitangi Park. Kōrero, kai, music @ whānau-friendly activities

Looking forward to seeing you for the Hīkoi for Peace
Saturday 2pm Waitangi Park for kōrero, kai, music & whānau-friendly activities.

Artificial Intelligence as Class Struggle When Datagrid’s 78,000 square metre data centre in Makarewa, north of Invercargill, is built, it will use 280 MW of power, making it the second-largest user of electricity after the Tiwai Point alumin...

“Technological development occurs whether we approve of it or not, but it does not occur outside of politics & economics. To challenge #AI “enshitification” of our work, our digital life, and our environment we need to be building resistance to capitalism itself.”
#nzpol
iso.org.nz/2026/04/21/a...

Profile on the National Party This piece is the first in a series of profiles of electoral parties in the lead up to the 2026 General Election. A network of large-scale owners, the super-rich bourgeoisie, constitute the ruling cap...

“The National Party is the enemy of the working class. As the ruling class is numerically tiny, it must draw wider electoral support - a hotchpotch of small businesspeople, farmers, landlords, investors, higher state echelons & a few misguided working class fools”
#nzpol
iso.org.nz/2026/04/13/p...

The Socialist Issue 19 is out. With a theme of “technology”, it leads with the call: “Seize the Machines! Smash Big Tech! Reclaim Our Future!” Articles: #Socialist Vision of Technology, The Neoliberal Uni Meets Spies & Big Tech, AI as Class Struggle & more. Subscribe: iso.org.nz/the-socialist #nzpol

Down with empire! ISO comrades marched against war in Tāmaki Makaurau yesterday, & work to end imperialist war every day! #nzpol #stopwarsaotearoa

Peters fails on Washington trip From: Peace Action WellingtonDate: Wednesday, 8 April 2026 “The Foreign Minister Winston Peters has failed to call out the genocidal threats of the US and Israeli governments against the 90 m…

The Foreign Minister Winston Peters has failed to call out the genocidal threats of the US and Israeli governments against the 90 million people of Iran as he meets with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Peters' silence in the face of imminent war crimes is not good enough.

MARCH TO STOP US & Israeli WARS Sat 11 April 11am.
Civic Sq >> Parliament

Image description: 13 ISO members with raised fists.

Over the weekend ISO comrades joined some 1500 socialists at the #Marxism Conference in #Melbourne/ Naarm.
It was brilliant opportunity to arm ourselves with the ideas, knowledge, and strategies to fight for a better world #auspol #nzpol #socialism

L for Lenin Lenin is a divisive figure, demonised by bourgeois society as a tyrant, and deified by Stalinist regimes who used him as a figurehead to justify their actions.  Vladimir Ilyich “Lenin” Ulyanov’s actua...

“Lenin is a divisive figure, demonised by bourgeois society as a tyrant, and deified by Stalinist regimes who used him as a figurehead to justify their actions. Vladimir Ilyich “Lenin” Ulyanov’s actual legacy is more interesting” #marxism #socialism

iso.org.nz/2026/03/31/l...

Promo poster featuring the cover of Issue 18 of The Socialist, March 2026: Fight Capitalism, Fight Climate Catastrophe

“The Socialist is a magazine produced by the International Socialist Organisation of Aotearoa NZ. We aim to provide quality political analysis that represents the interests of the working class majority, both at home & abroad” #nzpol #socialism
Subscribe here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The Neoliberal University Meets Spies and Big Tech Universities in New Zealand today are well-known to be structurally underfunded, being handed funding shortfalls (in real terms) by consecutive governments. That puts these institutions in a precariou...

“Universities in NZ are structurally underfunded, putting them in a precarious position in a market-driven world. Today, our institutions risk becoming entirely subservient to the interests of state & market collaboration – including the military-industrial complex”
#nzpol
iso.org.nz/2026/03/22/t...

no to war and fascism. Hīkoi for peace. freedom and decolonisation now

This Anzac Day 2026 join the hīkoi for peace. As we stand at the precipice of global war and climate breakdown, now is the time to stand up against war, fascism and ecocide across the globe.

Meet at Waitangi Park Saturday, 25 April from 2pm. A peace concert will follow on our arrival at Pukeahu.

Help up to keep the pressure on
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😊 Get involved climateliberationaotearoa.org/join/
✍️ Add yr name to get ANZ to drop Bathurst as a customer 350.org.nz/coal/
✍️Add yr name to make #DennistonPlateau a scientific reserve www.forestandbird.org.nz/petitions/ma...

#climatecrisis

COP30: Capitalist Dystopia and Indigenous Resistance In November 2025, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) took place in Belém, Brazil. The outcome was abject failure, bordering on misery, for anyone hoping for a sustainable “green capi...

“Capitalism can’t save the planet. It is only through an organised and militant working class, alongside and in solidarity with generations of Indigenous people around the world, casting off its shackles, that the earth might spring into the future”
#nzpol #climatecrisis
iso.org.nz/2026/03/15/c...

The Left in France Under Attack Note on translation: Information for this article has come primarily from French websites imperfectly translated into English by Google Translate. All quotations from these translated sources are give...

“The creep of #fascism is advancing over Europe and the United States. At present, attention is drawn to #France”

Information for this article has come primarily from French websites imperfectly translated, but supplemented by further information by the author.

#antifa
iso.org.nz/2026/03/13/t...

Safe Housing for All! On Sunday 22 February , justice minister Paul Goldsmith announced plans to amend the Summary Offences Act, giving police further coercive powers against the homeless. The amendment would allow police ...

A torrent of public outcry has followed the announcement of plans to amend the Summary Offences Act, giving police further coercive powers against unhoused people. As Marxists, while we should not hide our disdain for such policy, we should also not be surprised.
#nzpol
iso.org.nz/2026/03/09/s...

Students and Radical Politics For as long as there have been calls for radical change, students have been involved in a big way. In the past decade alone, we’ve seen the rise of massive movements led by young people around the wor...

For as long as there have been calls for radical change, students have been involved. From global calls to combat climate change, campaigns to #FreePalestine & protests that have even resulted in regime change, the importance of students in radical politics is clear
#nzpol
iso.org.nz/2026/03/05/s...

Against War: Keep Fighting! The following is a lightly edited transcript of a speech given at a Peace Action Wellington vigil on 2 March 2026, within days of attacks on Iran by Israel and the USA. Ko Serah tōku ingoa. I’m a memb...

Speech @
@peacewellington.bsky.social vigil: “These events can be disheartening. What is critical is that we don’t lose hope or resolve. What stops the war machine is effective resistance. Stand with the people of #Iran vs US-Israeli bombs & the regime’s repression” #nzpol
iso.org.nz/2026/03/03/a...

Five people at a campus stall, in front of an ISO banner

It’s Orientation Week on campuses, from Tāmaki Makaurau down to Ōtepoti, and lots of students are interested in #socialism! Victoria University of Wellington-Te Herenga Waka International Socialists have 44 new members in their club 😊✊
www.iso.org.nz #nzpol

The crowd outside Flinders St station

Huge numbers out in Naarm/Melbourne right now for the second time this week to say the war criminal Isaac Herzog isn't welcome in our city! ✊🇵🇸

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...

“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.”
iso.org.nz/2026/02/02/w...

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 ...

“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...

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...

“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...

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 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

Thousands on the streets of Minneapolis - the best response to ICE socialistworker.co.uk/us-elections...

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...

“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
iso.org.nz/2026/01/12/d...

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.

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
redflag.org.au/article/in-s...

Venezuela: between crisis and invasion rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century

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.

A graphic advertising the action

A graphic providing rally details

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)

US imperialism= war & terrorism.