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Oct 30 2019

Vanessa Cole30 October 2019

Featured, Home Page, Housing, Intervention, Published Research, Vanessa Cole

Kiwibuild should have always been public housing

By Vanessa Cole | Featured, Home Page, Housing, Intervention, Published Research, Vanessa Cole | No Comments

In this intervention, ESRA researcher Vanessa Cole considers the Government’s controversial Kiwibuild policy and their continued failure to respond adequately to the housing crisis. more

Oct 03 2019

Jack Foster and Dylan Taylor3 October 2019

Dylan Taylor, Featured, Home Page, Jack Foster, Jack Foster and Dylan Taylor, Political Organisation

VOTER TURNOUT DECLINE AND POSSIBILITIES FOR THE REJUVENATION OF POLITICS

By Jack Foster and Dylan Taylor | Dylan Taylor, Featured, Home Page, Jack Foster, Jack Foster and Dylan Taylor, Political Organisation | No Comments

In this article, ESRA Researchers Jack Foster & Dylan Taylor address growing concerns around voter turnout decline and its consequences for the future of democracy in Aotearoa. more

Sep 25 2019

Amanda Thomas and Sophie Handford25 September 2019

Amanda Thomas and Sophie Handford, Environment, Featured, Home Page, Published Research, Uncategorized

‘LOOK NANA, THIS IS MY FUTURE’: A CONVERSATION WITH CLIMATE STRIKE ORGANISER SOPHIE HANDFORD

By Amanda Thomas and Sophie Handford | Amanda Thomas and Sophie Handford, Environment, Featured, Home Page, Published Research, Uncategorized | No Comments

Recently, ESRA researcher Amanda Thomas spoke to Sophie Handford about the upcoming school strike for climate and the need for inter-generational solidarity in the struggle for climate justice. more

Jun 06 2019

ESRA6 June 2019

Ben Rosamond, Campbell Jones, ESRA, Featured, Home Page, Intervention, Jack Foster, Murdoch Stephens, Published Research, Research, Shannon Walsh, Ti Lamusse, Vanessa Cole

Budget 2019 Report

By ESRA | Ben Rosamond, Campbell Jones, ESRA, Featured, Home Page, Intervention, Jack Foster, Murdoch Stephens, Published Research, Research, Shannon Walsh, Ti Lamusse, Vanessa Cole | No Comments

ESRA researchers have teamed up with community researchers and activists to consider what the 2019 ‘Wellbeing budget’ means for those who are worst served by our current system. more

May 23 2019

Campbell Jones and Baz Macdonald23 May 2019

Campbell Jones and Baz Macdonald, Featured, Home Page, Political Organisation, Politics, Published Research, Research

Outside the Bunker: A Conversation about Capitalism, Crisis and Cruelty

By Campbell Jones and Baz Macdonald | Campbell Jones and Baz Macdonald, Featured, Home Page, Political Organisation, Politics, Published Research, Research | No Comments

This interview between documentary film maker Baz Macdonald and ESRA Researcher Campbell Jones discusses capitalism, crisis, and the prospects for change. more

May 23 2019

ESRA23 May 2019

Book, Campbell Jones and Shannon Walsh, Featured, Home Page, Political Organisation, Published Research, Research

New Forms of Political Organisation

By ESRA | Book, Campbell Jones and Shannon Walsh, Featured, Home Page, Political Organisation, Published Research, Research | No Comments

Download a free copy of ESRA’s first book, ‘New Forms of Political Organisation’, or purchase a hard copy. more

May 07 2019

Peter King7 May 2019

Home Page, Intervention, Peter King, Published Research, Research

Minimum Wage Policy in Context: Only a Living Wage Will Lift Workers Out of Poverty

By Peter King | Home Page, Intervention, Peter King, Published Research, Research | No Comments

This is the first of a series of occasional interventions on the subject of income distribution and adequacy in Aotearoa New Zealand. more

Nov 30 2018

Anna-Maria Murtola30 November 2018

Anna-Maria Murtola, Home Page, Published Research, Research

How the Global Tech Elite Imagine the Future

By Anna-Maria Murtola | Anna-Maria Murtola, Home Page, Published Research, Research | No Comments

Aotearoa New Zealand has recently been in the global news as a bolthole for global billionaires preparing for the apocalypse, especially wealthy tech entrepreneurs and financial investors from the US. This report aims to shed light on how this segment of the global elite imagines the future. more

Jun 28 2018

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Ricardo Menendez March28 June 2018

Home Page, Intervention, Published Research, Ricardo Menendez March, Tax

Auckland Fuel Levy an Attack on the Poor

By Ricardo Menendez March | Home Page, Intervention, Published Research, Ricardo Menendez March, Tax | No Comments

Solutions to traffic should never have to include depriving low income families of their ability to move around or put food on the table. more

May 08 2018

Amanda Thomas8 May 2018

Amanda Thomas, Environment, Home Page, Political Organisation, Published Research

Political Organisation and the Environment

By Amanda Thomas | Amanda Thomas, Environment, Home Page, Political Organisation, Published Research | No Comments

This report focuses on how communities contest colonialism and capitalism to build more just, healthy and accessible environments. more