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May 08 2018

Amanda Thomas8 May 2018

Amanda Thomas, Environment, Featured, Political Organisation, Published Research

Political Organisation and the Environment

By Amanda Thomas | Amanda Thomas, Environment, Featured, 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

Apr 26 2018

Ben Rosamond26 April 2018

Ben Rosamond, Home Page, Matike Mai, Published Research

Nation Destroying: Sovereignty and Dispossession in Aotearoa New Zealand

By Ben Rosamond | Ben Rosamond, Home Page, Matike Mai, Published Research | No Comments

In this piece, Ben Rosamond addresses the nature of the form of sovereign political power imposed in Aotearoa through colonisation. more

Apr 09 2018

Helen Potter & Moana Jackson9 April 2018

Helen Potter and Moana Jackson, Home Page, Matike Mai, Published Research

Constitutional Transformation and the Matike Mai Project: A Kōrero with Moana Jackson

By Helen Potter & Moana Jackson | Helen Potter and Moana Jackson, Home Page, Matike Mai, Published Research | No Comments

In this interview, conducted in December 2017 by Helen Potter, Moana Jackson discusses the constitutional transformation of Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Jan 29 2018

Ti Lamusse29 January 2018

Home Page, Prisons, Published Research, Ti Lamusse

Solitary Confinement in New Zealand Prisons

By Ti Lamusse | Home Page, Prisons, Published Research, Ti Lamusse | No Comments

Solitary confinement is the harshest form of punishment available in the New Zealand prison system. This report by People Against Prisons Aotearoa researcher Ti Lamusse outlines why its use in New Zealand prisons needs to end. more

Dec 21 2017

Shane Malva21 December 2017

Home Page, Housing, Published Research, Shane Malva

Land, Housing and Capitalism: The Social Consequences of Free Markets in Aotearoa New Zealand

By Shane Malva | Home Page, Housing, Published Research, Shane Malva | No Comments

Housing markets in Aotearoa New Zealand have produced huge capital gains over the past few decades, at the same time as harming and displacing thousands of people. more

Oct 03 2017

Dylan Taylor3 October 2017

Dylan Taylor, Home Page, Political Organisation, Published Research

Movements, Party, State

By Dylan Taylor | Dylan Taylor, Home Page, Political Organisation, Published Research | No Comments

A successful left politics requires a party capable of responding to popular grievances while also fostering hopeful visions for the future. Such a party should be informed by and work with social movements, and have a critical but sustained engagement with the state. more

Aug 27 2017

Podemos march in Madrid, photo by Barcex

David Parker27 August 2017

David Parker, Home Page, Political Organisation, Published Research

The Resurgence of the Radical Left in Europe: Lessons for Aotearoa/New Zealand?

By David Parker | David Parker, Home Page, Political Organisation, Published Research | No Comments

There has been a huge resurgence of the radical left in Europe since 2008. It has been enormously inspiring at times, even for those of us as far away as Aotearoa/New Zealand. more

Aug 02 2017

Sue Bradford2 August 2017

Home Page, Political Organisation, Published Research, Sue Bradford

Why We Need a New Left Wing Party

By Sue Bradford | Home Page, Political Organisation, Published Research, Sue Bradford | No Comments

Those of us on the radical left in Aotearoa/New Zealand find ourselves in the middle of 2017 facing yet another general election in which no parliamentary party seriously champions a future which will start to move us beyond capitalism and the legacies of colonisation. more

Jul 19 2017

Campbell Jones and Shannon Walsh19 July 2017

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

What is Political Organisation?

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

This short text serves as an introduction to a series of contributions that will be published by Economic and Social Research Aotearoa over the coming months on the possibilities today for new forms of political organisation. more

Jul 12 2017

Vanessa Cole12 July 2017

Home Page, Housing, Published Research, Vanessa Cole

Why Landlords and Investors Love the Unitary Plan, and Why You Shouldn’t

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

In this report Vanessa Cole investigates the political and economic aspects of the Auckland Unitary Plan in the context of historical and contemporary processes of capitalist displacement of the poor and marginalised. more