Author: Mike Treen

Global News

Nuked: The Submarine Fiasco that Sank Australia’s Sovereignty by Murray Horton

Reprinted from Covert Action Magazine Andrew Fowler’s book Nuked: The Submarine Fiasco That Sank Australia’s Sovereignty (Melbourne University Press, 2024) was not written by a member of the peace movement. That is both a strength and a weakness. A strength, because Andrew Fowler is an award-winning investigative journalist, who has worked in mainstream Australian current affairs TV. So, it can’t be dismissed as “anti-American, anti-military” … Continue reading Nuked: The Submarine Fiasco that Sank Australia’s Sovereignty by Murray Horton

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Events

Show Your Support for Cuba. Donate to the Hurricane Relief Appeal. Join Us Nov. 24 for a Fundraising Dinner & Film Screening

Pay to “New Zealand Cuba Society” Bank details: 02-0159-0200303-000 Join Us for a Fundraising Dinner & Film Screening 5pm, Sunday, November 24. First Union Conference Room 120 Church St, Onehunga Cuba urgently needs your help. Three hurricanes, Milton, then Oscar, and now Rafael have slammed into the island in the space of a month. Hurricane Rafael’s 185 km winds hit west of Havana November 6th … Continue reading Show Your Support for Cuba. Donate to the Hurricane Relief Appeal. Join Us Nov. 24 for a Fundraising Dinner & Film Screening

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Events, Newsletters

How to join this week’s Treaty Hikoi

NAU MAI, HAERE MAI HĪKOI DETAILS: Te Ika-a-Māui Everything you need to know about the upcoming Kotahitanga activation and Hikoi mō te Tiriti. Below you’ll find the TIMINGS and LOCATIONS of each activation as well as the end point for each day / leg of the hīkoi. “KOTAHITANGA MŌ TE TIRITI” TE IKA A MĀUI WHEN: 10th – 19th November 2024 WHERE: Starting at Te … Continue reading How to join this week’s Treaty Hikoi

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Events, Newsletters

Australasian Southern Cross Brigade to Cuba – 2025 dates confirmed! Register now!

The 40th Southern Cross Brigade (2025), will be held from the 4th until 22nd of January 2025 (inclusive). You can expect a cost of around $2,500AUD (excluding flights) for all Brigade accommodation, basic food and internal travel expenses. Register via the 2025 information booklet! The Southern Cross Brigade offers Australian and New Zealand friends of Cuba the opportunity to learn more about the island nation’s … Continue reading Australasian Southern Cross Brigade to Cuba – 2025 dates confirmed! Register now!

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Contributors, Events, Mike Treen

“The Enemy Within” by Mare Leadbeater book launch Nov 9

Kiwi woman watched by security services for most of her lifeSpy movies are one thing, but state surveillance for this Kiwi activist has been all too real. The file on Maire Leadbeater was opened by the security services before she was even a teenager. Now, the veteran activist has written about the history of state surveillance in Aotearoa — and on her own family connections … Continue reading “The Enemy Within” by Mare Leadbeater book launch Nov 9

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Events

Marxist historian speaks in Auckland

I have resent this message with a different headline to see if I can escape the ban by Facebook on my posting it there. Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, author, journalist, political commentator, and Marxist intellectual. He is the executive-director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, Editor of LeftWord Books, Chief Correspondent at Globetrotter Prashad is the author of forty books, including Washington Bullets, … Continue reading Marxist historian speaks in Auckland

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Events

Meetings in Auckland with Marxist historian Vijay Prashad, October 24 & 25

Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, author, journalist, political commentator, and Marxist intellectual. He is the executive-director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, Editor of LeftWord Books, Chief Correspondent at Globetrotter Prashad is the author of forty books, including Washington Bullets, Red Star Over the Third World, The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World. His latest book “On Cuba: Reflections on 70 … Continue reading Meetings in Auckland with Marxist historian Vijay Prashad, October 24 & 25

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Opinion

Ian Powell: Why Socialism (why not New Zealand)

The following is a recent blog by Ian Powell that I encourage people to read. Ian’s blogs deal primarily with the health system. Ian is probably one of the most well-informed commentators you can find with a progressive view after 30 years an the executive officer of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – the senior doctors union. You can subscribe to his blog from … Continue reading Ian Powell: Why Socialism (why not New Zealand)

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Contributors, Global News, Mike Treen

The inflation blame game and Marx’s crisis theory

Speech by Mike Treen, retired union advocate, given at Ecosocialism 2023 in Melborne, Australia Inflation is back worldwide, and with it the blame game. So what is the truth behind the claims and counterclaims being made? First, a little background. An impending worldwide recession in late 2019, foreshadowed by a freeze in the US repo markets, led the US Federal Reserve to embark on a … Continue reading The inflation blame game and Marx’s crisis theory

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