Keith Locke will be remembered with a political debate to be held on 3 July 2025 at the Irish Club Hall Rocky Nook Ave, (just inside Fowlds Park) Sandringham (7 pm). A cash bar will be open from 6 pm. The moot is “That China is a threat to regional peace’ and the moderator is Simon Wilson. The debaters are Dr Wayne Mapp, Dr Cam … Continue reading Inaugural Keith Locke Memorial Debate, July 3
🍽 Dinner & Conversation with the Cuban Ambassador to New Zealand 🗓 Sunday, April 27, 2025 ⏰ 5:00 PM – Dinner, followed by Q&A 📍 First Union Conference Room, 120 Church Street, Onehunga, Auckland (Koha would be appreciated for the dinner; suggested $10) Join the Auckland Cuba Friendship Society for a special evening with: 🎙 His Excellency Luis Morejón Rodríguez, Cuban Ambassador to New Zealand … Continue reading Today 5pm Dinner & Conversation with the Cuban Ambassador
By Mike Treen Anzac Day is important to remember because of the utter futility of being part of an imperialist military alliance. New Zealand casualties in that war, killed or wounded, were 58%. That is equal to one-quarter of the adult male population. Our death rate of those who served at 16.6% was higher than that suffered by Germany! “The total number of New Zealand … Continue reading Anzac Day: Remembering the futility of wars for empire!
A recommended newsletter by UnionAID that can be subscribed to here Standing together this May Day Issue 40 Standing together this May Day Next week’s International Workers’ Day (May Day) will see workers worldwide unite in their continued fight for decent work and fair wages. Despite more than a century of progress since the historic struggles that gave birth to May Day, the fundamental issues … Continue reading Solidarity Spotlight – May Day 2025
📜 Information Picket at the U.S. Consulate 🗓 Thursday, April 24, 2025 ⏰ 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM Britomart Place, corner of Quay Street, opposite the Ferry Building Join us for an informational picket to raise awareness about U.S. policies towards Cuba and their impact on New Zealand. We will be distributing leaflets and engaging with the public to expose the ongoing economic war against … Continue reading Stand with Cuba! Join Us for Two Important Events – April 24 and 27
Liberation day Source: Michael Roberts Blog It’s not April Fools day (1 April). But it might as well be as later today US President Donald Trump announces another barrage of tariffs on imports into the US in what Trump calls ‘Liberation Day’ and what America’s voice of big business and finance, the Wall Street journal, has called “the dumbest trade war in history.” In this … Continue reading The dangers behind Trump’s Trade War
Hi All, I may be being a bit self-indulgent but I plan to collectively celebrate my 70th birthday from 4pm on April 5 at the Auckland Trades Hall. 147 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland. I want to celebrate 55 years of struggle for a better world (and SIS spying) because that struggle is ongoing and in many ways becoming more urgent. And there have … Continue reading Come to Mike Treen’s 70th birthday to celebrate a life of struggle. 4pm, April 5, Auckland Trades Hall
Palestine Solidarity supporters will protest New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ “the real state of the nation” public meeting in Ōtautahi/Christchurch this Sunday from 1pm at the Christchurch Town Hall (the NZ First meeting for Peters begins at 2pm) While New Zealanders call for sanctions on Israel for genocide, Mr Peters continues to look the other way. As we said in a media release … Continue reading Protest against Winston Peters’ appeasement towards genocidal Israel – 1pm, Sun March 23
By Mike Treen The following document was first published by the recently formed Gulf Crisis Committee in March 1991. The committee was formed to mobilise opposition to the 1990 war against Iraq that the New Zealand military participated. It was written by Mike Treen and published as a supplement in the student journal Craccum with extra copies made available. 35 years later it reads well … Continue reading NO MORE BLOOD FOR OIL!
By Gary Wilson Struggle/La Lucha China’s DeepSeek AI has just dropped a bombshell in the tech world. While U.S. tech giants like OpenAI have been building expensive, closed-source AI models, DeepSeek has released an open-source AI that matches or outperforms U.S. models, costs 97% less to operate, and can be downloaded and used freely by anyone. While the U.S. tried to monopolize AI with economic … Continue reading Open source vs. closed doors: How China’s DeepSeek beat U.S. AI monopolies
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