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inquiryrevolutionRomabroad left partyimperialist rivalrymoneyComrades in the CafeUNITYhttp://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (UNITYblog)Blogger1462125Unityblognzcomhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-4065770310197365787Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:53:00 +00002012-01-29T09:54:05.729+13:00Resolution of 2012 conference of Socialist WorkerThe defining event of our times is world capitalism’s historic slide towards collapse under the chaotic, intersecting and escalating pressures of five terminal crises: • profitability, • ecology, • resources, • imperial leadership, • legitimacy. This is the context for this resolution of Socialist Worker’s 2012 conference: 1. Push forward focused outreach work on global capitalist collapse, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/wp61icIh1_M/resolution-of-2012-conference-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vaughan)22<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/wp61icIh1_M" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2012/01/resolution-of-2012-conference-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-6244065711882656800Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:27:00 +00002012-01-21T12:32:05.429+13:00Will your savings be frozen?E S S A Y   I N T R O D U C T I O N The essay below deals with important topics: The New Zealand state is installing networked computer systems to instantly freeze bank savings if any bank gets into trouble. The systems will be up and running by the end of 2012. There is a rising risk of problems with New Zealand banks. Their main asset base consists of household mortgages, and many highly http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/DM8alDkDBM0/will-your-savings-be-frozen_21.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vaughan)9<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/DM8alDkDBM0" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2012/01/will-your-savings-be-frozen_21.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-2819837368239749896Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:43:00 +00002012-01-16T06:57:59.626+13:00Towards Ecosocialismby Grant Brookes [A contribution to Socialist Worker's Pre-Conference Bulletin, January 2012] FIRST: THE HEADLINES “The method of rising from the abstract to the concrete is only the way in which thought appropriates the concrete, reproduces it as the concrete in the mind.” So said Marx, in the Grundrisse of 1859. Some sixty years later, Lukacs expanded upon this dialectical theme, of the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/SPRDUVrP5DI/towards-ecosocialism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vaughan)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/SPRDUVrP5DI" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2012/01/towards-ecosocialism.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-1130653818075248857Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:28:00 +00002012-01-16T06:28:42.365+13:00A new kind of paper (and a new kind of organisation?)by David Colyer [A contribution to Socialist Worker's Pre-Conference Bulletin, January 2012] Socialist Worker members have been advocating an Eco-Socialist Network for some time. Recently a network promoting the capitalistcollapse analysis has also been proposed. I support both networks, but I think there remains a need for a distinct revolutionary socialist / marxist voice. A ‘collapse’ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/vp1k1Oi0k2A/new-kind-of-paper-and-new-kind-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vaughan)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/vp1k1Oi0k2A" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-kind-of-paper-and-new-kind-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-4679314766314783497Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:21:00 +00002012-01-18T20:10:06.022+13:00Goodbye Lenin?by Daphne Lawless [A contribution to Socialist Worker's Pre-Conference Bulletin, January 2012] “... we are each given the experiences we need and I do not regret the craziness of those initial years, even though I know now that much of my energy and actions was misplaced.” - Llewellyn Vaughan Lee This paper is an exploration of ten years experience as a member of a revolutionary socialist http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/ew0_WF6nMr8/goodbye-lenin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vaughan)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/ew0_WF6nMr8" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2012/01/goodbye-lenin.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-2066259721931754516Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:15:00 +00002011-12-05T16:16:33.611+13:00Summit in Venezuela opens 'new phase in history'by Federico Fuentes 3 December 2011 from Green Left Weekly A summit of huge importance was held in Venezuela on December 2-3. Two hundred years after Latin America’s independence fighters first raised the battle cry for a united Latin America, 33 heads of states from across the region came together to form the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). For Latin America, the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/XcWD2ev_w6I/summit-in-venezuela-opens-new-phase-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vaughan)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/XcWD2ev_w6I" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/12/summit-in-venezuela-opens-new-phase-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-1137600782187433338Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:20:00 +00002011-11-17T20:21:16.165+13:00Labour "will contemplate" a Financial Transactions Taxby Grant Brookes In the wake of the Mana Party announcement of its Hone Heke Tax proposal back in June, Labour's finance spokesperson David Cunliffe was moved to write a few words on why he opposed the idea (see: http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/11/introducing-robin-hood-tax-tax-justice.html). But support for a FTT inside Labour and union circles has continued to grow, including among http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/WEzqPIEPTnY/labour-will-contemplate-financial.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vaughan)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/WEzqPIEPTnY" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/11/labour-will-contemplate-financial.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-8657921168842496805Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:32:00 +00002011-11-11T10:32:39.882+13:00EpsomelectionsEpsom debate: Banks attacks Brash p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; }tt.cjk { font-family: "DejaVu Sans",monospace; } John Key has claimed that ACT is a “stable party”. But a picture paints a thousand words. Three photos from the Epsom meet the candidates debate. 1/ MANA candidate Pat O’Dea shows the people of Epsom who they are really voting for.  2/ Before leaving the stand O’Dea leaves Brash’s picture propped against thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/OsZAhyK0fao/epsom-debate-banks-attacks-brash.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/OsZAhyK0fao" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/11/epsom-debate-banks-attacks-brash.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-547576676225617938Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:05:00 +00002011-11-09T20:05:28.052+13:00Amid war threats, December’s Gaza convoy is postponedby Grant Morgan co-organiser of Kia Ora Gaza 4 November 2011 UK charity Viva Palestina, lead organiser of an international aid mission to besieged Gaza in late December, today announced the convoy’s postponement for several months. Hundreds of convoyers from around the world were scheduled to gather in Cairo next month, link up with the huge democracy movement which overthrew the dictator Hosni http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/DxfJ6f9WCGk/amid-war-threats-decembers-gaza-convoy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/DxfJ6f9WCGk" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/11/amid-war-threats-decembers-gaza-convoy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-4835395661577811648Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:19:00 +00002011-11-04T18:20:56.642+13:00Introducing the Robin Hood Tax – Tax Justice in New ZealandNotes from a talk at Occupy Wellington on 29 October, 2011, to coincide with the #RobinHood Global March (http://www.adbusters.org/blogs/adbusters-blog/robinhood.html) by Tax Justice spokesperson & eco-socialist activist GRANT BROOKES The campaign for a Robin Hood Tax began, a little over 18 months ago, with a little-noticed launch in London. Supporters from a handful of British charities, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/Vl1R8d6jMlU/introducing-robin-hood-tax-tax-justice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vaughan)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/Vl1R8d6jMlU" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/11/introducing-robin-hood-tax-tax-justice.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-5843374147626249919Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:27:00 +00002011-11-04T18:17:00.949+13:00Tax Justice supports ‘Robin Hood Tax’ global day of actionTax Justice media release 28 October 2011 “The Occupy Movement is protesting the injustice of the world’s 99% having to bear the costs of a financial crisis caused by an elite few,” says Vaughan Gunson, Tax Justice spokesperson. “The best mechanism for making the super-rich 1% pay is a financial transaction tax, or Robin Hood Tax,” says Gunson. “It’s very exciting to see that the global http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/KqlzULu_DB8/tax-justice-supports-robin-hood-tax.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/KqlzULu_DB8" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/10/tax-justice-supports-robin-hood-tax.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-8222064877487090730Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:36:00 +00002011-10-22T19:36:17.784+13:00Diary of an occupation — 7 days at #occupymelbourne By Sue Bolton from Green Left Weekly Occupy Melbourne, City Square, Day 2, October 16. Photo: occupymelbourne.org Green Left Weekly’s Sue Bolton has been part of the Occupy Melbourne protest since it began on October 15. Below she recounts the past week of the occupation in Melbourne’s City Square, which was broken up by a fierce police assault on October 21. Day 5: Still going strong We http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/saLOV-ZR7ho/diary-of-occupation-7-days-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/saLOV-ZR7ho" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/10/diary-of-occupation-7-days-at.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-8217876706300754956Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:35:00 +00002011-10-20T10:35:43.262+13:00Occupy Wellington: A focus for the 99% p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; }a:link { } By Grant Brookes “Why are they protesting?” ask the baffled pundits on TV. Meanwhile, the rest of the world asks: “What took you so long?” Naomi Klein    With comments like this, campaigning journalist Naomi Klein has captured the essence of the mushrooming movement against corporate greed which began on Wall Street (http://www.naomiklein.org/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/d60B-fEhhHI/occupy-wellington-focus-for-99.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/d60B-fEhhHI" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/10/occupy-wellington-focus-for-99.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-7375836225299526269Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:43:00 +00002011-10-18T00:23:09.711+13:00The Occupations: This time it's different p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } by Joel Hildebrandt If you know me, you know I’ve been on many, many marches. Let’s be honest – it gets a little boring. You march & yell and sing and chat with fellow protesters on the street. You arrive at your destination and some designated speakers take the mike and – well, it's boring. People & energy fizzle away. And then what? Yesterday at Aotea http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/u0qDrVyNscI/occupations-this-time-its-different.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vaughan)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/u0qDrVyNscI" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/10/occupations-this-time-its-different.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-553169248536308872Sun, 16 Oct 2011 02:31:00 +00002011-10-16T15:31:34.559+13:00Occupy Auckland day 1 p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; }h1 { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; }h1.western { font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; }h1.cjk { font-family: "DejaVu Sans"; }h1.ctl { font-family: "Lohit Hindi"; }a:link { } By David Colyer ‘We are the 99%, we are the 99%...’  ‘And so are you!’ someone added, calling out to the many on-lookers.  ‘Join us,’ others called, and people did. Two French rugby http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/baN1RPw92IY/occupy-auckland-day-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/baN1RPw92IY" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/10/occupy-auckland-day-1.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-5215314312275855008Sat, 15 Oct 2011 07:33:00 +00002011-10-16T01:14:35.488+13:00VIDEO: Occupy Auckland Today's Occupy Queen Street marchhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/kPaJzLUII4c/video-occupy-auckland.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/kPaJzLUII4c" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/10/video-occupy-auckland.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-3126855122299259565Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:32:00 +00002011-10-18T14:20:06.409+13:00October 15: occupy Aotearoa, occupy everywhere The Occupy Wall Street protest has inspired plans for more than 1000 similar events in the US and around the World. Many occupations are planned to begin on Saturday October 15.    In Aotearoa New Zealand, protests and occupations are planned not just in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, but even in New Plymouth and Invercargill! Targeting Wall Street – the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/ClzybCImpgo/october-15-occupy-aotearoa-occupy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/ClzybCImpgo" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-15-occupy-aotearoa-occupy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-7487259542302722246Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:00:00 +00002011-10-13T12:37:39.209+13:00Significant change in plan for December’s Gaza aid convoyby Grant Morgan Co-organiser of Kia Ora Gaza 13 October 2011 Almost three years ago Israel’s military onslaught in Gaza, codenamed Operation Cast Lead, killed over 1,400 mostly civilian Palestinians and laid waste to the coastal enclave. Today, most Gazan families suffer from mass unemployment, medical shortages, polluted water, devastated housing, continual Israeli attacks and otherhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/7SHJYKTKibY/significant-change-in-plan-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/7SHJYKTKibY" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/10/significant-change-in-plan-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-8872070277170762384Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:52:00 +00002011-10-10T21:53:14.415+13:00Will capitalism survive the crisis?by Geoff Fischer Will the political institutions of capitalism survive the current economic crisis? That is the question which many of us are being asked. The simple answer is that those institutions (states or governing parties) which preside over social systems in which wealth is evenly distributed are best fitted to survive, while those which preside over divided, unequal societies face http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/fpwK8VBDbY4/will-capitalism-survive-crisis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vaughan)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/fpwK8VBDbY4" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/10/will-capitalism-survive-crisis.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-4597198096120324729Mon, 03 Oct 2011 09:10:00 +00002011-10-03T22:10:21.182+13:00USAfinancial crisisWallstreet video: Nobody can predict the moment of revolution Nobody Can Predict The Moment Of Revolution from ivarad on Vimeo.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/d1oU2uMgbVY/wallstreet-video-nobody-can-predict.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/d1oU2uMgbVY" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/10/wallstreet-video-nobody-can-predict.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-6840546317703182388Sun, 02 Oct 2011 09:42:00 +00002011-10-04T00:32:43.998+13:00US occupations: linksThe Wall Street occupation, now nearing the end of its third week has sparked a series of protests across the USA. Like the revolutionaries in North Africa and the Middle East, the protesters have made extensive use of the internet, social media and communication technology. Below are links to three websites where you can keep up to date with the protests.  OccupyWallStreet https://http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/JsSTEsoK25g/us-occupations-links.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/JsSTEsoK25g" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/10/us-occupations-links.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-5631556824657418060Sun, 02 Oct 2011 08:10:00 +00002011-10-02T21:10:33.415+13:00USAfinance capitalismA spotlight on Wall Street greed p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; }h1 { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; }h1.western { font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; }h1.cjk { font-family: "DejaVu Sans"; }h1.ctl { font-family: "Lohit Hindi"; } Doug Singsen and Will Russell report from New York City on Occupy Wall Street.From Socialist Worker US September 28, 2011 New York police on a rampage against demonstrators from Occupy Wall Street (Brennan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/GYPbZRvZjcE/spotlight-on-wall-street-greed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/GYPbZRvZjcE" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/10/spotlight-on-wall-street-greed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-3195387194005728873Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:32:00 +00002011-09-22T00:32:23.308+12:00NZ leftelectionsManaPredictable and surprising: an overview of Mana policy p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; }a:link { } by Grant Morgan 21 September 2011 The Mana Party's consolidated policy document was recently released (see below). Its contents are both predictable and surprising. Here's a concise overview: The document is predictably strong on "bread and butter" issues for Maori and workers, but invisible on their political "agency" in changing the system.  Therehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/dNBZ9so6svA/predictable-and-surprising-overview-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/dNBZ9so6svA" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/09/predictable-and-surprising-overview-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-422553179739356815Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:23:00 +00002011-09-19T19:23:54.725+12:00PalestineKia Ora GazasportIrish Rugby Players for Irish Ship to Gazahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/PBBmZF6YdZw/irish-rugby-players-for-irish-ship-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/PBBmZF6YdZw" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/09/irish-rugby-players-for-irish-ship-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-8739807003237595193Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:18:00 +00002011-09-10T22:19:23.206+12:00ecosocialismDerek Wall: Ecosocialism cuts to roots of ecological crisisBritish-based economist, activist and writer Derek Wall is a member of the Green Party of England and Wales and is the author of several books on ecology and politics. Wall will speak via video link at the Climate Change Social Change activist conference in Melbourne over September 30 to October 3. He maintains the ecosocialist blog Another Green World. He spoke to Green Left Weekly’s Simon http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~3/EwXCM0RpgeU/derek-wall-ecosocialism-cuts-to-roots.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Unityblognzcom/~4/EwXCM0RpgeU" height="1" width="1"/>http://unityaotearoa.blogspot.com/2011/09/derek-wall-ecosocialism-cuts-to-roots.html