Landslide defeat for Labour in New Zealand election
Contrary to the media headlines calling the election a shift to the right, it was marked by low turnout that reflects growing hostility to Labour, the National Party and all the capitalist parties.
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Contrary to the media headlines calling the election a shift to the right, it was marked by low turnout that reflects growing hostility to Labour, the National Party and all the capitalist parties.
Workers in New Zealand described the soaring cost of living and opposed the Labour and National Parties’ support for Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.
For workers and young people who want to fight against war and oppression, and for an end to capitalism, the only option is to oppose Labour, National and all their allies and build the Socialist Equality Group.
“The corporate support for the Voice should set up alarm bells for anyone who considered themselves on the left.”
Speakers presented a socialist program to unite the working class against war, austerity, and the racial divisions being whipped up by all the established parties ahead of the October 14 election.