Socialist Equality Group - Latest News [Page 23]
NZ Labour government rules out capital gains tax
Tuesday, 14 May 2019, 6:07 pm | Socialist Equality Group
13 May 2019, original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/13/nzta-m13.html More >>
Free Assange NZ denounces hypocrisy
Sunday, 12 May 2019, 3:57 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Free Assange NZ denounces hypocrisy at World Press Freedom Day event By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 11 May 2019, original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/11/assa-m11.html More >>
Wellington rally demands freedom for Julian Assange
Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 11:28 am | Socialist Equality Group
The Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand) took part in a rally in Wellington on Sunday called by Free Assange NZ, a group of WikiLeaks supporters. Protesters gathered outside the US embassy and marched to the nearby British High Commission. More >>
Royal Commission set to whitewash fascist murders in Chch
Thursday, 11 April 2019, 3:09 pm | Socialist Equality Group
On Monday, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the terms of reference for the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the March 15 Christchurch fascist attack in which 50 Muslim worshippers were killed. More >>
New Zealand fascist killer appears in court
Tuesday, 9 April 2019, 9:14 am | Socialist Equality Group
Accused mass murderer Brenton Tarrant made his second court appearance in New Zealand on Friday following the terrorist attack at two Christchurch mosques on March 15. He faces 50 murder charges and 39 counts of attempted murder. A police statement ... More >>
After fascist attack, NZ teacher unions cancel strike action
Wednesday, 3 April 2019, 3:58 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By John Braddock, Socialist Equality Group 2 April 2019, original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/02/nzte-a02.html More >>
Remembrance service held for New Zealand terror victims
Monday, 1 April 2019, 9:51 am | Socialist Equality Group
Around 20,000 people attended a remembrance service at Hagley Park in Christchurch yesterday for the victims of the March 15 terrorist attack on the Al Noor and Linwood mosques, carried out by Australian fascist Brenton Tarrant. The gunman murdered 50 ... More >>
Why was the Christchurch terror attack not prevented?
Thursday, 28 March 2019, 3:05 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Monday’s episode of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s “Four Corners” program, “The Christchurch Massacre and the Rise of Right-wing Extremism,” raised serious unanswered questions about how fascist and white supremacist Brenton Tarrant ... More >>
Against banning the Christchurch terrorist's manifesto
Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 10:32 am | Socialist Equality Group
The manifesto by Australian fascist Brenton Tarrant, who killed 50 people and injured the same number in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, has been officially suppressed in New Zealand. More >>
New Zealand and Australia stoke tensions with Turkey
Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 4:53 pm | Socialist Equality Group
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 25 March 2019 url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/25/turk-m25.html More >>
On the glorification of Jacinda Ardern
Friday, 22 March 2019, 11:16 am | Socialist Equality Group
Following the March 15 terrorist attack by Australian fascist Brenton Tarrant, who killed 50 people in two Christchurch mosques motivated by hatred of immigrants and Muslims, the political establishment and media in New Zealand, Australia, the US ... More >>
Warnings of New Zealand neo-Nazi attack were ignored
Thursday, 21 March 2019, 9:10 am | Socialist Equality Group
Following last Friday’s mass killing at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, which claimed 50 lives, tens of thousands of ordinary people have attended vigils to show their grief and outrage and to express solidarity with the Muslim ... More >>
NZ terrorist attack and the international danger of fascism
Tuesday, 19 March 2019, 9:36 am | Socialist Equality Group
The death toll from last Friday’s fascist terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand was revised upward to 50 over the weekend. The youngest person killed was a three-year-old boy. Thirty-four people remained in hospital on Sunday, with ... More >>
Fascist terrorists murder 49 in Christchurch
Saturday, 16 March 2019, 8:25 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Forty-nine people were killed and another 48 injured in a horrifying terrorist attack yesterday afternoon on two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. The attack is by far the largest mass shooting and the most severe act of terrorism in New Zealand’s ... More >>
Crucial evidence from Pike River mine disaster missing
Thursday, 14 March 2019, 9:50 am | Socialist Equality Group
Family members of some of the men killed in New Zealand’s 2010 Pike River Coal (PRC) mine disaster have denounced the failure by police and the Department of Labour (now called WorkSafe) to keep track of evidence that could hold vital information ... More >>
Foreign minister visits Fiji to strengthen military ties
Friday, 8 March 2019, 10:20 am | Socialist Equality Group
Winston Peters, foreign affairs minister in New Zealand’s Labour Party-led government, used a two-day visit to Fiji late last month to announce measures to bolster Fiji’s military and “take the Fiji-New Zealand relationship to a new level.” More >>
China retaliates over New Zealand government’s Huawei ban
Saturday, 23 February 2019, 12:46 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The Chinese government last week initiated an apparent series of retaliatory measures against the New Zealand Labour Party government’s move to ban the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei from supplying hardware for a new generation 5G mobile technology upgrade. More >>
Housing crisis intensifies under Labour government
Saturday, 16 February 2019, 5:19 pm | Socialist Equality Group
New Zealand housing crisis intensifies under Labour government By John Braddock, Socialist Equality Group 15 February 2019, url https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/02/15/nzho-f15.html More >>
NZ doctors, midwives strike
Thursday, 14 February 2019, 11:24 am | Socialist Equality Group
Around 3,300 junior doctors from New Zealand's public hospitals walked off the job for 48 hours on Tuesday to oppose attacks on working conditions. It was their third strike this year, following two stoppages last month, and is part of the broad resurgence ... More >>
Doctors hold second nationwide strike
Tuesday, 29 January 2019, 4:51 pm | Socialist Equality Group
More than 3,300 junior doctors in public hospitals across New Zealand are striking for 48-hours starting Tuesday, in the second two-day nationwide strike this month in opposition to major attacks on working conditions. The Resident Doctors Association ... More >>
