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We Cannot Escape the Tide of History—Nor Should we Want to: Analysing the Outcome of the NZ Election, Part 2 of 4
By Elliot Crossan The world is currently experiencing its greatest moment of political upheaval since the 1980s. The presidency of Donald Trump is normalising authoritarianism and white supremacy in the United States to an alarming extent. Worse still, ideological fascists are on the rise across Europe. This year, Marine …
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What Happened? A Class Analysis of the NZ Election, Part 1 of 4
By Elliot Crossan Once again, and for the fourth time in nine years, in the wake of New Zealand’s general election, the aftermath for the left is despondency and despair. The National Party has again won a percentage of party votes that should be impossible under MMP; a racist …