Dr John Wei is a lecturer in Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of Otago. For Asia Media Centre, he discusses the social impact of the Netflix film Your…
Continue ReadingPodcast episode about two extremely influential South Korean worker organisers, Jeon Tae-il and Lee So-sun, and the autonomous self-organisation of women textile and garment workers in the country from the…
Continue ReadingIf you’re in or around Christchurch, you may be interested in attending the Christchurch Skeptics in the Pub. One of the NZ Skeptics committee members, Jonathan Harper, is giving a…
Continue ReadingAUTHORLeo David Hyde PM Ardern’s government has been hailed as “the most progressive in the world,” but the LOTR saga reveals its unwillingness to take on corporate power. You have…
Continue ReadingBaruch Hirson, South African Trotskyist, provides some insight into the South African syndicalists of the early twentieth century recovering the history of South African left traditions ignored or caricatured in…
Continue ReadingAnarchists, far from ignoring “human nature,” have the only political theory that gives this concept deep thought and reflection. Too often, “human nature” is flung up as the last line…
Continue ReadingLa Plume Noire, a UCL bookstore in Lyon, was attacked on Saturday March 20 by a fascist commando. It is an attack against the entire UCL, but, beyond that, against…
Continue ReadingSupport for the progressive side of the debate in Muslim communitiesYou may have heard of the controversy over the teacher suspended at Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire. There are…
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