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Roger Douglas Calls For Class War Roger Douglas, architect of NZ's broken economic model, is calling for Nicola Willis to resign. The former Finance Minister wants the government to pursue a more extreme programme of austerity.

“Nobody voted for Rogernomics 41 years ago — the free market failed our people in the 1980s and it is failing us today. The legacy of Roger Douglas must be torn down root and branch. It is time to end the era of neoliberalism once and for all.”

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Roger Douglas Calls For Class War Roger Douglas, architect of NZ's broken economic model, is calling for Nicola Willis to resign. The former Finance Minister wants the government to pursue a more extreme programme of austerity.

Roger Douglas is once again making headlines at age 87. The former Finance Minister is using the pretext of the economic crisis to call for Nicola Willis to resign and for the Coalition to implement even harsher austerity measures.

Read my piece about it:

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In the Tāmaki Makaurau byelection, TPM candidate Kaipara was able to retain 60% of the votes her predecessor received in 2023. Labour's Henare was only able to retain 31% of his voters.

Labour will hope that the lack of enthusiasm demonstrated in this byelection is not reflective of a trend.

Is it time for New Zealand to have publicly owned supermarkets? The government thinks more foreign chains will solve our supermarket price problem – but it’s the market itself that’s failed....

Is it time for New Zealand to have publicly owned supermarkets?

Is it time for New Zealand to have publicly owned supermarkets? The government thinks more foreign chains will solve our supermarket price problem – but it’s the market itself that’s failed.

I’ve got a new piece in the Spinoff this morning. Taking inspiration from Zohran Mamdani: could publicly-owned supermarkets challenge the duopoly and bring down extortionate food prices in Aotearoa?

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Divide and Plunder: Understanding New Zealand's Right-Wing Turn Those who thought the Coalition would tear itself apart through division and infighting were mistaken. The government is united in its strategy to divide the public and redistribute wealth upwards.

The agenda of the Coalition can be summarised in one phrase: Divide and Plunder. Their aim is to sow racism and division among working people while redistributing wealth upwards at an alarming rate.

Read my latest essay here: elliotcrossan.substack.com/p/divide-and...

It Is Not Enough Only to Change the Government Everyone on the left can agree that we must change the government. But if Labour wins in 2026 and refuses to transform the system generating extreme inequality, NZ society will continue to fragment.

Everyone on the left can agree that we must change the government. But if Labour wins in 2026 and refuses to transform the system generating extreme inequality, NZ society will continue to fragment.

Full article here: elliotcrossan.substack.com/p/it-is-not-...

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We are still nowhere near recovering from the historic fall in union membership caused by the anti-union laws of 1991.

However, the increase in union membership among younger workers means that union density recently reached a 15-year high. [3/4]

This increase has driven a smaller increase in overall union density. The 25-34 age group is where union membership is growing fastest. [2/4]

Good news! NZ union density has been steadily increasing among workers aged 15-44 for the last 9 years, and increased significantly in the year after the Coalition took power in 2023. [1/4]

The Trump Shock There is a method to Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff madness. The chaos and confusion is deliberate; the aim is nothing less than the controlled disintegration of the world economy.

"Their aim is to use US global superpower status to increase economic prosperity. While from the outside the actions of the White House may look random, we can be sure of this: inducing a sense of chaos is deliberate. Trump wants opponents to be confused."

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What Is to Be Done? Taking the Fight to the Coalition in 2025 In the face of the most right-wing government we have had in decades, the socialist left in Aotearoa must overcome division, disorganisation and defeatism, and develop a strategy to fight back.

In the face of the most right-wing govt we have had in decades, the NZ left must overcome division, disorganisation and defeatism, and develop a strategy to fight back.

My contribution to the new edition of Commonweal on behalf of System Change Aotearoa.

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Is a Left-Wing Leadership of the NZ Labour Party Possible? Activists inside centre-left parties overseas have tried to challenge neoliberalism by getting socialist leaders elected such as Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders. Could this happen within NZ Labour?

Activists inside centre-left parties overseas have attempted to challenge neoliberalism by trying to get socialist leaders elected such as Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders. Could this happen within NZ Labour?

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“I implore people to not get sucked into despair” — Nadia Abu-Shanab on Palestine and BDS "Our struggle illuminates internationalism for people. People in every corner of the world are invested in seeing our liberation — they want to know that people can struggle against power and win."

I interviewed my friend and comrade on Friday. Nadia is a member of Justice for Palestine, and is an organiser for Don't Bank on Apartheid. We discussed the end of the ceasefire, and why we shouldn’t exceptionalise Trump and his role in the genocide.

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Cuts to Disability Services Are Part of a Class War Over the last year, the Coalition has unleashed a series of cuts which have been devastating for the disabled community. These cuts are part of a class war — and it's time to organise and fight back.

"This war on the disabled community is part of a class war. It is not an accident; it is not ignorance; it is not incompetence. It is the deliberate policy of a government which is advancing the interests of the top 1% at the expense of the 99%."

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Roger Douglas Has a Lesson for the Left It is time that the left took some notes from the neoliberals on how to transform society. If we don't, our economy will only ever move in one direction: ever-higher levels of inequality.

It is time that the left took some notes from the neoliberals on how to transform society. If we don't, our economy will only ever move in one direction: ever-higher levels of inequality.

Republished from the System Change website!

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Ardern squandered her chance at transformational change at every turn How Labour's economic handling of the Covid crisis created an explosion in inequality. By Elliot Crossan

I assume you're talking about Jacinda Ardern? I wrote an analysis of her time in office in 2023: newsroom.co.nz/2023/01/28/a...

Is NZ as Stable as Luxon Claims? By pursuing cuts, selling off assets to multinationals, enabling ACT's attacks on the Treaty and cutting back on climate commitments, Luxon is guaranteeing that NZ will not be stable for long.

Luxon is selling NZ as “a poster child for stability” amidst a “storm.”

Why is the PM selling us to the highest bidder as this bastion of stability, when at the exact same time his govt is engineering the conditions NZ to rapidly become more unstable?

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Where Is the Resistance to Privatisation and Austerity? As the Coalition moves to partially privatise our healthcare system, and Seymour fatally undermines the free school lunch programme, it is time for us to take to the streets and fight back

My first post on Substack!

"As the Coalition moves to partially privatise our healthcare system, and Seymour fatally undermines the free school lunch programme, it is time for us to take to the streets and fight back."

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So I am told people actually use Bluesky?