Temokalati (Democracy)

Introducing: Temokalati It’s no mystery that working people across the world are having a tough time. We are having to deal with stagnating wages, a housing crisis, increasing cost of living, political instability, and a …

[Re]Introducing: Temokalati (new site)

It’s no mystery that working people across the world are having a tough time...

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Temokalati can be read online via HeyZine, as a digital flipbook. It is also available as a digital download from HeyZine, using this link: heyzine.com/flip-book/05...

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Temokalati | PDF to Flipbook Summer 2025 to 2026 issue of Temokalati, a socialist magazine focused on the Pacific.. PDF to flipbook converted using heyzine.com

Temokalati: now on HeyZine. PDF available online + can be read as a digital flip book.
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Temokalati Summer 2025-2026: Out Now Temokalati's pilot issue, released.

On Monday, we released the first edition of Temokalati's magazine format. You can find the digital release online below. After the end of year break, we will be working hard to put together a second edition, which is due for March/April 2026.
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While workers and toilers across Tonga grow sceptical of the king and demand change, the democrats sit on their hands. Yhis election, our message to Tongan workers and toilers is to vote for PTOA candidates, and fight for socialism.

On November 20th, Tonga will hold its 2025 General Election. The democratic ovement, organised primarily within the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands (DPFI/PTOA), is utterly incapable of winning the struggle for democracy.

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Overview of the West Papuan independence struggle Bernard M. of Organise Aotearoa writes on the West Papuan struggle against Indonesian settler-colonialism, and how the West Papuan struggle fits in the politics of the Asia-Pacific.

Bernard M. of Organise Aotearoa writes on the West Papuan struggle against Indonesian settler-colonialism, and how the West Papuan struggle fits in the politics of the Asia-Pacific.

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The social context of the pro-democracy movement in Tonga [1992] Scholar Epeli Hau’ofa writes on the social and material background to Tonga's pro-democracy movement, as part of his presentation for the 1992 Convention.

"I would like to end this paper with the following concluding remarks. Like everything else, the aristocracy is changing, and there are very encouraging signs of re-invigoration in its ranks..."
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Ba Mahuta Brig. Gen. Lamek Taplo, recently killed by Indonesian colonial forces alongside three others. The Ngalum Kupel commander was killed by a bomb dropped by a drone. Papua Merdeka!

The struggle for an independent West Papua continues.

Prof. Futa Helu: "The Tongan government is called a constitutional monarchy, but it is snowed over by cultural conventions, and it is the culture that is running the country now... I see the government expressing a feudal Tongan traditional conventional rule." (1997)

'Eseta Fusitu'a: "His [Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV] authority as King of Tonga far exceeds his authority in the constitution. Ninety percent of the King's authority is not in the constitution, it is in the culture." (1997)

'Akilisi Pohiva: "Tonga's stable government is not of its own making, but the result of an economy propped up with aid money and remittances." (1997)

Basic Proposal for an alternative structure of government for Tonga [ENG] In the early 2000s, the Human Rights & Democracy Movement Tonga (HRDMT) put forward four drafts of an "alternative government structure".

In the early 2000s, the Human Rights & Democracy Movement Tonga (HRDMT) put forward four drafts of an "alternative government structure".
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Thomas Sankara was killed in a coup led by his former ally on October 15th, 1987. This coup was supported by French colonial forces - and Muammar Gaddafi. Without a revolutionary socialist party with a Marxist program, opportunism wins, and 'liberationists' become scabs.

Tonga's youth vote matters, but in an anti-democratic system such as Tonga's, their vote can only go so far. This is why in November, Tongan youth must vote for democratic candidates. But Tongan youth must also mobilise for democratic rights and against the nobility.

Capitalism is a sinking ship The capitalist system is a sinking ship, and unless we fight for a better world, it will take us down with it.

The capitalist system is a sinking ship, and unless we fight for a better world, it will take us down with it.
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Revolution & Counter-Revolution in Tonga Tonga's 2006 riots were the culmination of decades of political struggle, not a simple outburst of 'gang violence', writes Max J for Partisan Magazine.

Tonga's 2006 riots were the culmination of decades of political struggle, not a simple outburst of 'gang violence', writes Max J, originally for Partisan Magazine.
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We are very excited to republish some old documents from the Human Rights & Democracy Movement (Tonga), which give an insight into their liberal-bourgeois political orientation. Coming soon! In English and in Tongan.
#Tonga #Democracy

In our opening editorial, we explain why Temokalati exists, the problems of socialist leadership in the struggle for democracy in the Pacific, and how socialism is necessary to establish a free, democratic, emancipated Pacific.
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Tonga's support for Israel is a black stain on the Pacific, and a sign of Dr. Eke's increasing desperation to cozy up to U.S. imperialists for paltry foreign aid. Tongan workers and toilers must support the Palestinians.

Mālō ‘aupito,
Temokalati

Matangi Tonga Online Editor and veteran Pacific journalist Pesi Fonua passes away at 78 - Kaniva Tonga News Nukuʻalofa, Tonga — Pesi Siale Fonua, editor of Matangi Tonga Online and a distinguished figure in Pacific Islands journalism, has passed away at the age of 78. Fonua was a beloved husband, father, an...

R.I.P: Veteran journalist and Matangi Tonga Online founder/editor Pesi Fonua passes away at 78 (Kaniva Tonga)
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Today, the Human Rights and Democracy Movement is split between the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands, the People's Democratic Party, and the Tongan People's Party. We say: Tonga needs a socialist party!

The Human Rights and Democracy movement has a 50 year history in Tonga, from an informal grouping in the 70s to an electoral movement in the 90s, and forming government in the 2010s.
#tonga #tongapolitics #socialist #socialism #pacific #pacificpolitics #polynesia

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