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May 2025

The Shaming State
How Democracies Erode Public Solidarity with Shame with Sara Salman
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Editorial - May 2025
Martin Crick reflects on the state of the world, and the socialist left, for the 7th edition of The Commonweal
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Pay Equity Snap Panel hosted by the Wellington Socialist Society
The National-led coalition’s shock gutting of pay equity legislation, passed under urgency just days after being announced, has taken woman workers back…
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The Life and Death (and Rebirth?) of Fair Pay Agreements w/ Ben Peterson
The Ernie Abbott Memorial Lecture 2025
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The Oppressed Become the Oppressor: the Demise of the Jewish Radical Tradition in Israel
Andrew Tait explores the decline of radical political traditions and rise of Zionist reaction in Israel. First published in The Commonweal Volume 6…
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April 2025

Book Review - FEAR: New Zealand’s hostile underworld of extremists
Tyler West reviews Byron Clark's "FEAR", from the third edition of The Commonweal published in May 2023.
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James Connolly: Irish Nationalist & Revolutionary Socialist
‘They’ll never understand why I’m here’
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Secular Buddhist Network: Five core tasks for mindful political activists
Provided via Tuwhiri, Mike Slott provides a secular buddhist perspective on socialist organising. Reprinted for 'The Commonweal Special Edition: What is…
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Emmy Rākete: Domination and Submissions
Republished for the special edition of The Commonweal in March 2025. Dr. Emmy Rākete is press spokesperson for People Against Prisons Aotearoa and…
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Tāmaki Makaurau Anarchists
Tāmaki Makaurau Anarchists supporter Henry Laws provides an Anarchist Communist perspective for our special edition of 'The Commonweal: What is to be…
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Platypus Affiliated Society - By way of example
Michael McClelland provides a piece from the Platypus Affiliated Society for our Special Edition of The Commonweal: What is to be done? Published in…
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