The Alliance and Social Democracy, by Jim Flynn
Although the Alliance is out of parliament, I believe the role it plays today is the most important in its history. At least twenty per cent of New Zealanders have a Social Democratic outlook, that is,...
View ArticleRed and Green #6 out now
Issue 6 of Red and Green, the New Zealand Journal of Left Alternatives is available now! Articles include Toby Hill, by Gerry Hill and others, the CTU and the struggle against ECA by Brian Roper,...
View ArticleAlliance joins opposition to multi-million stadium
The Alliance is supporting the community-organized protest against city council funding for a multipurpose stadium in Dunedin. The protest is starting at the Moray Place entrance to the Town Hall on...
View ArticleJim Flynn against eugenics
A report appeared in the Sunday Star Times (8 July 2007) where Professor Jim Flynn was wrongly identified as supporting the idea of “eugenics.” Jim Flynn is Alliance spokesperson on finance and tax,...
View ArticleThe breakdown in society has real and understandable causes
Recent incidents of cruelty and brutality, especially within families, are powerful reminders that something has badly gone wrong in many peoples lives. The victims, so often, are those without the...
View ArticleVoting for a party like the Alliance – you just have to choose it!
by Sarah Campbell I am running on the Alliance list this election. In the past few weeks I have encountered a lot of wry smiles, some open laughter, a lot of confusion, and some angry contempt. It’s...
View ArticleAdvice to Mum and Dad Investors
I was impressed and excited to read a local finance broker’s advice to potential “mum and dad” investors in privatized public assets in the Otago Daily Times (Friday 6 July 2012). Mr Chris Timms of...
View ArticleThe Alliance Calls For Honesty About Long Term Unemployment
The Alliance Party is concerned about amount of misinformation circulating about the long term unemployment. It is time for a bit of honesty both from the government and employers. The long term...
View ArticleWould the Real Left Wing Parties Please Stand Up?
The Alliance Party is amused and, quite frankly, confused, to hear John Key repeatedly refer to a possible Labour/Greens coalition as a “far left” government in the media these days. Key bases his...
View ArticleThe Devil is in the Detail of the Family Carers Bill
The disability sector finally thought that the Government would deliver on its promised backdown over paying family carers of adult disabled people. The National-led Government announced, as part of...
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