Pacific
Kanaky: Let’s (really) put an end to the era of colonies (plus statements from French radical left)
Philippines: On Duterte's strategy - Why diplomacy can't be a one-man show
Venezuela: (Updated March 17) Asia-Pacific socialists pledge continuing solidarity with revolution
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Australia’s national interest versus Timor-Leste, 1941-2006
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Uncle Sam's UN blues: Washington's anti-Cuba policy isolated -- again
Voting board for the 2012 General Assembly 2012 on resolution calling for an end to the economic, commercial and
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On November 3, 2013, Brian Manning -- veteran Northern Territory communist, trade unionist, campaigner against racism,
Solomon Islands: 10 years since the Australian-led occupation -- the politics of fantasy
Riots in Honiara in 2006.
Fiji: New workers' party formed
Fijian Trade Union Congress secretary Felix Anthony.
By Byron Clark
Aotearoa/New Zealand: Mana, a movement of the people
Grant Brookes.
By Grant Brookes
November 7, 2012 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal – The following talk was presented to a Socialist Alliance public meeting in Melbourne.
Tihei mauriora!
Ko Ranginui kei runga
Ko Papatūanuku kei raro
Ko nga tangata kei waenganui
Ko Grant Brookes ahau
Ko Helen toku mama
Ko Don toku papa
Na Ōtepoti ahau
Na Koterana oku tipuna
Ko nga kaimahi o te ao taku iwi.
When a Maori person rises to talk in formal occasions, they often announce their speech, with tihei mauriora! – translated literally, “sneeze of the life spirit”. It is then customary to recount one's ancestry and tribal connections. So I said, Ranginui the sky father above, Papatūanuku the earth mother below, the people in between. I am Grant Brookes. My mother is Helen, my father is Don. I am originally from Ōtepoti/Dunedin. My ancestors are from Scotland. Being Pakeha, or a New Zealand European, I have no Maori tribal connections, so I say, the workers of the world are my tribe.