Socialist Worker (Aotearoa)

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Socialist Worker members marching against the Israeli invasion of Lebanon on 5 August 2006 in Queen Street, Auckland.

Socialist Worker (SW) was a socialist organisation based in New Zealand (Aotearoa).

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Socialist Worker began to grow modestly through work done in workers' organisations such as the Solidarity Union, [1] Unite Union, [2] the Climate Change Coalition Climaction, [3] the anti-war movement and the Venezuela Aotearoa Solidarity Team. [4]

Socialist Worker had a regularly updated blog called UnityAotearoa. [5]

SW's national conference in February 2007 adopted a new ten point "Where We Stand" programme. [6]

SW was part of the International Socialist Tendency (IST). On 1 May 2007, it presented a May Day Statement to the IST, calling for a positive engagement with the Venezuelan Revolution. [7]

A number of SW members split from the organisation in 2008 to form Socialist Aotearoa. [8]

SW voted to dissolve itself at its conference in January 2012. [9]

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References

  1. "What is Solidarity Union, and what does it do?". Solidarity. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  2. "Home". Unite. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  3. "Climaction". Archived from the original on 1 July 2007.
  4. "Home". Venezuela Aotearoa Solidarity Team. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  5. "Home". Unity. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  6. "WHERE WE STAND: Socialist Worker's ten-point programme". Unity. 11 March 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  7. "May Day statement by central committee of Socialist Worker-New Zealand". Unity. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  8. "Open Letter to Socialist Aotearoa (May 2008)". Workers Party New Zealand. 1 May 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  9. "Resolution of 2012 conference of Socialist Worker". 29 January 2012. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013.