World Socialist Party (New Zealand)
Not to be confused with Socialist Party of Aotearoa or New Zealand Socialist Party.
World Socialist Party | |
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| Leader | none/membership conference |
| First Secretary | Rolfe R. Everson[1] |
| Founded | 1930 |
| Headquarters | PO Box 1929 Auckland 1140 New Zealand |
| Newspaper | Socialist Review (1934), Socialist Comment (24 issues 1944-48),[2] Socialist Viewpoint (1971-1982) |
| Ideology | Socialism, Marxism |
| International affiliation | World Socialist Movement |
| Website | |
| http://www.worldsocialism.org/nz/ | |
The World Socialist Party of New Zealand is a political party in New Zealand. It is revolutionary and anti-Leninist. It was founded in 1930 as the Socialist Party of New Zealand.
It is affiliated with the Socialist Party of Great Britain and the World Socialist Movement.
In the 1940s it co-operated on Socialist Comment.[2] In 1971 it contested its first parliamentary election. In 1975 it put up seven candidates.[1]
The party last ran a candidate in the 1996 election, gaining a total of 27 votes.[3]
Radio
World Socialist Party of New Zealand run Radio Imagine 88.3 FM out of Manurewa, Auckland, which is the only English-speaking socialist radio station in the world. This has been broadcasting for a number of years since at least 2001.[4]
References
- 1 2 Peter E. Newell, Socialist Standard November 2004. "Marxian Socialism in New Zealand".
- 1 2 "New Zealand - Place - Reason in Revolt".
- ↑ "1996 New Zealand General Election Official Results: Summary of Party List and Electorate Candidate Seats" (PDF). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1997. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20010430072110/http://www.worldsocialism.org/nz/nz-projects.htm
External links
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