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).

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.
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