The SEG is fighting for a party based on internationalism and socialism, the NZ section of the International Committee of the Fourth International. Read the World Socialist Web Site, wsws.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/segnewzealand.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/segnewzealand.bsky.social/post/3mtxnsvkuuc2bTom Peters and John Braddock from the Socialist Equality Group in NZ, spoke with Dean Hapeta (aka Te Kupu) Te Upoko o te Ika Radio, about the global campaign to secure the immediate release of Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/26/ingo-a26.html26 Aug 2026 06:01 +0000at://did:plc:5deckmvekpyv5ovuvdr5folo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxnsvkuuc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/segnewzealand.bsky.social/post/3mtuumml4rs25Annual NZSIS reports have become increasingly bellicose in their anti-China denunciations. These unsubstantiated claims are bound up with the ruling elite’s escalating involvement with US-led war preparations. #nzpol https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/25/echh-a25.html25 Aug 2026 03:24 +0000at://did:plc:5deckmvekpyv5ovuvdr5folo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuumml4rs25https://bsky.app/profile/segnewzealand.bsky.social/post/3mtilxwnuyc24New Zealand Greens candidate Josh Jacobsen fought in SAS during Afghanistan war. Does he regret fighting in this brutal imperialist war? No. He defends the war and military "values". #nzpol https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/20/lpgi-a20.html20 Aug 2026 06:18 +0000at://did:plc:5deckmvekpyv5ovuvdr5folo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtilxwnuyc24https://bsky.app/profile/segnewzealand.bsky.social/post/3mtdcypib5s2j#Fiji’s Vatukoula goldminers receive paltry payout after 35-year battle. Hundreds of mineworkers showed immense courage and determination, but they lacked an organisation capable of uniting workers in Fiji with workers in Australia, NZ and across the Asia-Pacific region https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/18/veog-a18.html18 Aug 2026 03:54 +0000at://did:plc:5deckmvekpyv5ovuvdr5folo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdcypib5s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/segnewzealand.bsky.social/post/3mtaxgzxp4k2lTransdev is preparing to cut 53 jobs on Wellington commuter trains in order to slash costs and boost its profits. #nzpol https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/17/vlld-a17.html17 Aug 2026 05:22 +0000at://did:plc:5deckmvekpyv5ovuvdr5folo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtaxgzxp4k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/segnewzealand.bsky.social/post/3mt3sbor3nk2jStudents and young people in Australia and New Zealand demand freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk. The 27-year-old Ukrainian socialist has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for writing articles calling for Russian and Ukrainian workers to unite to end the war. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/15/hxdv-a15.html15 Aug 2026 04:06 +0000at://did:plc:5deckmvekpyv5ovuvdr5folo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt3sbor3nk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/segnewzealand.bsky.social/post/3mszopkpfak2uThe recent deaths of a woman in Christchurch and a man in Wellington are an indictment of the successive National and Labour Party-led governments whose policies have led to soaring homelessness. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/13/sphx-a13.html14 Aug 2026 07:57 +0000at://did:plc:5deckmvekpyv5ovuvdr5folo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszopkpfak2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/segnewzealand.bsky.social/post/3mszonhh2ak2uOn the failed leadership challenge against Christopher Luxon. Underlying the instability within the National Party and the coalition government are tensions over how overtly New Zealand should align with US-led warmongering against China. #nzpol https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/14/dbkq-a14.html14 Aug 2026 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:5deckmvekpyv5ovuvdr5folo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszonhh2ak2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/segnewzealand.bsky.social/post/3mss5vfvv4s2eFree Bogdan Syrotiuk! A Ukrainian socialist opponent of war has been imprisoned for 15 years for writing articles for the World Socialist Web Site. The frame-up of Bogdan is the act of a desperate regime. Opposition to the war is mounting within Ukraine itself. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/11/oqko-a11.html11 Aug 2026 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:5deckmvekpyv5ovuvdr5folo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mss5vfvv4s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/segnewzealand.bsky.social/post/3msodjuus222wOne of the film’s aspects that has angered the fascists is the depiction of Odysseus as deeply ashamed about his role in war and destruction of Troy. Contemporary imperialist militarism demands a different ethos—and personality, an unthinking, unfeeling warrior. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/05/yhdo-a05.html09 Aug 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:5deckmvekpyv5ovuvdr5folo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msodjuus222whttps://bsky.app/profile/segnewzealand.bsky.social/post/3msodfc4noc2wUkraine and Iran votes expose support by Democrats and Republicans for global war. The bipartisan 86-11 vote in the US Senate would impose further economic sanctions on Russia and Iran, both targeted by American imperialism. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/08/xzxg-a08.html09 Aug 2026 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:5deckmvekpyv5ovuvdr5folo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msodfc4noc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/segnewzealand.bsky.social/post/3mskkhnufwk2yA leading NZ First youth member has been linked to neo-Nazi groups. Amid a rapidly worsening social crisis, fascistic ideas are being encouraged and normalised by New Zealand’s political establishment. #nzpol https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/08/zclm-a08.html08 Aug 2026 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:5deckmvekpyv5ovuvdr5folo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mskkhnufwk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/segnewzealand.bsky.social/post/3msgf5mesfs2nInflation in New Zealand is at 4.1 percent. Unemployment is 5.6 percent, an 11-year high. Child poverty is increasing and so is household debt. Labour and the union bureaucracy bear responsibility for the social crisis, just as the National-led government does. #nzpol https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/06/gyxq-a06.html06 Aug 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:5deckmvekpyv5ovuvdr5folo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgf5mesfs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/segnewzealand.bsky.social/post/3ms6kbom3qv2zNZ First Party leader Winston Peters’ racist tirade against Green Party MP Lawrence Xu-Nan was aimed at demonising Chinese people in order to divide workers and further align New Zealand with US-led war preparations. #nzpol #NewZealand #nzelection https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/03/lfhz-a03.html03 Aug 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:5deckmvekpyv5ovuvdr5folo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6kbom3qv2z