Socialist Party of Aotearoa

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Not to be confused with Socialist Aotearoa, Socialist Party of New Zealand, or New Zealand Socialist Party.
Socialist Party of Aotearoa
Leader Brendan Tuohy
Founder G. H. Andersen
Secretary Warren Brewer [1][2]
Founded 1990
Split from Socialist Unity Party of New Zealand[3]
Preceded by Socialist Unity Party, Communist Party of New Zealand
Headquarters Lyttelton, Canterbury[4]
Newspaper Red Flag
Ideology Communism, Marxism-Leninism[5][6]
International affiliation International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
Colours Red
House of Representatives
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Local Government [7]
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Website
www.socialistparty.org.nz
Politics of New Zealand
Political parties
Elections

The Socialist Party of Aotearoa is a minor political party in New Zealand. It was formed in 1990[1][8] through a split in the Socialist Unity Party, led by G. H. Andersen.[3][9] The current leader of the party is Brendan Tuohy.[1][2]

The party publishes a monthly newspaper called Red Flag.[10][11] It operates the Workers' Institute of Scientific Socialist Education (WISSE).[12][13]

The party is best known through the influence of its late founder Andersen, a well-known trade unionist who served as president of the Auckland Trades Council, national secretary of the Socialist Unity Party, and president of the National Distribution Union.[9][14]

It did not stand any candidates at the 2014 election.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Socialist Party of Aotearoa website. Socialist Party of Aotearoa. Retrieved 12 July 2013, from [1] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "SPA" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Socialist Party of Aotearoa. (20 July 2005). Greetings from the Socialist Party of Aotearoa (New Zealand). Communist Party USA. Retrieved from [2]
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pacey, quoted in Locke, C. (2012, p. 239). Workers in the Margins: Union Radicals in Post-war New Zealand. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books.
  4. ↑ Socialist Party of Aotearoa. Membership form. Retrieved 12 July 2013, from [3].
  5. ↑ Marxist-Leninist Collective. (March 1997). These Marxist Principles Cannot be Destroyed People's Voice. Retrieved from [4].
  6. ↑ Socialist Party of Aotearoa. About. Retrieved on 12 July 2013, from [5].
  7. ↑ Paulin, J. (2008). Representation process: A desktop review. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved from [6]
  8. ↑ Andersen, G. H. (1990). The 1990 general elections and beyond. Auckland: Socialist Party of Aotearoa.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Pickmere, A. (22 January 2005). Obituary: Bill Andersen. The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved from [7].
  10. ↑ Calder, P. (15 December 2001). The red flag keeps flying. The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved from [8].
  11. ↑ Red Flag. (October 2002). Subscribe to Red Flag. Red Flag., p. 12.
  12. ↑ Loudon, T. (2 May 2009). Cuba’s Kiwi Fifth Column. New Zeal. Retrieved from [9].
  13. ↑ WISSE. WISSE website. Retrieved on 12 July 2013, from [10].
  14. ↑ Verran, D. (2005). Gordon Harold (Bill) Andersen. Retrieved from

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