Socialist Party of Aotearoa explained

Country:New Zealand
Socialist Party of Aotearoa
Leader:Brendan Tuohy
Secretary:Warren Brewer[1] [2]
Founder:G. H. Andersen
Founded:1990
Split:Socialist Unity Party of New Zealand[3]
Predecessor:Socialist Unity Party, Communist Party of New Zealand
Headquarters:Lyttelton, Canterbury[4]
Ideology:Communism
Marxism-Leninism[5] [6]
International:International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
Newspaper:Red Flag
Colours:Red
Colorcode:
  1. FF0000
Seats1 Title:House of Representatives
Seats2 Title:Local Government[7]

The Socialist Party of Aotearoa was 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. (Bill) Andersen.[9] The last known leader of the party was Brendan Tuohy.[1]

The party published a monthly newspaper called Red Flag.[10] [11] Its former members continue to operate the Workers' Institute of Scientific Socialist Education (WISSE).[12]

The party is best known through the influence of its late founder Bill 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] [13]

It did not stand any candidates at the 2014 election.

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Notes and References

  1. Socialist Party of Aotearoa website. Socialist Party of Aotearoa. Retrieved 12 July 2013, from Web site: Socialist Party of Aotearoa . 2013-07-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130208021506/http://socialistparty.org.nz/index.html . 8 February 2013 .
  2. Web site: Greetings from the Socialist Party of Aotearoa (New Zealand) . 20 July 2005 . . 17 September 2019.
  3. 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 Web site: Archived copy . 2013-07-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130811080423/http://socialistparty.org.nz/picture_library/JoinSpa.jpg . 11 August 2013 . .
  5. Marxist-Leninist Collective. (March 1997). These Marxist Principles Cannot be Destroyed People's Voice. Retrieved from http://www.mltranslations.org/NewZealand/MarxPrinc.htm.
  6. Socialist Party of Aotearoa. About. Retrieved 12 July 2013, from Web site: Socialist Party of Aotearoa . 2013-07-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130811080733/http://socialistparty.org.nz/About.html . 11 August 2013 . .
  7. Web site: Paulin . Judy . Representation process: A desktop review . . 17 September 2019 . June 2008.
  8. Andersen, G. H. (1990). The 1990 general elections and beyond. Auckland: Socialist Party of Aotearoa.
  9. News: Pickmere . Arnold . Obituary: Bill Andersen . 17 September 2019 . . 21 January 2005.
  10. News: Andersen . Bill . The red flag keeps flying . 17 September 2019 . . 15 December 2001.
  11. Red Flag. (October 2002). Subscribe to Red Flag. Red Flag., p. 12.
  12. WISSE. WISSE website. Retrieved 12 July 2013, from Web site: Home Page . 2013-07-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130205095042/http://wisse.org.nz/index.html . 5 February 2013 . .
  13. http://www.oocities.org/nzhistory/andersen_bill.htm Verran, D. (2005). Gordon Harold (Bill) Andersen. Retrieved from

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