World Socialist Party (New Zealand) Explained

World Socialist Party (New Zealand)
Colorcode:	Red
Leader:	None (membership conference)
First Secretary:	Rolfe R. Everson^[1]
Headquarters:	PO Box 1929, Auckland 1140, New Zealand
Ideology:	Classical Marxism Socialism Impossibilism
International:	World Socialist Movement
Colors:	Red
Country:	New Zealand

The World Socialist Party of New Zealand (WSPNZ) is a revolutionary socialist and anti-Leninist political party in New Zealand founded in 1930 as the Socialist Party of New Zealand (SPNZ).

The WSPNZ is affiliated with the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) and the World Socialist Movement (WSM).

In the 1940s, the party co-operated on Socialist Comment. In 1971, the party contested its first parliamentary election and in 1975 put up seven candidates.^[1]

The WSPNZ last ran a candidate in the 1996 election, gaining a total of 27 votes.^[2]

Radio

The WSPNZ ran Radio Imagine 88.3 FM out of Manurewa, Auckland, starting as early as 2001.^[3]

External links

• World Socialist Party (New Zealand).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marxian Socialism in New Zealand. Peter E. Newell. Socialist Standard. November 2004. 26 March 2018.
2. Web site: 1996 New Zealand General Election Official Results: Summary of Party List and Electorate Candidate Seats. New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1997. 26 March 2018.
3. Web site: World Socialist Party (New Zealand). https://web.archive.org/web/20010430072110/http://www.worldsocialism.org/nz/nz-projects.htm. 26 March 2018. 30 April 2001.