tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post4955434022837297425..comments2023-12-21T23:44:40.324+13:00Comments on Maui Street: On Hone Harawira's new partyMorgan Godferyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16151402259122819244noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-51422731235878020072011-03-20T12:50:15.173+13:002011-03-20T12:50:15.173+13:00Thank you for clearing that up, anon. It was alway...Thank you for clearing that up, anon. It was always my impression that many activists have ditched the party in disillusion.Morgan Godferyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16151402259122819244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-42911120054092111832011-03-18T23:25:09.228+13:002011-03-18T23:25:09.228+13:00You're wrong about social activists being few ...You're wrong about social activists being few and far between in the Greens. Indeed, the inactive, passive and low level members seem to mostly be environmentalists, but the party activists and officeholders seem to consist in a large part of those who care about social issues. Check the list of this years candidates and you'll see what I mean. Indeed, I am a GP member and I know a reasonable amount of people that would likely consider splitting in the event of a new party.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-55388290890981944272011-03-15T00:36:56.443+13:002011-03-15T00:36:56.443+13:00Perhaps Hone and Metiria Turei will in time work t...Perhaps Hone and Metiria Turei will in time work together on an indigenous eco socialist Aotearoa project.<br /><br />Matt McCarten, unions, maori, pasifika peoples and environmentalists etc could form a large movement consisting of several political parties that supports tino tangatiraranga, anti privatisation and ending inequality in Aotearoa.<br /><br />Hone could build his base among pasifika and maori peoples, who currently support different parties but remain poor and have limited representation in local and central government.<br /><br />The rangatahi are the key to a long term tino rangatira movement and its parliamentary political representation in parliament. Many Ngapuhi are urban and young, if Hone could attract cultural support from figures like Young Sid, Tiki Taane, shapeshifter, Kora, Dam Native etc then rangatahi could be inspired to get politically active.<br /><br />A new left, and reinvigorated tino rangatiratanga movement and political force, requires mahi and organisation. All the ingredients exist. <br /><br />This weeks hikoi is the beginning of a new force in Aotearoa, unions and other allies will be mobalising this year to stop public asset sell offs... new leaders will also emerge, and old ones will return.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-30572980704768845712011-03-12T22:43:36.515+13:002011-03-12T22:43:36.515+13:00The numbers required to sustain both a left wing M...<i>The numbers required to sustain both a left wing Maori party and a right wing Maori party do not exist.</i><br /><br />If they don't get any Maori seats, both parties are unsustainable.Swimminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12913329810121951824noreply@blogger.com