[Marxism] LeftCast: New Zealand's Residents Action Movement

[John]

On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 00:27 -0500, Ratbag Radio wrote:
> Tipping point in New Zealand politics at the grassroots: The Residents
> Action Movement
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> The Residents Action Movement (or RAM) is a left wing local government
> electoral ticket in the Auckland Region of New Zealand that is in the
> process of becoming a national-level political party to contest the
> 2008 elections. RAM can be characterised as as broad left coalition,
> stretching from social liberals, community activists and former
> National Party members to social democrats, democratic socialists and
> left-wing radicals.

Just to put the broadness of this "Broad Left" coalition in context, the
National Party is the traditional conservative party in NZ, normally
thought of (although that's debatable these days) as to the right of the
Labour Party, the current government. Its membership includes people who
proclaim RAM to be "neither right nor left". Don't hold your breath for
this particular "tipping point" folks.
Cheers,
John