The
political philosophy
Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them. Its topics include politics, l ...
of
anarchism
Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not necessa ...
has had a small presence in
New Zealand politics.
Timeline
* 1859 – Arthur Desmond born.
* 1901 July – The loosely organised
New Zealand Socialist Party
The New Zealand Socialist Party was founded in 1901, promoting the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The group, despite being relatively moderate when compared with many other socialists, met with little tangible success, but it neverthe ...
was formed and included syndicalists and anarchists. The Wellington group became a centre for anti-parliamentary socialists.
* 1908 – New Zealand Socialist Party has 3000 members and holds its first national conference. The conference condemns political action by a two to one majority.
* 1910 – Anarchists within the Christchurch branch of the Socialist Party leave to form an IWW Recruiting Union.
[Davidson, J. (2011). ''Remains to be Seen: Tracing Joe Hill's ashes in New Zealand'', Wellington: Rebel Press.]
* 9 July 1913 – The Freedom Group is set up by Philip Josephs in Wellington and lasts for a year. Rumor has it they have running battles with Police during the Great Strike.
* 1966 –
Bill Dwyer convicted for calling the Queen a bludger whilst speaking in Auckland in 1966.
* 1982 –
Wanganui Computer Centre bombing
* 1995 May 1 – The
Freedom Shop
The Freedom Shop is the name of an anarchist infoshop which distributes books and information, based in Wellington, New Zealand. It operates on a non profit basis, injecting any income back into the project. The shop has been based in different loc ...
opens.
* 2008 - Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement (AWSM) is formed, reflecting a
Platformist
Platformism is a form of anarchist organization that seeks unity from its participants, having as a defining characteristic the idea that each platformist organization should include only people that are fully in agreement with core group ideas, r ...
viewpoint.
Anarchists
*
Arthur Desmond
Arthur Desmond (c. 1859 – 23 January 1929?), also known as Arthur Uing, Richard Thurland, Desmond Dilg, and Gavin Gowrie, was a political activist, poet, and author. He lived for periods in New Zealand, Australia, the United States, and Engl ...
*
Lola Ridge
Lola Ridge (born Rose Emily Ridge; 12 December, 1873 Dublin, Ireland – 19 May, 1941 Brooklyn, New York) was an Irish-born New Zealand-American anarchist and modernist poet, and an influential editor of avant-garde, feminist, and Marxist publi ...
*
Alexander William Bickerton
Professor Alexander William Bickerton (7 January 1842 – 21 January 1929) was the first professor of chemistry at Canterbury College (now called the University of Canterbury) in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is best known for teaching and men ...
(1842–1929) was the first professor of chemistry at
Canterbury College Canterbury College may refer to:
* Canterbury College (Indiana), U.S.
* Canterbury College (Waterford), Queensland, Australia
* Canterbury College (Windsor, Ontario), Canada
* Canterbury College, Kent, England
* Canterbury College, Oxford, England ...
(now called the
University of Canterbury
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) in
Christchurch
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, New Zealand. He is best known for teaching and mentoring
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937) was a New Zealand physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics.
''Encyclopædia Britannica'' considers him to be the greatest ...
. He formed a socialist community in
Christchurch
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called the "Federative Home".
*
Tom Barker
*
Philip Josephs (anarchist) (1876–1946) was a Latvian-born Jew who was an active member of the Wellington Socialist Party. In July 1913 he helped establish New Zealand's first anarchist collective Freedom Group, and was the main distributor of anarchist literature in New Zealand.
*
Ubi Dwyer
Ubi or UBI may refer to:
Organizations
* Ubisoft (Euronext: UBI), a video game publisher and developer
* ''União Brasileira pro Interlingua'', the national Interlingua organization in Brazil, see Brazilian Union for Interlingua
* University o ...
* Simon Cottle was an active member of the Wellington punk and anarchists scenes, known for his "spasmodically" published magazine 'Anti-System' later known as 'Social Dis-Ease.'
[Lake, J. & Lee, K. A. (2002). ''Up the Punks! - an exhibition celebrating 20 years of Wellington punk culture'', Wellington: Thistle Hall Gallery.]
See also
*
Environmental movement in New Zealand
The environmental movement in New Zealand started in the 1950s, a period of rapid social change. Since then numerous high-profile national campaigns have contested various environmental issues. The environmental movement eventually spawned the Val ...
*
Feminism in New Zealand
Feminism in New Zealand is a series of actions and a philosophy to advance rights for women in New Zealand. This can be seen to have taken place through parliament and legislation, and also by actions and role modelling by significant women and ...
*
Māori politics
Māori politics is the politics of the Māori people, who were the original inhabitants of New Zealand and who are now the country's largest minority. Before the arrival of Pākehā (Europeans) in New Zealand, Māori society was based largely ...
*
Republicanism in New Zealand
Republicanism in New Zealand is the political position that New Zealand's system of government should be changed from a constitutional monarchy to a republic.
New Zealand republicanism dates back to the 19th century, but it was only a fringe m ...
*
Socialism in New Zealand
Socialism in New Zealand had little traction in early colonial New Zealand but developed as a political movement around the beginning of the 20th century. Much of socialism's early growth was found in the labour movement.
The extent to which so ...
References
Works cited
* Boraman, Toby (2007)
Rabble rousers and merry pranksters: a history of anarchism in Aotearoa/New Zealand from the mid-1950s to the early 1980s'
* Davidson, J. (2011). ''Remains to be Seen: Tracing Joe Hill's ashes in New Zealand'', Wellington: Rebel Press.
*
Further reading
History
* Buchanan, Sam (2010
* Davidson, Jared (2013) "Sewing Freedom: Philip Josephs, Transnationalism & Early New Zealand Anarchism" – AK Press
* Fry, E.C. (1965
"Tom Barker & the I.W.W."* Nettlau, Max (Unknown) "Die Geschichte Des Anarchismus" ("the History of Anarchism") see Chapter 10 "Anarchist propaganda and Industrial Unionism in Australia and New Zealand."
Other
* Anarchism and Feminism. Christchurch: Libertarian Press, 1995. A reprint of articles by Margaret Flaws and the Auckland Anarcho-Feminist Huddle from the 1970s.
* Bolstad, Richard. An Anarchist Analysis of the Chinese Revolution. Christchurch: Christchurch Anarchy Group, 1976.
* Bolstad, R. The Industrial Front: An Introduction to the Past Lessons, Present Tactics and Future Possibilities of the Struggle for Worker Self-Management . For Those Who Already Had a Suspicion There was Something Wrong With Work as it is. Christchurch: Christchurch Anarchy Group, c. 1977.
* Boraman, Toby. "The New Left in New Zealand" in on the Left: Essays on Socialism in New Zealand, eds. Pat Moloney and Kerry Taylor. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2002, pp. 117–32.
* Boraman, T. "The New Left and Anarchism in New Zealand From the Mid-1950s to the Early 1980s: An Anarchist Communist Interpretation." PhD thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin, 2006.
* Buchanan, Sam. Anarchy: The Transmogrification of Everyday Life. Wellington: Committee for the Establishment of Civilisation, * 1999.
* Buis, Simon. The Brutus Festival. Auckland: Auckland Copy Centre, 1969.
* Churton, Wade. "Have You Checked the Children?" Punk and Postpunk Music in New Zealand, 1977.1981. Christchurch: Put Your Foot Down Publishing, 1999.
* Cumming, Allan. Understanding Nonviolence. Dunedin: Dunedin Nonviolent Action Resource Group, 1983.
* Cumming, A. How Nonviolence Works. Dunedin: Nonviolent Action Network in Aotearoa, 1985.
* Droescher, Werner. "The Little Black and Red Book of Anarchism." Unpublished manuscript, 1977.
* Droescher, W. "Toward an Alternative Society." Unpublished manuscript, 1978. University of Auckland Library.
* Dwyer, Bill.
riting under the pseudonym B. Langford "Anarchism in New Zealand." Red and Black. 1 (1965), pp. 33–35.
* Gramaphone, Malcolm. Get Lushed on Your Own Grog: An Underground Brewer's Bible. Dunedin: Kropotkin Press, 1972.
* Innes, Wayne. Don't Pay Taxes. Auckland: Social Analysis, 1978.
* Innes, W. How to Survive in Suburbia. Auckland: Pupuke Press, 1981.
* Prebble, F. "Jock Barnes and the Syndicalist Tradition in New Zealand." Thrall. 14 (July/August 2000), pp. 4–5.
* Sargent, Lyman T. "Beeville: An Anarchist Commune in New Zealand, 1933–1973." Paper delivered at the Sixth International Communal Studies Association meeting, Amsterdam, 1998.
* Sargent, L. and Lucy Sargisson. Living in Utopia: New Zealand's Intentional Communities. Aldershot and Burlington: Ashgate, 2004.
* Suggate, Richard
"Anarchism in New Zealand 1900.1965 and Today." Freedom. 28 Aug. 1982, pp. 4–5.
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