Stephanie Rodgers

Feminist, leftie, green māmā from Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Category: Labour

  • Women of #nzpol Twitter: on John Key, David Carter and using rape for political gain

    The “Women of #nzpol Twitter roundup” is brought to you in the interests of amplifying women’s voices in the political debate and also because: If you’re even peripherally aware of what…

  • Labour, identity, class and winning

    Andrew Little’s speech to conference has had great feedback, topping off a pretty good weekend for the party. I was there when he delivered it, and the response in the…

  • Being a both/and party

    The fantastic Maryan Street was awarded life membership at the Labour Party annual conference yesterday, and in her speech she said some things which really rang true for me. She…

  • Labour Party conference

    I’m off to Palmerston North this weekend, for my sins, to attend the annual Labour Party conference. Should be interesting, if not quite the debauched communist blowout which people like…

  • Canada and the left

    Like I said last time I blogged about the Canadian election, I’m no expert on Canadian politics. But I was a little leery of the perfect, “centrism works, see” scenario presented by…