Stephanie Rodgers

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

Tag: democratic socialism

  • The shape of our new government

    So here’s what our new government promises, as reported by Stuff: Some key points from the NZF deal: – $1b per annum Regional Development Fund, ​- Re-establish the New Zealand Forestry Service…


  • Politics in the age of populism

    Here’s my speech notes from last night’s Fabians Society panel in Wellington, comprising myself, Rob Egan and Bryce Edwards. A lot of it you will have read before if you’re…


  • On Trump

    Similarities to any previous posts are entirely coincidental. I was discussing Brexit Trump with a group of Wellington lefties last night over a few craft beers* and was dismayed to…


  • On Brexit

    I was discussing Brexit with a group of Wellington lefties last night over a few craft beers* and was dismayed to hear some of them applying the analysis that it…


  • Move left to win? Move left to win!

    Via my personal idol Anat Shenker-Osorio, an interesting article from The Atlantic on the Working Families Party, who are finding fascinating new ways to drag the political conversation back to…