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Sue Bradford

@suebra.bsky.social
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Activist & educator for social, economic, Te Tiriti & ecological justice. Former Green MP. In solidarity with all who work for a beyond capitalist, beyond colonialist future.

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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A naive inquiry from afar for UK/UK-adjacent friends: Why do Burnham & Labour continue to proscribe Palestine Action - & is there anything genuine at all in Miliband's shift on policy re arms to Israel? Btw, good on everyone standing (& sitting) staunch for Palestine outside Labour's conference.
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
A shout out to all of you who turned out for the Socialist Library book sale today. We made over $1200 & dispersed a fair amount of random Marxist & other literature across the city. If you'd like to be on our mailing list, email socialistlibraryproject@proton.me A luta continua!
People browsing among books at Auckland Trades Hall this morning - Socialist Library book sale
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Kia ora friends - a reminder that our Socialist Library book sale is happening tomorrow (Sat) at 9am at Trades Hall, 147 Gt North Rd - a great opportunity for low-cost book browsing - & purchase! - in support of a vibrant new left project in the big city. #kikorangi #nzpol
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Socialist Booksale to support the Socialist Library at Trades Hall
Socialist and general books for sale at everything-must-go prices, to support the future Socialist Library at Trades Hall
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Do you live in Auckland & enjoy prowling among books looking for some new low-cost reading material? Would you like to tautoko our nascent Socialist Library project? Join us for our Book Sale 9.00am onwards Sat 25 July - Trades Hall, 147 Gt North Rd - see you there!
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Kia ora to all involved in the antiwar demo in Auckland on Sat. Such a diversity of people & heartfelt kōrero. After all these years we're still marching on the US consulate opposing yet another imperialistic American war in which our govt seems happily complicit. @kikorangi.bsky.social #nzpol
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Wonderful to see so many standing up & speaking out for No Kings Day throughout the US - & in 15 other countries beyond. Just know that many of us beyond your close vicinity are cheering you on, in hope & solidarity. The world we hope to create is being born in these moments. #nzpol #kikorangi
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Kia ora folks - a slight correction to my earlier post about the Social Security Bill supported by Labour which claws back grants already made to welfare claimants. There is a select cttee process. Submissions were called for on Wed 18 Feb & close Fri 20 Feb. Democracy anyone? #nzpol
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Horrified tonight to see Labour voting for a govt bill allowing Work & Income to claw back assistance already granted - under urgency, with no public input. Friends in the party - how can you expect anyone who supports welfare justice to vote Labour this year? #nzpol @kikorangi.bsky.social
rnz.co.nz
Incoming law change so MSD can claw back welfare payments off ACC clients
The Minister moved a motion of urgency to introduce the bill.
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
In these extremely challenging times some of you may have an interest in this recently launched project, bringing news & info about democratic socialist orgs to Aotearoa and helping create linkages & understanding internationally. Solidarity to all... #nzpol www.facebook.com/democratic.s...
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The Democratic Socialist Project
The Democratic Socialist Project. 78 likes · 9 talking about this. Investigating the practice, strength and prospects of democratic socialism in the 21st century.
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
We may be an ocean away, but there are many of us in Aotearoa quietly cheering on every one of you Americans who are standing up, speaking out & taking action today against your govt's latest acceleration towards full-on fascism & war. Solidarity & strength from the deep south of the planet. #nzpol
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Kia ora to all involved with organising the national iwi/union day of action Rā Whakamana this coming Tues 28 Oct - will be joining 12 midday Tues at Māngere Bridge - see some of you there? More info here www.together.org.nz/ra_whakamana... #nzpol #kikorangi
together.org.nz
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
A question for US friends - is the Portland Frog a relation, a descendant or a deliberate counterpoint to the fascist cooption of Pepe - is there a connection? Solidarity to all of you over there across the Pacific engaged in current resistance & struggle. #nzpol
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
While the govt keeps proudly promoting welfare cuts for jobless 18 & 19 yos, there was Chris Hipkins (Labour leader) on RNZ this am refusing to take any position on this 'blame the victim' approach to rising unemployment. Labour friends: how can you - or we - ever trust yr party? #nzpol #kikorangi
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Appalling that our govt is bringing forward their attack on 18/19 yr olds' ability to claim welfare in their own right, even though youth unemployment is rising. Big question for Labour: will you unequivocally reverse this & other welfare cutbacks if returned to power next year? #nzpol #kikorangi
rnz.co.nz
Jobseeker changes: 'Punished for economic crisis they didn't create'
"We love these young people," the prime minister says, but a youth advocate says they've never met a young person who doesn't want to find work.
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Great to be out on the streets today with many others protesting our rightwing govt's sudden overturning of decades of struggle for pay equity. But - will the Labour folks out on the marches today actually ensure any future Lab-led govt will fully reinstate/improve access? #nzpol #PayEquity
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Our People's Select Committee on Pay Equity starts its first hearings live in Pōneke tomorrow morning - all hearings will be available online as they happen. A huge 'kia ora' to the many hundreds of you who have made submissions despite this process not being part of govt. #nzpol #kikorangi
payequity.org.nz
Hearings
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Unemployment & homelessness rising, health system crumbles - yet Labour seems set on a CGT as its key response - sometime. Labour friends: is there any understanding that courageous, effective income redistribution & support for public services is the only way you'll regain real respect from many?
rnz.co.nz
Labour MPs gather in Christchurch to formulate election strategy
The party is inching closer to announcing its tax policy, amid growing unemployment.
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Found myself extolling BlueSky on RNZ 'The Panel' tonight -reflecting on surviving accelerating crises (msm/sm overload) & importance of keeping up with news of resistance. Still surprised to find good folks unaware of the near demise of the bird & the alternative here. #bluesky #kikorangi #nzpol
rnz.co.nz
The Panel with Sue Bradford and Tim Wilson Part 2
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Sue Bradford and Tim Wilson. This half hour the panel hears about how in Wellington the number of people using the Long Island Bay cycle l...
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Kia ora to all who have made a RSB (Regulatory Standards Bill) submission, or who are making one this weekend, just in time. So important to max out voices vs imposing capitalist property rights & abrogating Te Tiriti (& the rest) - as far right here mimics far right everywhere. #nzpol #kikorangi
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Thanks to all the wonderful people here who have been sharing news & vids of the No Kings demos yesterday - so inspiring to see folks rising up across the States, & in other locales also. Go for it on the 3.5% - & beyond - solidarity from antifascists here & everywhere. #nzpol #kikorangi
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
In this morning's 'Spinoff' Marilyn Waring explains why she set up the People's Select Cttee on Pay Equity after the govt wiped out all claims retrospectively under urgency (& more). The article has a link to the submission site: closing date 31 July, we'd love to hear from you! #nzpol #kikorangi
thespinoff.co.nz
Marilyn Waring: Why I convened the people’s select committee on pay equity
The government chose ideology over evidence. We'll uncover what should have been considered – and make it available to all.
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Solidarity to all of you who are resisting ICE & fascism on the streets of your American cities right now - I'm sure this comes not just from me but from many of us here in the deep south of the Pacific #nzpol #kikorangi
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
A fetching juxtaposition this weekend-in a big switcheroo Rod Carr (classic NZ right wing economist) says 'markets should be a tool - not enslave us' - just as Ruth Richardson is honoured for 1990s services to breaking unions, workers, welfare claimants, selloffs to foreign capital #nzpol #kikorangi
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Looking forward to joining this newly-formed 'People's Select Committee' on pay equity, alongside nine other former women MPS - providing a democratic, open process for public submission after the NZ govt slammed through a retrospective law taking out all current pay equity claims. #nzpol #kikorangi
rnz.co.nz
Pay equity changes: 'People's select committee' formed to gather evidence instead of 'high-flying cliches'
Former National MP Dame Marilyn Waring has gathered a group of female former MPs to look into the changes.
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/pr...
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Protect Waipiro Bay: Say NO to the Fast-Tracked 250-Berth Marina
Because Waipiro Bay is more than just a piece of coastline—it’s part of who we are. Here’s why it matters: • Waipiro Bay is a taonga, home to rich marine life, cultural traditions, and a close-knit co...
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Very cool to see Hands Off actions happening on an incredible scale across the US (& elsewhere). Good on you all! -while noting that here in Aotearoa, we need to be hyper-aware that the coalition parties have much the same agenda vs people & planet, & our responses are mostly way too muted, so far.
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Looks like 'social investment' round 2 is going to feature large in next month's Budget - & that Coster means well. Yet this is such a deeply flawed approach - cut funding for public housing, school lunches, disability etc - while slashing ability of community to respond. #nzpol #kikorangi
newsroom.co.nz
Social investment means funding reprioritisation, more changes to services
Social Investment Agency chief executive Andy Coster says 'hard messages' are coming down the line, as the Govt beds in its flagship policy
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
NZ govt brings in a new sanction vs welfare claimants, putting 50% of benefit under income management, & forbidding its use for rent & utilities. Rent alone is often 50%+ of income & sanctions are often down to govt error in any case. Keen to hear Labour's response. #nzpol #kaihikatea
rnz.co.nz
Beneficiaries on money cards may not be able to pay rent
New 'money management' cards can't be used to cover accommodation, raising concerns about rising homelessness.
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Bill Bradford @billbrad.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I wrote this when Trump was elected for his first term. It was first published in the 'poets meet politics' anthology 2019.
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Willie Jackson is now responsible for Social Development. After 6 yrs of Labour govt refusal to take serious pro-people action on welfare do he & his party have any will to shift direction? He barely mentions welfare here, & talks the classic 'obligations' mantra-not a good start. #nzpol #kahikatea
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‘I’m pragmatic’: Willie Jackson gears up for one of Labour’s biggest jobs
"On my own marae, I have banned [gang] patches for years."
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Are there any tech-savvy types out there who can advise if there are - or are likely to be soon'ish - alternatives to Starlink as a fast reliable provider in rural areas of Aotearoa NZ? Good call on the Tesla front folks - but this seems far more difficult to resolve #nzpol #kikorangi
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Kia ora & welcome to Blue Sky @counterfutures.bsky.social - a journal of left thought & practice in Aotearoa that's been a confluence of different currents for a while now - & more relevant than ever as we face the rightwing onslaught of 2025 #kikorangi #nzpol
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
One of the only Atlas Network goals not yet being pushed in Aotearoa is 'criminalising peaceful protests'. But now we have the IPCA advocating an offence 'to protest without permission' (& more). We're like a mini crewmate version of the US descent into darkness - eyes open folks #nzpol #kikorangi
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Cool to see folks from our left/Te Tiriti-grounded networks making the jump here - welcome! It's up to us to make this work. Cheers also to all of you sharing info & analysis from the big world out there - these isolated islands are not immune from the dangers of this moment. #kikorangi #nzpol
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Happy New Year to all, including those who've been sharing submissions info on New Year's - such dedication! I hope you're finding a time of peace & refreshment before diving into 2025, with all the multifarious challenges & opportunities the year will bring. A luta continua! #nzpol #kikorangi
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Kia ora friends who are just finding your way here - up to us to make this place meaningful, interesting & somewhat more mature than some other zones! #kikorangi
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
There's something especially stark about the pre-Xmas period at a time when unemployment's going up & some workers are left without even the wages they're owed - while daily we're fed the happy news of record breaking house prices at the top end of the market. Capitalism brutal in tooth & claw.
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
A question for folks more adjacent to NZ Labour than some of us - is there anyone in the party who is pushing for both a capital gains & a wealth tax? Why is it apparently accepted as either/or? & do they have any awareness that a pile of other redistributive taxes are possible?
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
It's wrenching to watch once again as a govt that deliberately creates unemployment implements further punitive measures against those who can't find work. At the same time it's rich of Labour to criticise, given their refusal to fix welfare when they so recently had the power to do just that.
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Did some reflecting on the evolution of the word 'gaslight' on RNZ's The Panel last night. It's now used in political discourse right across left & right. But is it always what we really mean? Perhaps at times we should move beyond the catchall 'gaslight' to a more precise & powerful vocab?
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Pakukore 'Poverty by design' (21-23 Nov) was a real gathering of the clans - good to see you all! - but also a stark reminder of the implacable face of deliberately created inequality & poverty here in Aotearoa. Kia ora to all involved - & looking forward to further connections in times to come.
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The Pakukore 'Poverty by Design' conference is in midflow now, with folks here from many strands of the kaupapa. Inspiring speakers & a raising of contradictions & challenges, incl Tracey McIntosh 'We can't just use hope as a political trajectory - we have to move beyond hope to action'. Kia ora!
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Looking forward to the Pakukore 'Poverty by Design' conference in Pōneke over the next days (21-23 Nov). Will be a great chance to explore connections & ways forward in the welfare/unemployment/precarious work sector...with Te Tiriti & climate justice in mind. See some of you there!
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Heartwarming in the extreme to see the numbers & spirit of the hīkoi to Parliament today. Don't think I've ever seen a bigger march. Imagine if we multiplied the numbers in Pōneke by the rest of us who wanted to be there. Toitū Te Tiriti!
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Interesting to see the second big migration here from that other site, including here in Aotearoa. A huge 'kia ora' to everyone who's on the hikoi for Te Tiriti today & tomorrow, & to all who are supporting this struggle from wherever you are, locally or elsewhere in the world.
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 01/05/2024
Happy Mayday! Felt a surge of hope at the FIRST/Unite union rally & march in Auckland today. Good to be back on the streets celebrating Mayday, & to be part of a new wave of resistance to the current onslaught vs people & planet. Solidarity to all union folks & families today, wherever you are.
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 27/02/2024
Such devastating news from TV3/Newshub this morning - all news functions to go. My heart goes out to all the journalists & others who are directly impacted. The implications for the quality of journalism & the depth/reach of democracy & public accountability in Aotearoa are huge.
rnz.co.nz
Live: Newshub to close down newsroom in June
In what's being called the 'big bang in media people had been fearing', stunned staff have been told the newsroom will shut in June.
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 30/01/2024
James Shaw's resignation today as co-leader - & eventually from Parliament - does feel like quite a milestone, & an opportunity for progressive renewal in a rapidly shifting political landscape. Best wishes to all in the next phase of decision making, & congrats to yet another new Green MP to be...
1news.co.nz
James Shaw to resign as Greens co-leader
He will stay on in Parliament to support a member's bill that would change the Bill of Rights.
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
Kia ora & thanks for the messages of welcome & advice since I arrived here yesterday. Great to see some irl friends here, & to make new ones. We've sure got a lot of work ahead of us in 2024 as we face down (& up to) the crises of our time. See you around!
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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 01/01/2024
Have just landed in Bluesky in time for 2024. Look forward to lurking & learning around here. Interested in progressive connections internationally - & locally - from here in fairly isolated Aotearoa NZ.
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