Lecturer in Politics, Massey University
The focus of my research is labour history and social movements.
Apr 11, 2023 11:13 am UTC| Life
Most people today are coping with the rising cost of living individually: cost cutting, looking for a better paid job, taking on side hustles, and so on. But not so long ago, many workers globally and in Aotearoa New...
Overworked and underpaid: the revival of strikes in New Zealand
Mar 09, 2019 05:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Strikes were supposedly something of the alleged bad old days of the 1970s. But during the first year of Aotearoa New Zealands Labour-led government, a strike revival ensued. At least 70,000 people, if not more, walked out...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight