In 1994, a small number of anarchist-communists started Class War, an affinity-group tied to 62 Sackville Street, Grey Lynn, where some of us lived. We setup a website ( http://go.to/classwar ), held some small Anarchist meetings and provided our flat as a space for groups and activists where they could just roll up, sit on a couch and hang out or read the books and material lying around, or watch movies on Big Screen, print books and stickers (or learn these skills for those who hadn't done them before), and do bookbinding.

The Auckland Anarchist Collective is a new collective of old and new anarchists.

We have been meeting regularly as a group since June 2007 but we have worked, organised and stood together on picket lines and marched in demonstrations together for many years.

In 2005, a small number of anarchist-communists in Auckland started Black Cat, an affinity-group tied to 8 West Terrace, central Auckland city, where some of us lived. We setup a website, held some small Anarchist meetings and provided our flat as a space for groups and activists where they could just boll up, sit on a couch and hang out or read the books and material lying around.

The campaign, run by Unite union, was named after Morgan Spurlock s popular documentary Supersize Me, which had cost the McDonald s millions by re-branding their food as unhealthy and dangerous. Super-Size My Pay aimed to re-brand fast food management practices as anti-worker, based upon super exploitation and poverty wages. One of the key tactics of the campaign was attacking the brand s identity. The campaign was also based upon short but sharp strikes, flying pickets and community support from outside the union.

A series of snapshots into radical undercurrents and outbreaks of people power in Auckland, New Zealand.

A Peoples’ History of Auckland- From the general strike to the ADB summit. 1912-1995

IWW, 1912

Between 1908 and 1913 the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) were a small organisation in New Zealand whose infl uence was tremendous amongst working people. By means of hundreds of propaganda meetings, thousands of pamphlets and in particular their paper, the Industrial Unionist, the Wobblies (I.W.W. members) spread their revolutionary ideas wide and far. The big strike actions of 1912/13 can be attributed to workers uniting as a class inspired by revolutionary ideas.

The Freedom Shop is still open 10 years on and still lives on Cuba Street. The shop has moved premises and is now at 166 Cuba where it feels good, looks great and is open 6 days a week.

The new location has The Freedom Shop sharing a large space with an internet cafe, a soon-to-be juice bar and a multipurpose, entertainment, performance, skillsharing, work space... these are all separate businesses which create a new and exciting space.

Introduction