This is edition 2025/114 of the Ten@10 newsletter.
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This is the Ten@10, where I collate and summarise ten news items you generally won't see in the mainstream media.
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1. It’s the Right Time, for the Wrong Left.
Chris Trotter
- 🌿 Labour's strategy relies on Greens and Te Pati Māori support to gain power, despite voter skepticism.
- 🎓 Many young leftists join Labour despite its historical shift away from socialism.
- 🗳️ Labour abandoned socialist ideals in favor of "democratic socialism" to appeal to a broader base.
- 🚪 Neoliberal policies pushed Labour's democratic-socialist faction out, paving the way for identity politics.
- 🔒 Chris Hipkins favors identity-based alliances over democratic-socialist roots, despite global shifts.
- 🌹 Greens' move towards democratic socialism adds a new twist to New Zealand's political landscape.
