The World Socialist Party of New Zealand (WSPNZ) is a
revolutionary socialist and
anti-Leninist
Leninism is a political ideology developed by Russian Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin that proposes the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary vanguard party as the political prelude to the establishme ...
political party in
New Zealand founded in 1930 as the
Socialist Party of New Zealand (SPNZ).
The WSPNZ is affiliated with the
Socialist Party of Great Britain
The Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) is a socialist political party in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1904 as a split from the Social Democratic Federation (SDF), it advocates using the ballot box for revolutionary purposes and oppos ...
(SPGB) and the
World Socialist Movement (WSM).
In the 1940s, the party co-operated on ''Socialist Comment''.
In 1971, the party contested its first parliamentary election and in 1975 put up seven candidates.
The WSPNZ last ran a candidate in the
1996 election, gaining a total of 27 votes.
Radio
The WSPNZ ran ''Radio Imagine'' 88.3 FM out of
Manurewa,
Auckland, starting as early as 2001.
References
External links
World Socialist Party (New Zealand)
Political parties established in 1930
Companion Parties of the World Socialist Movement
World Socialists
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