The problem with exclusionary policys

Allowing Feminist individuals or groups not associated with Socialist Aotearoa to bully us into adopting exclusionary policies can be problematic at best and disastrous as an organization that supports all oppressed people we must understand the risk that such actions pose to Transgender and Gender Variant people. Recently individuals who consider themselves Anarcha-Feminists attacked a rape survivor who is a member and then later demanded that she be forced to subscribe to their bourgeoisie feminist ideas. With that in mind I would like to draw your attention a recent incident where an individual who considers herself feminist accused a Transgender woman of sexual misconduct with little to no evidence (Bellow). under an Anarcha-Fem Exclusionary policy anyone accused of sexual misconduct has to be excluded for life regardless of evidence.  

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I understand that Anarcha-Feminism is not the same as the notoriously transphobic Radical Feminism (Radfem) however both ideologies are big on Exclusionary policy and both groups have engaged in activities that some socialists (of all genders) have considered man hating. As far as I can tell the only major difference between the two ideologies is the definition of men Anarcha-Fems acknowledge gender identity Radfems do not. However I recently came across a group (the Left Side of Feminism) that claims to be an Anarcha-Feminist group yet is openly Transphobic (Bellow).

 More Examples of Transphobia from this group

(copy paste) Link:https://www.facebook.com/TheLeftSideOfFeminism 

My personal Experiences with Anarcha-Feminists in Auckland have been mixed. In general I have not had much to do with such people especially the most hostile members of that community. When I did however have to work with such people I found them to be very hostile to me when I was still presenting as a boy although such hostility was not continued after I came out as Transgender. I wonder how quickly they would resort to Transphobia if I were to end up in a conflict with a group of Anarcha-Fems.

Also bonus Radfem Transphobia

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Can Gay capitalism bring about the liberation we seek

on June the 28th 1970 thousands of LGBT people took to the streets of New York in what is widely recognized as the first Pride march this occurred one year after the stonewall uprising and resembled more of a protest than a parade. it is also interesting to recognize that this was actually a Liberation march not a Pride parade. today overly commercialized Pride parades are common in almost every major city in the western capitalist world complete with thuggish security guards who ruthlessly enforce the gay capitalist hegemony. the recent pride parade in Auckland was an overly commercialized gay capitalist affair with little consideration given to less well off LGBT people who still face workplace discrimination harassment on the streets and lack of access to housing. security personal preset at the parade appeared to be private contractors who were not averse to assaulting members of the public I personally saw two instances of parade security assaulting members of the public and at one stage a security person forced a Transwoman into the gutter where her shoe got caught in a storm-drain and she fell on her face.
Personally i don't think that such commercialism has much to offer LGBT people who still struggle from oppression both in public and in the workplace. I feel that a  grassroots LGBT liberation movement would be a viable step towards true liberation for all LGBT people.

Police presence and politics at Big gay out.

In my opinion there is a huge difference between a political group offering support and solidarity to the LGBT community  and a political group that attends such an event in order to boost their popularity. Right wing prime mister  John Key and an entourage of about 20 supporters from the National party youth wing attended the 2014 Big Gay Out festival distracting the media from the real issues facing the LGBT community. meanwhile the police dealt harshly to anyone who dared to publicly criticize the Prime Minister in front of the media. also present at the event was controversial Auckland City mayor Len Brown who also attracted protest although the police were much less interested in doing anything about it. late in the afternoon two Socialist Aotearoa comrades were attacked by police for protesting the Prime ministers presence at Big Gay Out while a third Socialist Aotearoa member who happened to be Transgender was separated from the the group where she was harassed by the police and asked to present ID to the police officer she was then deliberately misgenderd by the officer. Sadly Big Gay Out was reduced to an election year farce where the needs of the LGBT were very much a secondary concern and were completely ignored by the police present at the event.

Pakeha Party Tosser abuses Mana member at McStrike Lincoln Road

Not known for his in depth knowledge of history Pakeha party founder David Ruck proved himself to be ignorant of workers rights as well. upon starting the Pakeha party through Facebook David Ruck professed to stand for equality regardless of ethnicity accusing the Mana movement of being biased towards Maori due to their policy to reinstate the Maori affairs housing scheme. in this video bellow taken by Alison Withers who is a member of the Mana movement David Ruck shows his true colours as an uncaring right wing reactionary. should this man be fronting a political party in Aotearoa?

Act on Campus try to Provoke Unite Union Picketers

Last Friday (5/7/13) a Unite union picket line outside Queen street McDonald's was attacked by a small group of university students beveled to be members of the controversial political club Act on Campus. two of the independent media videographers were attacked an unidentified man thought to be associated them. following this he attempted to brawl with members of a local activist group that had come to support the striking workers before leaving the scene amid a police mobilization.

What about the Greens?

Look at the above photo and you will see red and also black.
this photograph is from the ANFS asset sales march (27/4/13) marked by the notable absence of the Green Party! this is a stark contrast to the April 28 (2012) march where the Green party were well represented. at the time i was a supporter of the Green party and a member of Auckland University Greens on Campus and as such i don't think it is out of place for me to ask "on April the 27th 2013 why was the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand absent from that days asset sales protest." i would also like to know if this is a sign of things to come have Greens moved so far to the right that they have lost touch with grass roots activists. and can they be trusted to uphold the left wing policies that have got them this far?

Les Miserables the fight for fair redundancy pay for cinema workers in Aotearoa New Zealand II

Les Miserables the fight for fair redundancy pay for cinema workers in Aotearoa New Zealand

Last Wednesday (the 30^th of January 2013) Event Cinemas Highland park Theatre Closed its doors for the last time outside some of the workers (many of whom have been laid off due to the closure) engaged in an impromptu Les Miserables Re-enactment with red Flags and Placards. But the lay-offs are not the biggest tragedy rather the pathetic redundancy pay, Just two weeks for all laid off employees, that has been offered by management to workers who have served as many as 17 years. This is pathetic compared to other western nations that have redundancy pay set in law. This struggle has quite a few parallels with Les Miserables where the poor find themselves repeatedly victimised by the rich despite already being significantly disadvantaged. Here are workers who simply want to support themselves and often their families while a company with plenty of money to spare tries to maximise profits once again at the expense of workers. When a group of workers attempted to meet with management on the 29^th of January accompanied by supporters and Unite union staff they were turned away and asked to immediately leave the premiss New Zealand workers deserve more than this.

The workers themselves however have not lost hope and have decided to use this opportunity to bring the issue of redundancy pay into the open for the benefit of all workers. The struggle that Highland Park cinema workers are leading could have lasting implications for New Zealand workers redundancy pay is taken for granted in many western countries but in New Zealand it is left up to the employer to decide the amount allocated when a worker is made redundant. I would argue that only by taking power into their own hands can workers archive such conditions.

A Solidarity event is planned for the Thursday the 7^th of February at event cinemas Queen Street.