The Communist League of New Zealand is a New Zealand communist party. In modern usage, the term communist party is generally used to identify any political party which has adopted communist ideology. ...

The party was founded in 1969 by students from Victoria University of Wellington, and was originally named the Socialist Action League. The new party rejected the more established groups such as the Communist Party as too authoritarian, conservative, and unimaginative, but at the same time, rejected many of the newer communist groups in New Zealand as disorganised and unfocused. It was aligned with the United Secretariat of the Fourth International (USFI), an international grouping of Trotskyist parties. The party achieved a certain amount of public recognition for its role in protests against the Vietnam War, and regularly engaged in protests against adventurist United States foreign policy, in defence of the pro-choice side of the abortion debate, as well as supporting LGBT rights in New Zealand,during the seventies and eighties. During those decades, the SAL maintained a newspaper of its own, Socialist Action. According to the National Library of New Zealand serials catalogue, it ran from 1969 to 1988. Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Victoria Universitys Kelburn Campus. ... The Communist Party of New Zealand was a Communist political party operating in New Zealand. ... The United Secretariat of the Fourth International (USFI) is the largest Trotskyist international organisation. ... Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... President of the United States, George W. Bush (right) at Camp David in March 2003, hosting the British Prime Minister Tony Blair. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Gay Rights Around the world · By country History · Groups · Activists Declaration of Montreal Same-sex relationships Marriage · Adoption Opposition · Discrimination Violence This box:      Gays, lesbians and transgendered people have most of the same rights as heterosexuals in New Zealand. ... The National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa in Maori) is New Zealands legal deposit library and a public service department, charged with the obligation to enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations (National Library of New... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...

In the 1980s, the Socialist Workers Party in the United States broke away from Trotskyism, and left the USFI. A number of other parties in USFI chose also chose to leave, including the Socialist Action League in New Zealand. Those members of the Socialist Action League who did not agree with this departure from Trotskyism and the USFI were expelled or resigned. Later, the Socialist Action League renamed itself the Communist League, following the pattern of the other parties that had left the USFI. Today, the party is still associated with the Socialist Workers Party's so-called Pathfinder tendency. In the 2002 elections, it stood two candidates, but gained only a handful of votes. The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... The Socialist Workers Party is a small communist political party in the United States. ... The Pathfinder tendency is the unofficial name of the group of organizations, each known as the Communist League grouped around the Socialist Workers Party of the United States. ... The 2002 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 47th New Zealand Parliament. ...

See also

• Socialism in New Zealand
• Political parties in New Zealand

External Link The degree to which Socialism in New Zealand has been of significance in mainstream politics is debated, as varying definitions of socialism and communism make the extent of its influence difficult to measure. ... New Zealand national politics feature a pervasive party system. ...

• Communist League of NZ
• Pathfinder Press