The information was patchy and it was very difficult to decipher exactly what had happened, she recalls. (I spoke to Clark a few days after the Christchurch attack, and she told me Arderns response had resonated because it was authentic. We didnt even know a confirmed toll. By Dr Muriel Newman. Can I give you an observation? Richardson likewise complained about the excessive size of government spending, and she saw the cuts as a statement about the types of lives people should be encouraged to lead, she would later say: ones of independence and self-reliance. The fact that welfare rolls were only as full as they were because of the economic misery created by the preceding round of neoliberal reforms didnt seem to matter. acinda Ardern grew up in the conservative, rural North Island town of Morrinsville. Learn more about Jacinda in Taking the Lead: How Jacinda Ardern Wowed the World, out now in your local bookstore. It just wasnt something she thought about, she said, hardly at all. (I acknowledge amongst us today our distinguished leaders, speakers and those who bear authority. Her partner is Clarke Gayfo But I am pragmatic about how much time that sometimes takes. The optimism tends to win out. The term has been adopted by socialists and communists for party members. I do not use "comrade"disparagingly here, as indeed Ardern herself used the term 15 times in just seven minutes at this public event. The reality was that I went down into the shed, pulled out my fishing box and took out some hooks, Gayford told me earlier this year. What did it mean? These stories, they now form part of our collective memories. Yeah there you go. So for me, that means always having a mind on, yes, the policy work, yes, the domestic work but actually what legacy do you leave through some of those bigger, overarching decisions as well? And, lets be honest, in the lead up, too., Ardern sips from a mug of tea though she confesses that, years after quitting, shes also drinking coffee again. She wooed the world with talk of kindness and compassion, while at home ruling like a dictator. The second of two daughters born to a Mormon family . The definition of "comrade" from An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Marxism, Socialism and Communism is as follows: Originally, one who shares the same chamber. It has no place in NZ. Simple, she says, nodding her head. And you dont pick that sort of thing up because youre not a Marxist. People tend to know what that means.. Earlier that decade, she lived for two and a half years in London, where she worked in Tony Blairs Cabinet Office. (The tides of remembrance flow over Christchurch today.). She wooed the world with talk of kindness and compassion, while at home ruling like a dictator. But, no, I didnt think about particular words. We have consensus really built into our system. This framing has, in turn, largely been rebroadcast by the press, which has painted a picture of a budget dyed the deepest red.. Or does it need to be closer, like 10 per cent? Towards the end of her Waitangi speech, she had quoted Michael Savage, the venerated Labour statesman who led the party to government for the first time in 1935: We dont claim perfection, but what we do claim is a considerable advance on the past. Its a line that Ardern had rolled out in at least three big recent speeches, and felt, in part, like a plea to dial down the Jacindamania a call to pragmatism. People have remarked upon the way weve responded, but to me there was no question. Not today. The alternative option is that we come out and say, for instance, on child poverty, that weve got these really minimalist targets. ), Ardern says she has been taken aback by the volume of press coverage over the past weeks, the scrutiny of her every word. I was born one and politics has not beaten it out of me yet. A week ago, I asked her if the Christchurch attack had affected this optimism. We each hold the power, in our words and in our actions, in our daily acts of kindness. So, what progressive answers to the financial crisis did Ardern and her comrades come up with? For example, the meeting documents state the aim of the union is to defend and spread our core socialist principles. The very mention prompted a grimace: There are very few international political experiences quite like Brexit. But she wouldnt volunteer any advice for Theresa May, who at the time had narrowly survived a no-confidence motion. She put it frankly to me: I didnt know if I was going to be able to have kids., Then it all happened at once. You just do what feels right.. The worlds are in very close proximity. A member of the Labour Party, she has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Mount Albert since 2017.. Born in Hamilton, Ardern grew up in Morrinsville . The New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and most of those who graduated from the Marxist group the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) are actually followers of Leon Trotsky (1879 -1940). Jeremy Corbyns leadership led to a surge in left-wing membership in the UK Labour Party and ongoing wins by the partys socialists in local governments all over the country. This means Ardern must negotiate with both NZ First and the Green party to advance any legislation. David Hills new picture book Taking the Lead: How Jacinda Ardern Wowed the World is a treat for both adults and children, exploring the life and career of one of the most popular world leaders with beautiful illustrations by Phoebe Morris. For example, is a 20 per centgap of "inequality"acceptable? We as young socialists believe in a social democratic system which secures a redistribution of resources.. Its policy decisions, particularly around the housing market, have further concentrated wealth at the top while raising housing costs for ordinary Kiwis, in response to which it refuses to implement rent control. CPAG estimates that families on welfare would need an extra $100$230 a week to stay above poverty, and that the Treasurys own forecasts only see child poverty dropping a mere 1.4 points to 17 percent by 2023, leaving at least 180,000 kids in poverty. Official records of that meeting give us insights into Arderns political ideology. 17 April 2021 9:00 AM There she goes, New Zealand's Wonder Woman, striking a model's pose on the cover of yet another women's magazine, Thrive, dedicated to the wellness mantras Ardern herself spouts. It does feel as if the passage of time has extended. When I ask her which day last week a particular foreign dignitary spoke to her, she says, Times a bit of a blur for me, with a sardonic laugh. Its not known if she has ever resigned, so if she is still a member today, that would bring it close to 15 or even as much as 20 years. I think its just the nature of an event like this. Opinion. Asked whether she, too, was a socialist, Ardern once president of the International Union of Socialist Youth professed that Ive always described myself as a democratic socialist but that I have never found those terms particularly useful in New Zealand because we do not tend to talk in those terms here., Here it is more common to say progressive, or member of the Labour Party, she explained. I thought there were none. Together with the right-wing parties attempt at parliamentary red-baiting, its the logical next step for New Zealands conservative MPs, who have tried to dent prime minister Jacinda Arderns stunning popularity with a series of unsuccessful and increasingly lame talking points cribbed from the US Republican Party, from fearmongering about a UN migration pact, to attacks on wokeness, to race-baiting. Including some rightwing radio hosts from the United States just so you know that Im being fair and balanced. Im making an assumption here, but everyone knows that raising kids is hard work and I dont expect theyd want someone to gloss over that or pretend its easy. But he will, when I speak, be nameless.) There was none of the bellicose, war-footing political rhetoric that so often stalks terrorist attacks. All the talk of a budget returning Labour to its roots starts to ring hollow when even one of the countrys leading business advocacy groups thinks the government was a mite stingy on helping the poor. She was being a little bit vocal, Ardern said when we met later that day, at the hotel down the road. Wouldnt it be good if the president of the United States showed greater moral leadership? I look forward to hearing about the success of socialism in curing child poverty. There is evidence of her having said comrade. That was his instinct and it was the right one. Jacinda Ardern, former Young Labour president and political advisor, has just been elected president of the International Union of Socialist Youth - a group encompassing socialist, social democratic and Labour Party youth organisations from more than 100 countries. I am especially grateful to be hosted by FES. Maybe with your sincerity, not your smile, suggested the photographer. Jacinda was more surprised than anyone when she was handed the leadership aft. To be the nation we believe ourselves to be. Photograph: Jessie Casson/The Guardian, Jacinda Ardern: Very little of what I have done has been deliberate. Its intuitive. The couples mothers are the main backup unit, especially when Gayford is away shooting Fish Of The Day, his fishing-travel-cooking hybrid show for the National Geographic channel. Contact for complaints and communications under the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015, Constructive Criticism and Team Work In Politics. It still makes me laugh that Vogue came up with that, she said. Progressives are socialists. Talking to mourners after the national remembrance service in Christchurch. She was raised a Mormon, but quit the church in her early 20s, principally because of its stance on homosexuality. Already on our list? Trump had by then called to offer his condolences, and asked what he could do to help. Shes changing the game. A gunman - or gunmen, it was not . While the 1972 Royal Commission on Social Security defined the aim of welfare as giving those with disadvantages a standard of living much like that of the rest of the community, by the 1990s, the system came to be viewed as simply a safety net, and one that Kiwis had to be discouraged from using as much as possible. Subscribe today to get it in print! Optimism is baked into Arderns character. When she was made leader of the Labour party, with weeks to go before the 2017 election, the campaign was built around a self-described relentlessly positive outlook. I've had the pleasure of meeting her socially on a couple of occasions and I imagine she'd be a huge asset. The end of Ruthenasia, cheered the Labour-aligned Standard, referring to the nickname given to the brutal austerity program initiated by Richardsons budget. Among the speakers this morning is 13-year-old Salma, who stands at the microphone and says, simply, of her father, Ashraf, who was killed: He was a really nice man. Farid Ahmeds wife, Husna, was killed at Al Noor Mosque, too. Richardsons debt-and-surplus obsession lives on in this current government, which has consistently justified its resistance to more public investment by pointing to debt fears, and even took care to frame this budget as keeping a lid on debt and tracking a responsible return towards surplus through targeted investments. Labours continued refusal to get rid of benefit sanctions reflects a fundamental acceptance of Bolger and Richardsons moralistic distaste for welfare, as does its plan for a separate unemployment insurance scheme. Given we are facing what is likely to be many years of economic turmoil and hardship, the political ideology of our Government needs to be laid bare so we can gain insights into what a post-Covid-19 New Zealand economy might look like. Nationalism, the new issue of Jacobin is out now. Now, the New Zealand Labour Party is getting in on the act, too. Thenprime minister Jim Bolger aimed to arrest New Zealands drift from work to welfare, end what he believed was permanent dependency on the state, and achieve a permanent and substantial reduction in the financial and human cost of welfarism.. After completing a communications degree, she worked for a short stint in the Beehive of the last Labour prime minister, Helen Clark, who recalls noticing Arderns promise when she was on a team drafting answers for parliamentary questions. Meeting Muslim community leaders in Wellington following the attack. Jeremy Corbyns leadership led to a surge in left-wing membership in the UK Labour Party and ongoing [], A journal of theory and strategy published by Jacobin, The New Zealand Socialists Who Govern Like Neoliberals, Taking Back Left Parties From the Brahmins, Jacinda Ardern Wont Save New Zealands Working Class, Jacinda-Mania Isnt Enough for New Zealands Workers, Mori, or the Environment, New Zealands Coronavirus Response Isnt as Great as It Seems. In 2008, Ardern was elected president of the International Union of Socialist Youth, a role that took her around the world. She crosses the office to her desk and pulls an A4 sheet of paper from a drawer. And so I see that there was a weight of expectation there. 1:30 PM 'I don't have enough in the tank,' complained 42-year-old Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand. She was first elected to the New Zealand Parliament in 2008. . I can do what I do because I have help and I try to talk about that a lot., What about the anti-Trump label, I asked her. And its good to see them, albeit slowly, adopting the commonsense point that putting money in the pockets of the least well-off is actually good for the economy. Following this mornings interview with Jacinda Ardern, hosted by Larry Williams in the absence of Mike Hosking genuine get-well-soon wishes to Mike Smith delivered an observation, an important and foreboding warning, to the people of New Zealand. It's intuitive, ll show you something, says Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern is transforming New Zealand into a socialist state. I just thought about sentiments, and what I thought needed to be conveyed., Ardern has been at pains to say that what happened on 15 March is not her story, but one that belongs to the victims and their families, to the injured, to Muslim communities, to Christchurch. The exact number of years Jacinda Ardern was a member of the radical hard left group the International Union of Socialist Youth is unknown, but given she turned 20 in 2001, its likely to be around 10 years. In the wake of New Zealands worst terror attack, the prime minister talks frankly about the aftermath, global scrutiny and how a nation heals. But a closer look at the details shows how Labour plays a central role in that neoliberal order. The government very cannily framed its budget as a reversal of 1991s Mother of all Budgets, one that would right the wrongs put in place by its author, the National Partys thenfinance minister Ruth Richardson, who designed maybe the most extreme case of welfare state retrenchment in the Western world. So, no, I didnt really think about that, either., Later, it was suggested to her that it was an important symbol of solidarity with Muslim women in New Zealand, who felt unsafe. The only thing Id say is that, as much as we inherited the Westminster system, we thankfully also have moved to an MMP [mixed-member proportional] system, she said. But with that memory comes a responsibility. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has had an impressive career since she was elected as leader in 2017 and was recently named #2 in Fortunes list of Worlds Greatest Leaders in 2019. But New Zealand remains a laggard behind the rest of the globe, still firmly stuck in a decades-old ideological framework that never worked for most people, but that is especially horribly unsuited to meeting the civilizational crises of today. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Jacinda Ardern. But we can be the nation that discovers the cure. That position allowed her to travel to such places as China, Algeria, India, and Lebanon. Yes.. Theres no point at which you can say: I give up on being a parent or I give up on doing this job., There is no nanny. New Zealand PM addressed a crowd of thousands who had gathered for a memorial service at Hagley Park two weeks after the mosque attacks. That article told the story of a leader who was pledging to work harder to address the inequities still faced by New Zealands indigenous people. If anything, it shows how firmly New Zealand remains under the thrall of this thirty-year-old document. Thats all.. Jacinda Ardern, former Young Labour president and political advisor, has just been elected president of the International Union of Socialist Youth - a group encompassing socialist, social democratic and Labour Party youth organisations from more than 100 countries. The critical thing has been the inclusive approach. And the budget further tilted economic policy in a trickle-up direction, with beneficiaries losing one-fifth of their income (or as high as one-third for single-parent beneficiaries), even as the rich prospered. Jacinda started her political career in high school. They resolved against the flip-flops, and settled on flats. They are the publisher. Most controversially, when it came to the superannuation surcharge a claw-back tax on high-earner pensioners that dented the programs universality the budget both raised the rate and expanded the number of people who had to pay it. Simple words, whispered by the injured from their hospital beds. Really, upholding the community standards that theyve set themselves, I think, is what people are asking for Were asking for them to invest in ways to prevent the kind of harm we saw in the aftermath. I just know we have a lot of work to do to make that universal.. Those values represent the very best of us. The Spinoffs political coverage is powered by the generous support of our members. It was explicitly an ideological project. I suppose that is exactly what Ardern and her comrades mean because they further stated: Todays dominating economical system of Western capitalism has contributed to the unequal distribution of wealth worldwide.. We only had a short amount of time to prepare.. And it took aim at New Zealands old-age pension system, raising the retirement age from sixty to sixty-five and freezing payments for two years. UPDATE 2: Chris sent us the uncropped original (click for larger view): Apologies to the Schnews that was actually a pretty good wee publication that came out of Brighton, England. Blair was another Labour leader who came to office on a wave of progressive euphoria. But I said what I needed to say., I try again. Limited though this announcement is, not even Helen Clarks Labour government in the 2000s dared to try and wholly undo Richardsons welfare cuts, a sign that things really are slowly shifting. She said this morning it doesnt mean anything, its just Im sorry, it does. But for the time being they feel like the concerns of another time, another galaxy. and served as president of the International Union of Socialist Youth. Get our print magazine for just $20 a year. Arderns suggestion was that he could provide sympathy and love for all Muslim communities. And we remember, that ours is a home that does not and cannot claim perfection. Christchurch was under attack. I absolutely knew what I wanted to say. She had, though, seen the shooters manifesto, the 74-page screed he posted online. When I had the all-clear to go down on Saturday, I asked a friend if they had something for me to borrow. Jacinda is more communist than she would like people to believe. Learn about the Netflix adaptation of Lockwood & Co, who the key cast members are, and when the show drops in Australia. We never have been. Socialism is based on the theory that incentives don't matter! We would be fools to believe political decisions are primarily evidence based. If you could see the amount of reading that is required in that role. Read this book, former Member of Parliament Marilyn Waring. Sometimes, what youre promoting are things like wellbeing, these ambitious but intangible things. She doesnt want to lower the bar, to be someone who only has regard to political measures of success and says, Well, Im only going to set these ambitions, and talk in this way, because I dont want to be judged harshly for not having achieved them., When Ardern was made leader of the Labour party in 2017, she and Gayford were struggling to start a family. Dozens of buses are parked sideways around the perimeter, forming makeshift ramparts. Its a fair assumption to suggest that at the time of entering Parliament, an MPs political views and beliefs are set and are the motivation to enter politics in the first place. We are sitting on sofas in her office on the ninth floor of the Beehive, the circular building that houses the New Zealand government in Wellington. After graduating from a Bachelor of Communications at the University of Waikato, Jacinda took some time to travel overseas. Also of note, rumour also has it that Jacinda may be running as a candidate for the Labour Party. We are not immune to the viruses of hate, of fear, of other. In other words, Richardson and her allies aimed not just to tinker with select programs but to transform hearts, minds, and what was politically acceptable. It just wasnt something she thought about, she said, hardly at all. (I spoke to Clark a few days after the Christchurch attack, and she told me Arderns response had resonated because it was authentic. Someone is killing us. Arderns words and actions have been really important for our community, and for people who have lost loved ones, he says. And is New Zealand Labour returning to its semi-socialist roots? she was elected president of the International Union of Socialist Youth. Given Ardern and her comrades had progressive answers to the financial crisis, those answers might now be used to guide us through the turmoil and hardship of post-Covid-19. 3. Those interviews took place in early February, and I followed the prime minister as she commemorated the 1840 signing of New Zealands founding treaty, between the British Crown and the Mori chiefs. No, she said. He may have had in mind Arderns deputy Peters, whose NZ First has delivered dog whistles about immigrants and New Zealand values for decades. There was a real sense of hope at the time Blair was elected, she continued, because people were ready for things to be done differently. Aged 27, and hailing from Morrinsville, Ms Ardern is just the second female IUSY president in 101 years. And women and girls around the world will be the better for it., From a closer proximity, and speaking before the Christchurch attacks, Gayford told me that what he found most impressive was his partners grip on the minutiae. At Buckingham Palace with the Queen in April 2017. Her opponents sneered that it was all just stardust, but the party surged on a wave of Jacindamania. That doesnt necessarily apply to her. I get asked: Do you compare yourself to X or Y politician? and Ill then get a string of male politicians from around the world mostly, to be fair, because there arent too many females. Jacinda Ardern uses the word comrade 15 times in just 7 minutes Show more 22.09.15 - Question 11 - Jacinda Ardern to the Prime Minister The Kiwi that Soared - At home with New Zealand Prime. Not quite. They were words spoken by a community who, in the face of hate and violence, had every right to express anger but instead opened their doors for all of us to grieve with them. If there are words that proved defining, they were those spoken by 71-year-old Haji-Daoud Nabi, who moments before being shot dead addressed the gunman from the door of Al Noor mosque, saying: Hello, brother.. They were stories of bravery. E rau rangatira m, e ng reo, e ng mana. Even in utero, Neve had made her presence known. If you dont pause occasionally then youre talking nonsense, you dont know what youre saying. Last week I went half a day with my shirt inside out., For Ardern, Neve helps keep things in perspective. After visiting the USA, Jacinda travelled to England where she worked for British Prime Minister Tony Blair before being chosen as the President of the International Union of Socialist Youth. It is just 10 days since a terrorist attack in Christchurch took the lives of 50 people at prayer. 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