Communist made at sea and in port: Maritime class relations during the Second World War

Locke, Cybèle

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“…Andersen was radicalised by class exploitation on British ships and witnessing even worse exploitation of Arab dockworkers in British ports like Aden. 31 He joined the New Zealand seafaring community, the Seamen's Union (SU) and the Maritime Branch of the CPNZ. In his trade union work, Andersen was mentored by older maritime trade union communist leaders such as Drennan, who set an example of united front communismdemonstrating how to build democratic, industrially militant cultures inside trade unions, and urging solidarity with local Māori to bring about a united working class.…”

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The New Zealand Northern Drivers’ Union: Trade Union Anti-Racism Work, 1937–80

Locke¹

2021

Labour History

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In 1960, the Northern Drivers’ Union of New Zealand instituted its anti-racism policy. How this came about, and what it meant for union struggles in the following two decades, are the central concerns of this article. Effectively, the implementation of democratic organising principles within the Northern Drivers’ Union assisted the formation of anti-racism policy and practice. Union officials linked domestic racism with the experiences of black workers under apartheid in South Africa from 1960, which generated calls for a boycott of South Africa and local support for the Citizens’ Association for Racial Equality. Anti-apartheid sentiment in relation to South African rugby tours, which had galvanised unionists in the 1960s, became a source of division by the 1970s as attention turned to more “local” experiences of racism. In particular, this article considers how Māori rank and file, working together with Pākehā union officials such as communist Bill Andersen, extended trade union anti-racism work across the northern regions of the country, especially Auckland.

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The New Zealand Northern Drivers’ Union: Trade Union Anti-Racism Work, 1937–80

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2021

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If Maritime Historians Are in Danger of “being left with their journals and not much else” (Lewis Fischer), What Can Those Journals Tell Us about Ourselves? A Ten-Year Study

Bender¹

2022

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This article examines the width and variety of contemporary maritime history - a concern of Skip Fischer in his later years, and which gives the article its title. Maritime history can provide a major template for understanding change, but it can only achieve this by actively investigating the multiple ways in which human beings relate to the sea. The author listed 30 categories that would reflect this possible diversity and then coded all the articles in the four major English maritime history journals for the period 2009-2018 (N=774 papers by 897 authors). The results were clearcut. Papers on nations’ navies accounted for 43.3 percent and papers on mercantile matters 44.8 percent, highlighting a lack of diversity in research topics and leading the author to fear for the future of maritime history. Cet article traite de l’ampleur et de la diversité de l’histoire maritime contemporaine, une des préoccupations de Skip Fischer au cours des dernières années de sa vie. L’histoire maritime peut servir de modèle permettant de comprendre le changement, mais elle ne peut y parvenir qu’en analysant avec diligence les maintes façons dont les êtres humains exploitent la mer. L’auteur a répertorié 30 catégories qui représentent cette diversité d’usage, puis il a codé tous les articles dans les quatre grandes revues d’histoire maritime de langue anglaise pour la période 2009-2018 (N = 774 articles par 897 auteurs). Les résultats sont clairs. Les articles sur les marines des nations représentent 43,3 pour cent, tandis que les articles sur les questions mercantiles représentent 44,8 pour cent du total. Ces résultats soulignent un manque de diversité au niveau des sujets de recherche, entraînant chez l’auteur des craintes à l’égard de l’avenir de l’histoire maritime.

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Communist made at sea and in port: Maritime class relations during the Second World War

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The New Zealand Northern Drivers’ Union: Trade Union Anti-Racism Work, 1937–80

The New Zealand Northern Drivers’ Union: Trade Union Anti-Racism Work, 1937–80

If Maritime Historians Are in Danger of “being left with their journals and not much else” (Lewis Fischer), What Can Those Journals Tell Us about Ourselves? A Ten-Year Study

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