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NZers have just voted to retain the old NZ imperialist flag - which consists of the butcher's apron (aka Union Jack) with four stars of the Southern Cross rather than the new NZ imperialist flag favoured by the prime minister, John Key. The flag referendum was a bit of a vanity project by Key but also was a part of the modernisation of NZ symbols and institutions by the ruling class. I didn't vote - I'm not concerned what the specific symbols of (NZ) imperialism are but I did find it interesting that young people tended to favour the old flag, with the Union Jack and a lot of the left opposed changing the flag (often from a rather crude anti-National Party perspective). Here's the take of veteran leftist and longtime shopfloor activist Don Franks on Redline: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/redlines-guide-to-a-new-kiwi-flag/ And here's some stuff on the modernisation project of the ruling class: Modern NZ capitalism's necessary ideology: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2015/11/20/respect-for-diversity-modern-nz-capitalisms-necessaryby-ideology/ Capitalist modernisation and the NZ left: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2015/12/31/capitalist-modernisation-and-the-nz-left/ Phil _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
