NZCPR Newsletter: The War on Woke

New Zealand is now well and truly in the grip of ‘woke’ madness. And it’s destroying the unity of our nation. 

What is “woke”? With origins in cultural Marxism, the general view is that it’s a movement that seeks social and political redress for wrongs derived from social injustice and discrimination.

Like the Black Lives Matter crusade in the United States, which attributed police violence to systemic racism, the woke movement embraces ‘Identity Politics’ with its focus on the so-called ‘oppressed’ groups in society including those centred on gender, race, and sexuality.

In their struggle for social justice these groups claim they have been the victims of systemic oppression, and they demand preferential treatment to address the wrongs.

What is particularly sinister is their propensity to attack and ‘cancel’ anyone with a dissenting voice.

Clive Bibby: In defence of Ardie Savea

So, after all that, Ardie gets a one match suspension and is told he is a naughty boy. “Better not do it again - or else!”

 If ever there was an action that has brought the game into disrepute - it is the farcical citing of the great player in the first place. But, unfortunately it is a sign of the times. 

We have sold our sporting soul to those who believe in fairies at the bottom of the garden.

Clive Bibby: The death of Woke

Apart from all the conclusions being drawn from the mid term elections and what the results might mean for both Republicans and Democrats in the 2024 Presidential race, the message is clear - the Woke movement that has permeated almost every aspect of modern US and many other supposedly liberal societies like New Zealand is in fact on its last legs.

The reason for that and the lesson that we here at home should take out of this “return to conservatism” is clearly this - it is a big mistake to threaten the basic freedoms of hard working, tax paying, law abiding citizens who don’t take kindly to being told that your simple values are out of date. The backlash to that wrong headed assumption has real consequences for most of those who have had their day in the sun.

Niall Ferguson: Woke Totalitarianism

Signal Productions interviewed Niall Ferguson in early 2021 on Wokeness, history and where left-wing totalitarianism comes from.