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What is the point in seeking environmental justice without seeking social, racial and economic inequality at the same time? What links the core values of Green Parties around the world apart from a commitment to the protection of the planet? Is the global left movement conceding to the right by striving for perfection over equality?
Zack Polanski speaks to co-leader of The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, Chlöe Swarbrick about the similarities and differences in leading socialist parties on different sides of the planet.
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