Name: Paul Piesse

Position: President

Profile:
From the time of adult consciousness, Alliance Party President Paul Piesse has been a convinced and committed socialist. A long time member of the Labour Party, and once a parliamentary candidate for it, he grew increasingly disgusted with its steady march (or obsequious slouch, rather) to the capitalist drum. Thus he became a founding member of the NewLabour Party – now called the Alliance.

For most of his working life Paul has been a Trade Union official in both the public (national and local) and private sectors. He believes that capitalist and consumerist greed corrupts our humanity, and is neither ecologically nor economically sustainable. To save human civilisation we need to behave in a civilised way – co-operative, not competitive attitudes; and with a collective, socialised and democratic economy, not a privatised one. Accordingly, he is a strong supporter of the co-operative revolutionary processes currently underway in Cuba, Venezuela and Bolivia, and to a lesser extent in other Latin American countries.

Paul is married, dotes on his wife Cushla, two step-daughters and one (so far) granddaughter; enjoys cooking (and eating…) and listening to music – Celtic, Cuban and chamber, mostly.

Contact Details:
Telephone: (021)1368227
Email: paul.piesse@alliance.org.nz