Despite his right-wing political connections, Arie Joe’s campaign for a seat on the University Council prominently features the branding of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani. Arie Joe, a former Wellington president of the Taxpayers’ Union youth wing (Generation Screwed) is running for a vacant seat on Te Herenga Waka’s governing University Council. Joe is best known for leading Save Our Clubs, a campaign opposed to VUWSA administering university clubs. Joe started the Save Our Clubs campaign while president of Generation Screwed Wellington, the youth wing of the Taxpayers’ Union. Generation Screwed was founded by and is “overseen” by the Taxpayers’ Union and its staff.