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The Workers Party has today made an application to the Electoral Commission to register as a political party able to contest the list vote in the upcoming national elections. In the 2002 and 2005 elections (standing as the Anti-Capitalist Alliance) it has contested a number of electorate seats in the main centers, and will be
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Mon July 7 6pm – Mon Level 1, Trades Hall, 147 Great North Road, Grey Lynn The anti-choice lobby group “Right To Life” are jubilant over a High Court judge’s review that questions the legality of many abortions. Daphna Whitmore discusses the legal, social and practical realities of abortion in NZ today (rescheduled from 23
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Below is the text of a leaflet distributed by members of the Workers Party Auckland branch at the protest earlier today by truck drivers against the recently announced increase in road user charges. Independence from the bosses – A workers’ response required in the campaign against rising cost of living The boss class is to
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In this talk Mike Treen looks at the history of Cuba since the revolution and Cuba’s place in the world today. Recorded at Marxism 2008. Download the MP3 here.
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We publish below a talk given by Philip Ferguson at a recent Christchurch Workers Party forum. It is an expanded and updated version of an article originally published in the Spark in 2005 available here. Most of the parliamentary parties favour tax cuts both for individuals and companies. Indeed, under Labour there has been a
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In this talk Dennis Maga from the KMU (May 1st union movement) talks about the issues facing the oppressed workers and peasants in in the Philippines and the mass movement for change in that country. Record at Marxism 2008. Download the MP3 here.
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This election year the Workers Party is standing candidates in the main centres of the country. Discussing his candidacy with workmates at smoko time, one of our comrades was challenged: “If you get into parliament and you’re walking down the road with a suit and tie on and we see you, you might not want
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– Daphna Whitmore A High Court judge has sparked debate about abortion rights in New Zealand. Reviewing the committee that oversees abortions, Justice Miller has announced that many abortions are simply not lawful. His sponsors, the Right to Life organisation, are thrilled to have him championing their cause. It may just turn out that Justice
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– Alastair Reith The recent series of killings in South Auckland has led to a frenzy of politician’s calls to “get tough on crime”, and for increased powers for the police and the state in general. While such “law and order” orgies come and go, there are some disturbing concrete proposals emerging from this one,
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