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The following talks from a Workers Party forum in Christchurch are now available for download. John Edmundson – Background to the Electoral Finance Act Tim Bowron – Left Opposition to the Electoral Finance Act
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– Daphna Whitmore Recent protests in Tibet have thrown the spotlight on one of the world’s most remote regions. Led by Tibetan monks, protesters attacked Han Chinese and Hui Muslim immigrants. Tibetans say the Chinese authorities favour the new migrants while treating the locals as second-class citizens. As the government clamped down on demonstrators. reports
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John Edmundson Despite the victory of the radical Hamas movement in the 2006 elections to the Palestinian Authority, Israel still refuses recognise the Hamas government in Gaza, which it labels a “terrorist organisation”. Instead, it will only deal the United States-backed regime of Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah Party, which despite losing the election continues
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Philip Ferguson It’s not often that leading trade union officials in New Zealand speak openly about the exploitation of the working class, let alone about the surplus-value created by workers and expropriated by employers. Therefore, when such speeches are made, it’s useful to analyse what is being said, why, and what the political implications are
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Don Franks The article “Who moved my job?” in the April issue of The Spark eloquently voices a worker’s experience of redundancy threats. How can workers fight back against this blight on their lives? Organised workers threatened with redundancy look to the union they belong to. It would make sense for all the unions in
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Rachel Tay 2007 did not get off to an auspicious start at Dynamic Controls. Fraud and subsequent law changes in America and the high Kiwi dollar led to low sales. This in turn led to low orders, leaving most of the factory staff in Christchurch with little to do for the first three months. Staff
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Iraq and Afghanistan It is now five years since the US-led invasion of Iraq and over seven years since the invasion of Afghanistan, which included NZ troops. Iraq has been virtually destroyed thanks to the invasion and occupation, while Western forces in Afghanistan are under increasing pressure. Come along to this month’s Workers Forum, hosted
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The Workers Party candidate for the seat of Wellington Central in the 2008 parliamentary election is 59 year-old Rongotai factory hand Don Franks. “I’m standing in this election because none of the established parties give a stuff about low paid workers” says Franks. “In a land of plenty, basics like milk and cheese are becoming
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Byron Clark On March 17 Nelson Davila, Venezuela’s charge d’Affaires for Australia and the Pacific, spoke at a student forum at the University of Canterbury. Organised at short notice the meeting was attended by a small but highly interested group of people. A day earlier Davila had also spoken at a public meeting in the
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Fortnightly Tuesdays 6pm @ Auckland Trades Hall 147 Great North Road: April 1 The global economy – how deep is the slump? April 15: US elections: choosing the best face for imperialism 1968 + 40 series April 29 1968 – the year that rocked the world May 13 The French general strike May 27 What
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