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If a book is any good, the cheaper the better -George Bernard Shaw E-books are a new thing, the idea of a “digital book” is something that has been scoffed at, but within the past few years, the e-book has steadily gained ground on the more traditional form. Barnes and Noble claim they sell three
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A facilitated discussion led by Kassie Hartendorp. 6pm October 9th, 19 Tory St.
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Elizabeth Schulte reports on the proud conclusion of the Chicago teachers’ strike. Mario Cardenas, Trish Kahle and Eric Ruder contributed to this article, originally published on Socialist Worker. CHICAGO TEACHERS are returning to work after a nine-day strike–standing proud after driving back Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s attack on their jobs, their union and their schools. Late
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At the end of last month the death of Neil Armstrong was announced. He was the first person to walk on the surface of the moon. Armstrong’s death serves to remind us of an era in global politics which is now well and truly over. US president Barak Obama described Armstrong as “among the greatest
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Julian Assange was set to speak at the The Next Hope hacker conference, New York in 2010: “Hello to all my friends and fans in domestic and international surveillance” he began “I am here today because I believe we can make a better world. Julian, unfortunately, can’t make it, because we don’t live in that
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In its platform, the Workers Party (NZ) calls for the unrestricted right to strike. Here Ian Anderson, a writer for The Spark, interviews socialist and union delegate Andrew Tait, on a recent resolution supporting the right to sympathy strikes. The Spark: Can you talk a little about the Engineers, Printers and Manufacturers Union (EPMU) itself,
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By GRANT BROOKES, in Melbourne 20,000 striking teachers marched to the Victorian state parliament in Melbourne on September 5. Outside the capital, 20,000 more stopped work in regional centres. It was the biggest teachers strike in Victoria’s history. They were protesting over very similar issues facing teachers and support staff in Aotearoa, including a below-inflation
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Auckland WP contacts and supporters will be holding a day school this Saturday, September 8, in Grey Lynn. Existing members and contacts will be meeting from 11am till 4pm. This will be the first of a new series of monthly day schools being held each month until the end of the year. The first day
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This article on the Labour Party, by Giovanni Tiso, was originally printed on his blog Bat Bean Beam. It will be reprinted in the upcoming issue of the Spark. It’s as if he had forgotten he was the leader of the Labour party. It’s as if a Tory mole had swapped the speech he was
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