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The Spark October 2010 Philip Ferguson In July this year, the Victorian branch of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) took an important step forward and disaffiliated from the Australian Labor Party (ALP). Over 85% of those who took part in the vote voted to disaffiliate. Dean Mighell, the secretary of the Victorian union, told the
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“Ahmad Sa’adat is the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council. One of nearly 10,000 Palestinian political prisoners, he has been sentenced to thirty years in Israeli prisons for a range of “security-related” political offenses. These charges include membership in a prohibited organization
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Excerpted from the Spark discussion list http://groups.google.com/group/thespark-discussion grant_brookes wrote: So are demands that no-one else supports “better” than ones thatachieve reforms within the framework of capitalism? Where’s the logic in that, unless the purpose of campaigning around “radical” demands is to brand a group, for recruiting purposes? Don Franks replied: Are political demands really like garments
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Excerpted from the Spark discussion list http://groups.google.com/group/thespark-discussion Is there any sanctimonious law and order or religious fanatic that doesn’t have a secret past full of transgressions? A lot of people will be asking this after the exposure of Act’s law’n’order heavy David Garrett. Act is not a major political force or threat, and it really
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by Don Franks Staunch anti capitalist fighter Jim Delahunty died in his sleep last night after over sixty years of uncompromising activism. Born into a working class Auckland family, Jim grew up to the sound of his dad’s Irish rebel songs. This laid the foundation for a lifetime of left activism often set to music.
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by Glenn Wood ( Shoal Bay Press) reviewed by Don Franks I noticed this book in an op shop. Its back cover blurbed: ” the hilarious account of Glenn’s adventures as a police cadet…a warm and funny book that will appeal to all New Zealanders”. Harrumph I thought, but the first sentence – “I always
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Wednesday September 22, 1pm Waikato University, Student Union Building, @ Guru Fabians room Public meeting organised by Hamilton Left Initiative in response to new round of government attacks on working people. Come along, support or help build student involvement in upcoming union/workers actions. Speakers representing Greens on Campus, Unite on Campus, Workers Party on Campus, and Unions
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Reviewed by Mike Kay One of New Zealand’s leading contemporary historians, Judith Binney, has written a major study on the story of how the people of the Urewera came to be parted from their lands. This book deserves to be widely read. However, at over 600 pages long, it is unlikely to reach the audience
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By Ray Nunes Published April 1999 The great unknown past of the Maori people,together with a view of Maori nationalism today A pro-Mao, Marxist Leninist analysis ……………………………….. Introduction by Daphna Whitmore The following pamphlet by Ray Nunes is based on a reply to a former member of the now-defunct Communist Party of New Zealand (in
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From The Spark September 2010 Byron Clark (Workers Party, Christchurch branch organiser) New Zealanders love Facebook. Many will talk about how much they hate it, but the numbers show otherwise. One in four New Zealanders is a user of Facebook, for those aged 25-34, its one in three, and for those 15-24, its nearly three
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