Nelson Davila, Venezuelan charge d’affaires for Australasia, will be speaking at two public forums in Christchurch next week:

Sunday March 16
2pm, Workers Educational Association,
59 Gloucester St

Monday March 17
12 noon, University of Canterbury Students Association,
International Room

Organised by Venezuela Aotearoa Solidarity Team (VAST) and Socialist Worker

Supported by the Workers Party

For more info contact David: colyer(at)pl.net | 021 0462011

UC Workers Party on Campus Public Forum

Wednesday 12 March 5pm

International Room, 1st floor UCSA building

University of Canterbury


Israel and Palestine are never far from the news and 2008 is the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the state of Israel and the dispossession of the Palestinian people. With the recent visit of George W. Bush to the region, a renewal of peace talks at Annapolis, the lock-down of the Gaza Strip and, most recently, the dramatic breaching of the border between Gaza and Egypt, what does the future hold for the people of the region and what approach is most likely to bring a lasting peace?

Auckland Workers Party forum

Tuesday 4 March 6pm

VENUE Upstairs meeting room, Trades Hall, 147 Great North Rd Auckland

This year is the 100th anniversary of International Working Women’s Day. Daphna Whitmore examines the origins of women’s oppression and looks at the current status of women in New Zealand as well as the present state of the women’s liberation movement.

This month’s Christchurch Workers Forum is on the Electoral Finance Act and the 2008 elections. Come along and hear and discuss:
● why the EFA is not in the interests of workers and open political debate
● the similarities between the policies of National and Labour
● what we can do to build an alternative for workers

Speakers: Tim Bowron and John Edmundson

7pm, Monday, February 25,
WEA (Workers Educational Association)
59 Gloucester St

Marxism 2008: May 30-June 1, Auckland City, New Zealand
(Schedule and venue to be announced)

From May 30 to June 1, the Workers Party of New Zealand will be holding its 6th annual educational conference, Marxism 2008, in Auckland.

The conference will be particularly important this year because, for the first time, the Workers Party will be registering as a political party to stand in the national general election on the party list. This is the first time in New Zealand history that a revolutionary socialist option will be on the ballot paper in every part of the country.

The Workers Party invites militant activists and intellectuals, particularly international guests, to participate in the conference and we hope that there will be talks by international guests. We encourage those who wish to deliver presentations to contact us before April 1 2008 for consideration.

Please contact Phil Ferguson by emailing
philip.ferguson(at)canterbury.ac.nz

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