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  • Housing protest videos (Wellington, Aotearoa/NZ)

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  • Interview: Socialist Party candidate re-elected in Yarra, Melbourne

    In the recent local elections of Victoria, Australia, socialist candidates won seats in Yarra and Moreland (covered by Grant Brookes here: http://tinyurl.com/a7gbcxl.) Yarra Socialist Party councillor Stephen Jolly won his seat for the third time.  Writer for The Spark Ian Anderson interviewed Socialist Party member Mel Gregson. The Spark: So the Socialist Party retained its Read more

  • A small victory in the battle for Glen Innes

    In mid-October, for the first week in several months there were no state houses removed from Glen Innes . House removal companies and police backed off after intense protest activity which culminated in the arrest of seven protestors including MANA movement Leader Hone Harawira. “This is a small victory in the battle of Glen Innes” said MANA Vice President John Minto Read more

  • Pike River fine “shockingly low” – EPMU

    An Australian contractor that lost three staff members in the Pike River Mine explosion two years ago has been fined $46,800 in the Greymouth District Court after admitting three breaches of the Health and Safety Act. The union representing miners says the figure is too low. “The EPMU shares the concerns of the Pike River families over Read more

  • Socialists gain in Melbourne elections

    Grant Brookes, in Melbourne Elections for local councils across the Australian state of Victoria took place on October 27. Socialist candidates scored major gains. The Socialist Party, standing in all three wards in the inner-Melbourne City of Yarra, won its highest ever vote – up 58 percent on 2008. SP councillor Stephen Jolly was re-elected Read more

  • FIRST Union delegates meet for conference

    Delegates from FIRST Union, which formed a year ago when FinSec and the National Distribution Union (NDU) merged, attended the union’s biennial conference in Auckland last month. Secretary Robert Reid describes the union’s agenda as “Decent Work Decent Life” which covers four main areas: jobs for all, a living wage, secure work and safe work. Read more