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  • Mine safety under scrutiny

    Byron Clark Questions about the safety of New Zealand mines are being asked after incidents last month. On July 25 a miner was nearly killed by falling coal while installing roof supports in a new tunnel at the Spring Creek mine on the West Coast, near the site of the infamous Pike River mine. Just Read more

  • Greece: The simmering revolt

    Mike Kay Recent mainstream media reports on Greece have focused on the two general elections held in quick succession: the first, inconclusive; the second, a shaky win for the right wing New Democracy party, after voters were blackmailed into backing pro-austerity parties. But beyond the spectacle of parliamentary politics, Greece remains in simmering revolt, as Read more

  • Queer Avengers call for a struggle “beyond marriage”

    Originally published on GayNZ. Wellington-based activist group The Queer Avengers is calling for a struggle “beyond marriage”, saying while it supports marriage equality, it’s not the end of the line for GLBT rights. While the group supports Louisa Wall’s Bill to introduce marriage equality, it says the community still faces a number of obstacles. Member Read more

  • An oral history of Occupy Christchurch

    Byron Clark is based in Christchurch and is the current coordinating editor of The Spark. He has a BA in history from the University of Canterbury. This will be his first oral history project. Recently I began fundraising for the equipment needed to record an oral history project on Occupy Christchurch, and subsequently publish that project in Read more

  • Queer Avengers discussion: beyond marriage

    By writers for The Spark On Thursday the 19th of July, at radical social centre 128 Abel Smith Street, Wellington group The Queer Avengers held a discussion on queer activism and marriage. With two MPs’ bills in the parliamentary ballot box, the Queer Avengers decided it was time to take a stance on the question Read more

  • Solidarity with Coles workers (Australia)

    Resistance comrades in Adelaide support Melbourne Coles Workers. More information on Coles dispute: Striking Coles workers reject offer, stay on picket line (Green Left Weekly) Hundreds of Toll workers strike (Socialist Party of Australia) Blockade lifted at Coles Warehouse (The Age) Read more