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  • Support locked out meatworkers (Wellington event tomorrow)

    Support Locked Out Meatworkers: Public Meeting A public meeting is being called to organise solidarity and support for the locked out meatworkers. There are still over 800 workers locked out and everyday they stay strong requires more than just a physical presence outside their work sites. We need thousands of dollars to help feed their Read more

  • April Spark online

    Editorial: Byron Clark Recently I stopped at the Occupy Christchuch site (which had the previous day agreed with the local council to end the camp) to help clean up a bit and pick up a banner I had provided. The banner read “We won’t pay for the failure of their system!” and had been hanging Read more

  • Interview: Marika Pratley on An Unfortunate Willingness to Agree

    Workers Party member Marika Pratley was nominated for an award for composition in the play An Unfortunate Willingness to agree which ran at the Fringe Festival from 27 Feb 2012 to 2 Mar 2012. The production won a Fringe award for Best Dance and received an honorable mention for Sound Design. The Spark interviewed Marika Read more

  • US and New Zealand: The struggle for access to abortions and contraception continues

    Vita Bryant, Workers Party, Wellington In the heat of the campaigning for the Republican Primaries, Sandra Fluke, a law student at Georgetown, a well-respected Catholic university in Washington DC, applied to make a submission to the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The committee had convened to discuss whether or not to Read more

  • Defending the Domestic Purposes Benefit

    This article was contributed to The Spark by Jessica Ward The Domestic Purposes Benefit (DPB) was fought for by our mothers and grandmothers. Before the introduction of the DPB women raising children were entirely financially dependent on a partner. Women in abusive relationships that wanted to leave their husband would be forced to also leave Read more

  • Movie review: The Hunger Games

    Ian Anderson While far-right US commentators target venom at “Marxist” childrens’ films including The Muppets and The Lorax, number one blockbuster The Hunger Games should cause them more concern. Adapted from a young-adult series by Suzanne Collins, the film portrays a dystopian future in which kids are sent to fight each-other to the death, as Read more