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  • Occupy Christcurch open university

    A day of free workshops on Sunday, February 12th in South Hagley Park. An initiative of Occupy Christchurch 10am: Occupy Movement and Local Issues How can we develop the Occupy Movement to be an effective political and social force in Christchurch and Canterbury? 11am: Situationism & post situationism The Situationist International, having been cited as an inspiration for  OWS, deserve a second look. While aspects of the SIs’ pre-68 analysis and even modified Read more

  • Occupy Nigeria leads to general strike

    Despite its obvious inspiration in the Arab Spring, the global Occupy Movement is most prominent in relatively wealthy countries. This does not mean the movement has not appealed to those in the global south- often Occupy protests have not taken place in these countries because social movements with their own identities were already in progress Read more

  • Mana: We Support the Wharfies

    “MANA supports wholeheartedly the rights of the wharfies who work for the Port of Auckland,” states MANA leader Hone Harawira. Harawira says “Workers across the country need to wake up and smell the coffee – if the wharfies lose this fight then the casualisation of working hours will become a permanent feature of employment in Read more

  • #transphobictampons: It’s Not Offensive, It’s Oppressive

    Kassie Hartendorp, Workers Party member and Queer Avenger. At the end of 2011, an advertisement for Libra tampons was pulled from air after members from the queer community called out the company for its transphobia. Many argued that the company was sending a strong message to those who did not identify as the gender they Read more

  • Auckland event tonight: Victory To The Wharfies

    Public meeting: How can we support the Auckland port workers? Tonight 7:30pm Trades Hall, 147 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland Read more

  • Don’t Talk to Me About Sewing Machines, Talk to Me About Workers’ Rights! A Call to Action for Socialists from a revolutionary hooker

    Greta de Graves  The question of how to relate to sex workers (in this article, I will use the term ‘sex worker’ to refer to workers in commercialised sexual encounters, including, but not limited to prostitutes, strippers, go-go dancers, and pornographic actors of all genders) has been a topic of contention for many Marxist and Read more