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  • Canada’s election: NDP gains widen space for social struggles

    This article by Roger Annis, a long-time socialist and retired aerospace worker in Vancouver BC, was first published in Green Left Weekly but was also written with publication in The Spark in mind. It was published by Green Left Weekly on May 23 and also in the June issue of The Spark. The incumbent Conservative Read more

  • Defend young workers, fight all anti-worker laws (article & main protest event details)

    By The Spark editors This weekend there will be demonstrations in a number of cities to oppose the re-introduction of youth rates and to oppose any extension to the new entrant rate provisions. National has already attacked working people and unions by changing union access rights, introducing new conditions for access to sick leave, and Read more

  • Copyright – A Marxist Perspective

    With the recently passed copyright act amendment it is topical to look at the concept of intellectual property using the tools of Marxism. We can better understand the concept by looking at it in its proper historical context and its relation to the prevailing economic system.   Historical specificity The invention of intellectual property rights Read more

  • Update: Horticulture Workers’ Dispute

    The May Issue of The Spark carried a story about a dispute involving horticulture workers at Southern Paprika Ltd in Warkworth. The owner of the Company has since made comments directed at the Union at a seminar organised by the Kiribati Protestant Church. Hamish Alexander is reported as saying: “One family got upset with us Read more

  • Video: Annette Sykes speaking at Workers Power 2011

    Annette Sykes, a prominent lawyer and figure in the new Mana Party, spoke at the Workers Party conference in Hamilton earlier this month. Read more

  • Read the June issue of The Spark here

    June issue of The Spark This month’s issue of The Spark was delayed because of the involvement of the production team in organising the Workers Power 2011 conference (see report on pages 10-11). There are two additional conference reports from WP members who attended the Resistance conference in Sydney and the Socialist Party Australia conference Read more