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  • Workers Power 2011: Conference Report

    Marika Pratley, Wellington branch of Workers Party Workers Power 2011, the national conference of Workers Party was held over Queen’s Birthday weekend (June 3-6) at Hamilton’s Trade Union Centre. Over 45 people registered for what was the first socialist conference to be held in Hamilton for some decades. The conference featured a wide range of Read more

  • Queer The Night speech

    Speech by James Froch, key organiser of last night’s Queer The Night march, Schools Out facilitator, Wellington Gay Welfare Group trainee co-ordinator, and Workers Party Wellington Education officer.   I’m one of the organisers of this march, but I’m also here as an organiser for Schools Out. Homophobia is something each of us has to Read more

  • New Pamphlet – Open Borders

    A new pamphlet published by the Workers Party explores our policy of open borders. The pamphlet included frequently asked questions, an essay on the racist history of New Zealand’s immigration controls, a case study of how to fight deportations and an interview with Dennis Maga of the migrant workers organisation Migrante Aotearoa. Open Borders Pamphlet Read more

  • Christchurch event: book launch ‘Remains to be Seen’

    A new book by Christchurch activist Jared Davidson Remains to be Seen traces the ashes of Joe Hill — radical songwriter, union organiser and member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) — from their distribution in Chicago to wartime New Zealand. Drawing on previously unseen archival material, it examines the persecution of anarchists, socialists Read more

  • WP-Labour Party debate, Friday June 3, Trades Hall, Hamilton

    The office of Labour MP Sue Moroney has confirmed that she will be joining a debate on the moot ‘Should working people support Labour this election year?’ Jared Phillips of the Workers Party will be arguing ‘against’ from a far-left perspective and Sue will be arguing in favour. The structure of the debate will be that each speaker Read more

  • Report from Take the power back! , national conference of Resistance

    The national conference of Resistance was held May 6th – 8th at Redfern Community Centre, Sydney. Heleyni Pratley, a member of the Wellington Branch of the Workers Party, attended on behalf of Unite Union. Her following report will be published in the June issue of The Spark. Resistance is the youth wing of the Socialist Alliance (Australia). Read more