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  • Defend MMP in the 2011 referendum

    This article by Jared Phillips will appear in the June 2011 issue of The Spark This year New Zealand electors will vote in a national referendum, held as part of the general elections, asking them firstly to indicate whether they want to change from MMP, and secondly to indicate their preferred electoral system. The other options… Read more

  • Review – No ordinary deal: Unmasking the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement

    No Ordinary Deal: Unmasking the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement Jane Kelsey (ed.) Bridget Williams Books, 2010 Reviewed by Mike Kay, Auckland member of Workers Party and member of The Spark editorial board This collection of essays brings together a number of different perspectives on the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), a Free Trade Agreement (FTA)… Read more

  • Press Release: Double-Down Burger Increases Workload for KFC Staff

    Workers say KFC’s infamous Double Down – a “bunless burger” consisting of chicken fillets, bacon, cheese and a special sauce – is increasing their workload. In Wellington alone, KFC sales increased 100% on the first day of the new promotion, and the product sold out for the first two days running. However, crew-members say the… Read more

  • Book review: Privatising Parts

    Privatising parts Richard Meros Lawrence and Gibson 2011 Reviewed by Joel Cosgrove, Workers Party Wellington Branch “Who better than students to teach teachers what students ought to be taught?”, so asks Richard Meros in his new fiction Privatising Parts. Quite simply this is a beautifully crafted piece of satire. On the surface this is a… Read more

  • Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill: A Challenge to Democratic Norms

    This article by guest writer Lindsay Breach will appear in the June issue of The Spark The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is a trade agreement between New Zealand, eight other nations, and the United States. Of particular concern to this article, is that the agreement promises to introduce a strongly U.S. influenced intellectual property regime… Read more

  • Hamilton – North Africa/Middle-East solidarity meeting report

    Tonight a small audience of twelve people bore mid-week stormy weather and attended a meeting organised by Hamilton Left Initiative which called for solidarity with the ongoing struggles in North Africa and the Middle-East. The first speaker was Cameron Harper, a Waikato University student, who presented a historical background to the uprisings. This set the tone… Read more