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  • THE MAORI IN PREHISTORY AND TODAY

    By Ray Nunes Published April 1999 The great unknown past of the Maori people,together with a view of Maori nationalism today A pro-Mao, Marxist Leninist analysis ……………………………….. Introduction by Daphna Whitmore The following pamphlet by Ray Nunes is based on a reply to a former member of the now-defunct Communist Party of New Zealand (in Read more

  • The Politics of Facebook

    From The Spark September 2010 Byron Clark (Workers Party, Christchurch branch organiser) New Zealanders love Facebook. Many will talk about how much they hate it, but the numbers show otherwise. One in four New Zealanders is a user of Facebook, for those aged 25-34, its one in three, and for those 15-24, its nearly three Read more

  • THE PRICE OF SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD

    The Spark September 2010 by Terry Bell In the stygian depths of South Africa’s mines, 556 mainly young men died between 2007 and 2009.  It is a shocking statistic, nearly four times the international benchmark for mine deaths per hour worked. But it is just the tip of a huge, largely ignored, mass of horrendous Read more

  • Deaths in the class war

    Don Franks The Spark September 2010 Last month saw two New Zealand soldiers wounded in Afghanistan and the first New Zealand soldier killed. Led by Prime minister John Key, who ordered an unprecedented lowering of national flags across the country, politicians and news media launched a lengthy storm of militaristic propaganda. Read more

  • Kia Ora Christchurch

    A Wellington street collection was made today for low paid worker victims of the Christchurch earthquake. Brass Razoo solidarity band played  while Workers Party and Trades Hall action group members  leafleted and collected. To the waving of Unite flags and the tune  of the Internationale, $508.80 was raised in 40 minutes. Additional donations can follow Read more

  • Capitalist state fails police rape victims

    Marika Pratley, Workers Party, Wellington Branch The Spark September 2010 Eight women were denied compensation for being raped by police officers at a recent Police Misconduct Forum. Seven cases proved police misconduct in court, but only one woman was successful in bringing a prosecution, against police officers Bob Schollum and Brad Shipton for rape in Read more