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  • PFLP rejects and calls for action against liquidationist return to direct negotiations

    The following is a statement from the PFLP on the announcement of new US sponsored negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.  It originally appeared at http://www.pflp.ps/english/ Comrade Maher al-Taher, member of the Political Bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and leader of its branch outside Palestine, said on August 20, Read more

  • The ‘War on Resistance’

    Mike Walker, PFLP Solidarity Campaign coordinator The Spark August 2010 On the 20th of September 2001, during a joint session of congress, George Bush uttered the now famous phrase “every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.” The resulting ‘War on Read more

  • Vatukoula’s 19-year miners strike

    Byron Clark The Spark August 2010 The Fiji Mineworkers Union is currently seeking a resolution to one of the worlds longest running industrial disputes, over 340 workers have been on strike in the town of Vatukoula since 1991. In the 19 years since the strike began, the mine was closed (in 2006), sold, and re-opened Read more

  • Industrial disputes

    The Spark August 2010 RENDEZVOUS HOTEL LOCKOUT Housekeepers at the Rendezvous Hotel in central Auckland had been faced with the same trick by management every time collective bargaining came around: the company invariably delayed the settlement, cheating the workers out of months worth of back pay. This year the company’s offer was 1.5% to cover Read more

  • Undercover Boss USA – A fairy tale of class collaboration

    TV review: ‘Undercover Boss USA’ Tuesday, 8.30pm, TV One The Spark August 2010 ‘Undercover Boss USA’ is a peculiar show; a show hard to imagine being produced any time before the 2008 economic recession. The show is an attempt by ‘reality’ television to tap into the growing class anger caused by the recession. Nowhere is Read more

  • STUDY: 1991 – the General Strike that Wasn’t

    Hosted by the Workers Party Tuesday 10 August 2010 6pm-8pm Trades Hall 147 Great Nth Rd, Auckland Reading: Peter Harris ctuand critical notes by Don Franks (WP) SOME RELECTIONS ON THE ECA INTRODUCTION Tony Boraman: “The Myth of Passivity” http://libcom.org/files/The%20Myth%20of%20Passivity1.pdf Read more