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  • Mining National Parks – Class and Conservation

    Ever since Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee and Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson released a proposal to open up 7058ha of land presently in Schedule 4 of the Crown Minerals Act for mining, opposition to the plan has been building. The issue got attention around the world, including from North America’s largest conservation organisation the Read more

  • Marxism 2010

    The Workers Party held its annual conference in Wellington June 4-6 The conference opened with Daphna Whitmore speaking on the revolutionary movement in India that spreads from the border with Nepal in the north to the southern states of India. John Edmundson spoke on Afghanistan and the quagmire the invading powers find themselves in. Read more

  • Melbourne Storm salary cap breach

    Joel Cosgrove, June 2010 Much has been written about the Melbourne Storm and their repeated breaching of the salary cap. Although there has been much comment on the issue, the vast majority has been shallow and generally misses some pretty obvious points. To recap. The Australian National Rugby League (NRL) has a salary cap, the Read more

  • WHAT IS MARXISM?

    A talk by Don Franks, Marxism 2010 conference, Wellington 5 June  2010 This is obviously a big subject, which could be approached in a number of ways.  In the small time we have this morning, my aim will be to introduce basic points and hopefully arouse some ongoing interest. There are various contending definitions of Read more

  • “To have a general strike in Greece it is not such a big deal”

    Mike Kay spoke to Stavros and Paulin from OKDE (Organisation of Communist Internationalists of Greece) in Athens. MK: Greece has been the focus of much of the debate about the problems of the European economy. Why does it occupy this special positon? OKDE: For several reasons, Greece is the weak link in the chain of Read more

  • Marxism 2010: finalised programme

    Please note changes to Saturday’s schedule. FRIDAY: 4th of June – Thistle Hall (293 Cuba Street) 7:30pm: International panel: Mike Ely on Nepal, Daphna Whitmore on India, John Edmundson on Afghanistan Read more