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  • Haiti’s Tragedy was Man-Made

    John Edmundson The Spark February 2010 The recent devastating earthquake in Haiti has put a rarely noticed country back in the headlines. Suddenly, it is the focus of everyone’s attention, from world leaders to celebrities. And that is hardly surprising – with a body count of over 150,000 in Port au Prince, the nation’s capital Read more

  • Why you should join the Workers Party

    1. We are revolutionary socialists We all live in a capitalist society – which means that the working-class majority experience exploitation and poverty in order to guarantee profits and luxury for the ruling-class minority. The capitalists have many weapons at their disposal – not just the army, police, courts and prisons, but a system of Read more

  • POVERTY WAGES – THE CHALLENGE OF HISTORY

    Don Franks The 25 cent government increase in the minimum wage from 1st April was denounced by union leaders as “a cheap shot’ and “mean.” The increase to $12.75 from April 1st, 2010 is an annual increase of only two per cent. The NZ Institute of Economic Research inflation forecast is 2.3 per cent for Read more

  • Free the Tamil asylum seekers

    People protested outside the Australian consulate in Auckland, on 18 January, as part of an international day of action to support the Tamil Asylum Seekers who have spent 100 days on a boat in Indonesia in appalling conditions. A protest organiser  spoke of how 254 Tamil Asylum Seekers refused to leave the boat for fear of being Read more

  • Sport and politics mix

    John Edmundson The arrests of activists attempting to disrupt the appearance of Israeli Tennis player Shahar Peer has brought the issue of politics and sport back into the public eye. At the time of the anti-apartheid struggle, the issue was of great importance in New Zealand because here, it was sporting contact with racist South Read more

  • Protest against the appalling conditions the Sri Lankan Tamil Asylum Seekers are facing in Indonesia

    A vigil will start outside Waterhouse Coopers Tower, 186-194 Quay St, Auckland, 4pm on Monday the 18th.   Then march at 5pm from Quay Street  up Queen Street towards Aoeta Square. Background: Read more