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  • Open Country Cheese workers took heroic stand

    The Spark November 2009 Jared Phillips The lockout of Talleys-owned Open Country Cheese workers came to an end in late October 2009 after a legal and industrial struggle waged by the Dairy Workers Union (DWU) and its members.  The Open Country Cheese site is a self-contained dairy factory in Waharoa, a few minutes drive north Read more

  • Indian government starting 5-year military offensive against revolutionary forces

    The Spark November 2009 Jared Phillips  The revolutionary movement in India, under the leadership of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), has expanded its base over the last three to four years through regroupment of the movement and also through consolidation of its support in urban centers. Consequently, the Indian state has extended its ban Read more

  • Tim Shadbolt joins trespass protest

    PRESS RELEASE: Invercargill mayor and 1960s protest figure Tim Shadbolt and distinguished NZ film-maker Gaylene Preston have added their names to the list of those calling for the administration at Victoria University to lift the two-year trespass ban it imposed recently on Wellington workers’ rights activists Joel Cosgrove and Heleyni Pratley. Cosgrove, a former students Read more

  • It is 8 years since NZ troops joined the US led invasion of Afghanistan

    The SPARK interviews long serving anti-imperialist activist and Workers Party secretary Daphna Whitmore Spark: It’s been 8 years since New Zealand troops were sent to Afghanistan – why did the Labour-Alliance government send them in the first place? It needs to be understood in the context of New Zealand’s involvement with US and British imperialism. Read more

  • PFLP Solidarity Campaign – Outrage at ethnic cleansing

    The Workers in New Zealand Campaign of Solidarity with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) expresses outrage at the ongoing ethnic cleansing perpetrated by the Israeli state against the people of Palestine. The campaign provides an opportunity for New Zealanders to support the PFLP in resisting the racist state of Israel and Read more

  • Aid as imperialism: Wellington talk

    Aid as imperialism: the role of NGOs in global capitalism Tuesday November 10th, 5:30pm, Southern Cross. Discussion, biscuits and tea afterwards. Read more