Grid of posts 2×3

  • Religion: The Sigh of the Oppressed Creature

    To be delivered on Monday the 7th of September, Meeting Room Two at Victoria University as part of ‘Religion Week’ Welcome to the Workers Party contribution to Victoria religion week! We’re not starting this meeting off with a prayer, but before you go we will be passing a plate and taking up a collection. Some Read more

  • Interview with Lina Ericsson

    In this episode of the VBC radio Wellington show “The Unnamed Show” Byron Clark interviews Swedish political scientist Lina Ericsson about her research conducted with migrant workers in rural New Zealand under the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme for her thesis ‘The Ni-Vanuatu RSE-Worker: Earning, Spending, Saving, and Sending’ (Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, Read more

  • Interview with Mike Ely

    Joel Cosgrove and Alastair Reith of the Workers Party interview Mike Ely of Kasama. Subjects include the revolutionary situation in Nepal, the role of Kasama in facilitating Marxist regroupment, and the outlook for revolutionary activity around the world. Click here to listen. Read more

  • Unemployed again – A main feature of capitalism

    Jared Phillips As a result of the recession, the National-led government has been made to face rising unemployment. Its response has been to attempt to offset unemployment with redundancy initiatives and job creation initiatives. The job creation initiatives are partly corporate welfare (if not corporate welfare, then company welfare) and partly based on the provision Read more

  • Wellington: Palestine event

    Leila Khaled: Hijacker, a documentary about the “poster girl of Palestinian liberation.” Screened as part of the WP-PFLP solidarity campaign, with presentations by Mike Walker and Don Carson. 2pm, Saturday 12th September Meeting Room Two VUW Student Union Building Read more

  • Wednesday’s at the WEA: Migrant Workers and the RSE Scheme

    Introduced in 2006 the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme provides temporary work visas for workers from the Pacific to fill vaccencies in the horticulture and viticulture industries. According to NZAid, New Zealand’s international aid and development agency, the scheme was “designed with the development of Pacific countries and New Zealand’s horticulture and viticulture industries at Read more