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  • And If a Showdown Comes in Nepal…?

    A piece by Mike Ely reprinted from Kasama. Jaroslav writes a critique of the revolutionaries in Nepal. He rejects the idea that they may be working to show large numbers of people, through living political practice, that there is a need for a new revolution: “I am not saying [the people] had all the education they need for Read more

  • Workers Resistance ’09: Queens Birthday Weekend

    Click to enlarge. Note that Friday’s debate, Which Way Forward For Workers Today, has moved to the VUW Student Union Building. Read more

  • Unite: $15 Minimum Wage Now

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  • May Day 2009 Wellington & Auckland

    Wellington’s Southern Cross tavern was buzzing on May Day with the launch of Unite’s campaign for a $15 minimum wage . The Brass Razzoo band played, and were joined by a visiting group from Australia, the Hobart Grass Roots Union Choir. Auckland’s annual May Day march was joined this year by a large contingent from Read more

  • Video: Venezuelan Factory Occupations

    Produced by Vive TV in Venezuela, this new documentary on FRETECO explores the movement of occupied factories and workers’ control in Venezuela. From the Mitsubishi auto plant to the Inveval valve plant; from the Gotcha T-Shirt factory to the INAF hardware factory, workers young and old, male and female, tell their stories and explain why Read more

  • Free the Cuban Five

    Rebecca Broad  The Spark May 2009 The Obama administration announced changes to travel and money transfer restrictions on Cuban-Americans in April, which allow travel to Cuba of unlimited frequency, no cap on money transfer amounts and the ability to send clothes and certain personal hygiene items. These are welcome but very minimal changes, which don’t Read more