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  • Silence of the Lambs

    – Don Franks Before the election, NZCTU President Helen Kelly had much to say about the two main parties. On April 13th she told the Labour Party Congress: “Working people have been given the chance to get back on their feet with this government. This is not just because of good policies. It is because Read more

  • Christchurch workers’ forum: Marx in the 21st Century

    For many years, official pundits proclaimed ‘the death of Marxism’.  Marx and his ideas were a curio, possibly of some relevance in the 19th century but completely outmoded today, we were often told. The current woes in the banking and finance sector, however, have led to a renewed interest in Marx in the First World.  Read more

  • Nature vs Nurture – genes vs environment

    Talk given by Daphna Whitmore at the Marxism Conference in Auckland, June 2008 Every week a new gene is supposedly found for something. This week New Scientist has a headline: They’ve discovered the gene for religion. Dig a little and it’s clear that the claims are grossly inflated. Well, it turns out they haven’t quite Read more

  • Two tactics of trade unionism in the face of global economic downturn

    – Tim Bowron and Nick Kelly Photos: ANEF (Chile) On Monday November 17 over 400 000 public sector workers in Chile began an indefinite nationwide strike demanding a 14.5% pay increase to combat spiralling inflation (9.9% in the last year alone) and the rising cost of living. This was in response to the refusal of Read more

  • Blue-Green

    After committing to scrapping the ban on thermal generation and reviewing the ETS, John Key has discussed carbon tax as a market alternative. An adoption from the Greens, this policy would continue Key’s move to the centre. Overseas, it has been applied as a direct tax, affecting the pockets of road-users. The Workers Party opposes all Read more

  • No illusions or delusions

       The Workers Party has been rationally assessing the two main political parties for many years. This cartoon appeared with an article in The Spark February 2007 on the similarities between Labour and National. Whereas a considerable section of the left had illusions in Labour and delusions about National, our analysis has proved to be Read more