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  • Educators, trade unionists support suspended teacher

    Workers Party media release Over 30 prominent academics, teachers and trade unionists have signed an open letter in support of suspended school teacher Paul Hopkinson, standing as the Workers Party candidate for Christchurch East in the upcoming election. Despite campaigning only in his own time (weekends and school holidays), Mr Hopkinson was told that due Read more

  • Workers Party candidate wants socialist solution to cycling issues

    Workers Party media release The Workers Party’s Christchurch Central candidate Byron Clark is a keen cyclist, who once rode his bike from Christchurch to Picton, but differs with the mainstream cycling lobby on a few key points. “Policies that would improve cycle lanes and encourage cycling have my full support” says Clark “but I have Read more

  • Workers Party candidate talk at Baptist Church election meeting

    Talk given by Daphna Whitmore at a candidates’ forum in Otahuhu, Auckland 28 October 2008 Thank you for the invitation to speak at tonight’s meeting. I’m a list candidate and also standing in this electorate. Our party has no ties to religion, we consider religion is a private affair and should be separate from the Read more

  • Socialism key to sustainability says Workers Party candidate

    Workers Party media release They key to creating an environmentally sustainable society is to put production in the hands of workers, says the Workers Party’s Christchurch Central candidate Byron Clark. “Right now production is done for private profit, rather than human need, which means environmental concerns are secondary for capitalism.” Clark is an environmental sociology Read more

  • A vision of workers’ freedom

    (Workers Party address to Labour Day left of Labour election forum in Wellington) It’s a nice change to be at a meeting where the right is excluded instead of the left. This year many Wellington election meetings only invited candidates holding parliamentary seats. The New Zealand Council of Trade unions hosted such a meeting. When Read more

  • Kicking the habit

    More election campaign posters available for download in pdf format in our resources section. Read more