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  • A cup of tea

    Don Franks, Workers Party candidate for Wellington Central opening 5 minute address to Aro Valley candidates forum August 9th 2008: I’d like to try and be constructive and see if there’s some stuff we all have in common. Something we all probably have in common is enjoying a cup of tea. On many occasions, there’s Read more

  • People of Zimbabwe between a rock and a hard place

    – John Edmundson The disastrous election period in Zimbabwe has thrust that country back into the media spotlight over the last few months, with the latest big news being the veto in the UN Security Council of a package of sanctions being sponsored by the United States. Reports of voter intimidation have been added to Read more

  • How to stop National’s threat

    – Don Franks Under the guise of “giving young, inexperienced people or new immigrants a better chance at a job”, National is proposing a new restriction on workers. “We will introduce a 90-day trial period for new staff, by agreement between the employer and employee, in businesses with fewer than 20 people,” National party leader Read more

  • The environment – what do Workers Party candidates say?

    – Byron Clark, Workers Party candidate for Christchurch Central. As a Workers Party candidate in this year’s election, I am often asked for my opinion on environmental issues. These are important to me as a socialist, as environmental issues are also class issues. Those who are suffering (and will potentially suffer most) from environmental damage Read more

  • Election economics: theirs and ours

    Winston Peters has been caught out being “economical with the truth”. After months of denials from Peters that NZ First had received a donation from multi-millionaire Owen Glen, Peters finally admitted to accepting a $100,000 donation towards his legal fund for his failed case to overturn National MP Bob Clarkson’s win in Tauranga. In all Read more

  • October 15 Solidarity: Letter to the Editorial Board

    To the Spark editorial board: In your July edition of The Spark, Alastair Reith writes in his article “Armed cops no solution” that “[t]o this day, no charges have been brought against the people that were arrested” in last year’s so-called “terror raids”. We all wish this were true. However, 20 people are facing charges Read more