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  • Jobs should come before profits

    – Workers Party Press Release As the recession bites, workers are again carrying the heaviest burden. The layoffs just announced at Silver Fern Farms’ Belfast plant are another sign that the current parties have nothing left to offer workers. The Workers Party thinks jobs for all should come before profits for private companies and supports Read more

  • Protest against Condoleezza Rice

    US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is visiting Auckland from Friday 25 July to Sunday 27 July. She is the public face of US imperialism. She is meeting Helen Clark and Winston Peters at Government House on Saturday 26th July. Protest March to government house Meet at the corner of Carlton Gore Road and Park Read more

  • How revolutionaries choose their political priorities

    Click here to view the text of a study pamphlet produced by the Workers Party of New Zealand, dealing with a wide range of questions ranging from how we choose our political priorities to intervention in bourgeois elections, voting for Labour, free buses and more. Read more

  • The Kind Governor

    – Don Franks (wsws.org commentary on the economy: “spokesmen for the ruling elite have been quick to demand workers tighten their belts and lower their wage demands, despite the steep increase in the cost of living. Reserve Bank Governor Bollard first issued the call in early June, bluntly saying that any “over-exuberance” when it came Read more

  • Immigration and citizenship: Labour versus workers

    The article below originally appeared in revolution magazine, #21, August-October 2003: Samoan protests for the return of their NZ citizenship point up the need for a campaign for open borders and workers’ solidarity as against Labour’s denial of Samoan (and other migrants’) rights, argues Philip Ferguson. In late March, thousands of Samoans protested in Wellington, Read more

  • Workers Party Wellington events

    Tonight we are having a social event to talk about Don Franks’ Wellington Central campaign as well as the Workers’ Party’s nationwide campaign. It should be pretty laid back, and if you’re interested in coming (there is free beer and pizza), we’ll be in the Collins Room 5:30-7ish, Student Union Building, Vic Uni, Kelburn. All Read more