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  • After Mugabe, what next for Zimbabwe?

    The following article is taken from the April 3 issue of the Weekly Worker, paper of the Communist Party of Great Britain: After the Mugabe era James Turley asks what MDC rule would mean for Zimbabwe’s workers. On April 2 the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, which had been claiming victory since the polls closed,… Read more

  • 6 years on: Venezuelans celebrate defeat of April 2002 coup

    Photo: ABN/Prensa Miraflores. View video footage here President Chávez meets with his people at Miraflores By Heison Moreno for ABN/YVKE Mundial Translated by Tim Bowron for The Spark The head of state celebrated this April 13 together with hundreds of Venezuelans who were out on the streets of Caracas since the early morning. The President… Read more

  • No GST on beer!

    Nearly 30 people joined the Workers Party today, taking our membership tally to 560. We aim to get 600 members before applying to register as a party. Workers Party activists approached people going to the Warriors game in Auckland to join the party and to get in behind our campaign to get rid of GST.… Read more

  • Maoists lead in Nepal elections

    – Daphna Whitmore In Nepal Maoists have won a huge vote in historic elections. In the lead up to the polls bourgeois commentators forecast a poor showing for the Maoists. They were victims of their own propaganda and completely out of touch with the situation. The polls reveal mass support for the revolutionaries. Prachanda, the… Read more

  • Industrial Action at Gourmet Mokai Ltd

    Workers at Gourmet Mokai Ltd near Taupo walked off the job in disgust at management’s attitude toward their current Collective Agreement negotiations. The company, which produces tomatoes and capsicums, has repeatedly cancelled meetings with the Northern Amalgamated Workers Union who have been trying to meet with bosses since November. At a report-back meeting on Monday… Read more

  • Foreign ownership – a vital issue for the left?

    The announcement today by the Labour Government that it will veto the bid by the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board to take a 40% stake in Auckland airport has met with strong approval from some sections of the NZ left such as the Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) and the Green Party. But… Read more