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  • Campaign for a living wage

    by Ian Anderson Working people are encouraged to accept the idea they should give a fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay. The problem with this is that within the capitalist system – even in the most developed economies – workers do not receive fair wages. This is because the economic basis of capitalism Read more

  • Wellington conference: Fightback 2013

    In 2012, Fightback (then the Workers Party) held a conference in Wellington with over 120 attending. Over the weekend comrades discussed topics including tino rangatiratanga and socialism, safer spaces in political organising, industrial struggles, and the student movement. This year’s conference will be held on Queens Birthday Weekend, 31st of May to 2nd June, at Read more

  • Feed the Kids, end the hunger system

    Grant Brookes One in five New Zealand children were living in poverty in 2011, says the Ministry of Social Development. Other organisations put the figure at one in four, or 270,000 kids. The Ministry of Health reports that over 20 percent of households with school-age children do not have enough food. Over 1.8 million food items Read more

  • Film Review: No

    Byron Clark After touring a number of film festivals and picking up the Art Cinema award at Cannes, Chilean director Pablo Larraín’s film No has arrived in New Zealand for a limited theatrical release. This is Larrain’s second film looking at Chile’s tumultuous political history; 2010’s Post Mortem was set during the 1973 military coup Read more

  • Video: Christchurch rally against racism

    Counter-protest against Right Wing Resistance “White Pride” rally Read more

  • Information workers: Workers’ power in the “age of the geek”

    by Daphne Lawless As Alec Hardison says on the hit TV show Leverage: “it’s the age of the geek, baby”. Information technology workers are increasingly important and increasingly recognizing their own importance. Here’s why. What makes Marxism different from other schools of thought which seek to understand and to change the world is that it Read more