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National's Blitzkrieg Against New Zealand Workers Continues! |
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By Miles Lacey
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 |
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On Sunday 18th July 2010 approximately 300 trade unionists protested outside the National Party
Conference held in Auckland over the weekend in protest against the attacks on
union and workers rights since National took power after the November 2008
elections.
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National's Blitzkrieg Against New Zealand Workers Continues! |
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By Miles Lacey
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 |
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On Sunday 18th July 2010, approximately 300 trade unionists protested outside the
National Party Conference held in Auckland over the weekend in
protest against the attacks on union and workers rights since
National took power after the November 2008 elections.
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Socialist Appeal Magazine - Issue #4 - Out Now |
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By Editorial Board
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Saturday, 19 June 2010 |
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Order your copy of Socialist Appeal now. Issue #3 is available over the
autumn months.
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National Govt Threaten to Privatise Kiwibank |
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By Graham Day
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Saturday, 19 June 2010 |
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The Finance Minister, Bill English, at a post budget speech to a Christchurch business meeting announced that the government is considering the part-privatisation of Kiwibank. Bill English was no doubt euphoric from delivering a budget for his rich mates that he thought he could be more honest about the government's intentions to sell our state assets.
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World Cup Fever Starts To Cool |
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By Steve Jones
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Saturday, 19 June 2010 |
After months of build up, the World Cup
is finally underway. As it approaches the end of the first week, in
what is a month-long bloated competition, something has become rather
clear. Hype is everything. We reproduce an article from Socialist Appeal (Britain).
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Revolution & Counter Revolution in Thailand |
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By Alan Woods
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Saturday, 19 June 2010 |
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Bangkok
is in flames as the counter-revolutionary violence in Thailand
reaches a bloody climax. The long-awaited assault by the Thai army
has already taken place, and will not cease until every trace of the
protest has been wiped out. No-one can be sure of the number of
casualties, but the final figure will certainly be more than what the
authorities have admitted to so far. It seems that some red-shirts
have responded by setting fire to banks, shopping malls and other
buildings in the city, and there are reports that protests and
violence is erupting in other parts of the city.
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Monopoly Capitalism & the Case for Socialism |
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By Will Roche
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Saturday, 19 June 2010 |
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(We
reproduce an article from Britain relevant to the situation in NZ. To
read full article go to
http://www.marxist.com/monopoly-capitalism.htm)
Capitalist
economists constantly argue that privately run industry driven by
pursuit of profit is the best way for an economy to function. But,
even a cursory look at the world around us tells a very different
story. Far from being efficient, capitalism is riddled with
contradictions and crisis. You could write multiple volumes, as Karl
Marx did, on the inadequacies of capitalism, but here, in this
limited space, we shall deal with just a few.
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China: Victory For Honda Workers |
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By Jorge Martín
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Saturday, 19 June 2010 |
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The
workers at the Foshan Honda plant in China won a 35% wage increase
after taking strike action which started on May 17.
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Public Sector Budget Cuts Militant Action Needed to Defend the Public Sector |
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By Socialist Appeal Industrial Correspondent
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Saturday, 19 June 2010 |
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According
to the PSA “Budget 2010 does little to improve prospects for public
sector workers and delivery of public services... expect further
restructuring tighter restraints and the steady erosion of public
services. Job losses will continue....”
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Mall Workers Strike for Union Rights and Pay Rise |
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By Socialist Appeal Industrial Correspondent
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Saturday, 19 June 2010 |
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Labour
history has been made. New Zealand has had it's first Mall workers
strike. Workers in JB Hi-Fi in Albany, organised with the Unite
Union, were on strike for better pay and against a culture of
bullying and intimidation against union members.
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Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster Profit to Blame |
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By Michael Hureaux Perez
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Saturday, 19 June 2010 |
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It’s
been close to a month since the Deepwater Horison Oil Rig exploded
and sank into the Gulf of Mexico, just 45 miles south of the already
beleaguered gulf coasts of Louisiana and Mississippi. The ensuing oil
spill may well surpass that which followed the wreck of the Exxon
Valdez, which poured over 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska’s
Prince William Sound in the spring of 1989. British Petroleum, which
was the operator of the oil platform, had been leasing the rig from
the deep seas drilling conglomerate TransOcean.
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A New Stage in the Crisis of Capitalism - Part Five |
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By Alan Woods
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Saturday, 19 June 2010 |
The loss of belief in the existing
society, its institutions, laws
and morality, is a prior condition for revolution. But such a change
does not happen all at once. Gradually, to the degree that the given
socio-economic system begins to fail, the feeling grows that “something
is not right” with society, that some kind of change is necessary.
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