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South Canterbury Finance: Rich Speculators Bailed Out by You!
Under the guise of the government's Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme the New Zealand taxpayer will pay over $400 each to bailout South Canterbury Finance. That means over $1.77 billion of your taxes handed over to the rich speculators, known to the media as investors, at a time when we are constantly being told there is no extra government funding for the public services such as schools, hospitals etc, and that cuts are the order of the day.
Canterbury Earthquake
The recent magnitude 7.1 earthquake and the numerous aftershocks in
Christchurch and the surrounding area are a reminder to us all that we
live on the 'Shaky Islands'. Socialist Appeal send our sympathies to all
those effected by the earthquake and especially those that face
uncertainty over their housing provisions and jobs.
Labour: Socialist Policies Needed
We are constantly being told that there is one year to go to the Rugby World Cup. What is not being stated that often is that it is also one year to go to the next general election, with the National Party still riding high in the polls!
This will be the last Labour conference before the election. The need for coherent socialist policies has never been greater. Worker are under attack from the bosses and their government
Floods Devastation in Pakistan - a system in decay aggravates human disaster
The Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign has launched Revolutionary
Flood Relief and Protest Committees across Pakistan, especially in the
intensely affected areas, to conduct an efficient and effective rescue
and relief effort. Fifty seven camps of this campaign have been set up
in various regions and is appealing for help.
Australia: Labor Loses the Race to the Right
The former Labor Prime Minister of Australia was right about one thing when he said on 23rd June 2010, that Labor should not and by implication could not, win a “Race to the Right” with Tony Abbott.
Rudd said:
“I've been very plain about what I said before and you've heard me say things about asylum-seeker policy recently, I believe it is absolutely wrong for this country to and absolutely wrong in terms of the values which we hold dear, to get engaged in some sort of race to the right in this country on the question of asylum-seekers. I don't think that's the right thing to do. That's the direction the Liberal Party would like to take us - under my leadership we will not be going in that direction”
National's Blitzkrieg Against New Zealand Workers Continues!
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.
Socialist Appeal Magazine - Issue #4 - Out Now
National Govt Threaten to Privatise Kiwibank
Nat's Budget Attack On Working Class
Finance Minister, Bill English, delivered the National governments second budget. There were no real surprises as most of the content of the budget had been well signaled in the run up to the budget. This budget was very much a class based budget- a budget for the rich - paid for by you!
World Cup Fever Starts To Cool
Revolution & Counter Revolution in Thailand
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.