Socialist Appeal New Zealand

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 23^rd 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

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National Govt Threaten to Privatise Kiwibank

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.

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

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).

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.

Monopoly Capitalism & the Case for Socialism

(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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