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No to Hikes in GST

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Editorial Board
16 April 2010
Technically it can be argued that the recession is over in New Zealand.  However, for the vast majority of workers this simply isn't the case.  Unemployment is still rocketing up with another 13% claiming the dole in December2009.  Youth unemployment is very high indeed.  The government's lack lustre response is to allow a whole generation to rot as they do nothing.


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Marxist Education

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Socialist Appeal
16 April 2010
Socialist Appeal is pleased to re-print this document as it is an invaluable introduction into Marxism.  A "must" read for all workers and youth.
 

The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism


by V.I. Lenin



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Parliamentary Cleaners Take Action

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Industrial Correspondent
16 April 2010

Cleaners at Parliament have taken industrial action for the first time ever over their employer's refusal to pay a decent Living Wage.
 

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Maritime Union Fight Outsourcing

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Industrial Correspondent
16 April 2010

The Maritime Union of New Zealand says outsourcing at Ports of Auckland cannot replace a skilled in-house workforce. Maritime Union Auckland Branch Local 13 President Garry Parsloe says any moves to contract out work by port management would meet strong resistance.

 

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CTU Alternative Economic Strategy - Socialism is the Answer

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Phil Sharpe
16 April 2010
“… However there is an underlying reason why an alternative economic strategy is required: the economy simply does not work for everyone. It results in massive inequalities, misery on the one hand and huge excess on the other … The economic system which creates and perpetuates such disparate outcomes for people is unworkable”. (Alternative Economic Strategy [AES] p2)
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Socialist Appeal Magazine - Issue #3 - Out Now

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Editorial Board
16 April 2010
Order your copy of Socialist Appeal now.  Issue #3 is available over the autumn months.

 

 
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Us &Them

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Socialist Appeal
16 April 2010

What Bankers!

What do you give a failed Wall Street bankers that have been bailed out by the tax payer? If you think the sack then think again. According to The BBC Wall Street bankers bonuses for 2009 have gone up a whopping 17% or US$ 20.3 billion. Just mention this to your boss when next negotiating pay!

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Euro Crises Confirms Marxist Perspectives

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Alan Woods
16 April 2010
When the economy was booming the euro was seen as a source of strength or those countries that had adopted the new currency. Now it is transforming into its opposite, as the crisis in Greece demonstrates. The Marxists warned about this long ago.
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Kick the Nats Out in 2010!

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Graham Day
01 December 2009
As the year closes and another one begins, and we rush off to the beach for our summer holidays, now is  a good time to reflect on the brief reasons why it would be good to kick the Nats out in 2010!
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Socialist Appeal opposes privatisation of ACC

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Editorial Board
01 December 2009
The proposed opening up to competition of the ACC work account ( the part paid by employers for workplace accidents) is the first step in the privatisation of the state run accident insurance scheme.  The Minister of ACC, Nick Smith, is scaremongering when he says that the ACC scheme is financially unsustainable.  Such “smoke and mirror” statements by Nick Smith bears no serious scrutiny as the basic fact that more is collected in levies than is paid out!  To qualify this ACC has $11 billion in reserves and last year collected $1 billion more than it spent on claims.
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CTU 10th Biennial Conference Report

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Miles Lacey
01 December 2009
The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) held its biennial conference in Wellington, New Zealand, on October 21st and 22nd, 2009.
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Labour Goes Back to “Core Values”

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Graham Day
01 December 2009

The recent national conference of the Labour Party – held after their recent defeat in the elections – produced some interesting controversy around the question of what Labour should do if it gets back into office. The ideas of Marxism were present in the debate.

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