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The state of the working class
The Spark October 2009 Philip Ferguson The recession has been officially declared over, thanks to 0.1% economic growth in the last quarter. The government and various economic experts agree, however,...
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Recession and Redundancy
The Spark October 2009 John Edmundson As the recession has bitten, redundancies have risen and unemployment figures have begun to climb, Labour’s Darien Fenton has had her Private Member’s Bill drawn...
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Bad banks or bad capitalism?
The Spark November 2009 Philip Ferguson One of the issues that has arisen with the current recession is the responsibility of banks for the partial meltdown in the financial sphere. Sections of both...
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POVERTY WAGES – THE CHALLENGE OF HISTORY
Don Franks The 25 cent government increase in the minimum wage from 1st April was denounced by union leaders as “a cheap shot’ and “mean.” The increase to $12.75 from April 1st, 2010 is an annual...
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Abolish GST
At present John Key and National are floating the idea of raising GST GST a tax on the poor (goods and services tax) from 12.5% to 15 percent, while lowering income tax for all and also reducing...
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Sussex University occupation
Mike Kay On 8 February, over 100 students at Sussex University in South East England marched up to the top floor of the university’s prestigious Bramber House conference centre and staged a “‘flash...
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IMF Will Entrench the Economics of the Madhouse
The following article is by the Irish socialist-republican group, éirígí 20/11/10 ICTU Protest, Saturday November 27th, 12pm, Wood Quay, Dublin Budget Night Protest, March to Leinster House. Assemble...
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Ireland country report
The following report was drawn up by the Irish Marxist group, Socialist Democracy 10 November 2010 I Introduction The Irish State is one of the most globalised in the world and for nearly two decades...
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Strike debt: Government and household debt in Aotearoa/NZ
Cancel All Debt: banner from Occupy Wall Street Ian Anderson Debt has received a lot of attention during the global financial crisis. Occupy sites abounded with theories about “debt slavery.”...
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Housing under Neoliberalism
Joel Cosgrove (Fightback/MANA Poneke). It is a generally acknowledged political fact that housing is unaffordable. Within the awkward blame shuffling and finger pointing, MANA’s policy of building...
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