Saorsa
13th February 2008, 06:18
Marxism 2008, May 30 ¡V June 1, Auckland City, New Zealand
(Schedule and venue to be announced)
From May 30 to June 1, Workers Party (New Zealand) will be holding
its 6th annual educational conference, Marxism 2008, in Auckland.
The conference will be particularly important this year because, for
the first time, the Workers Party will be registering to stand in
the national general election on the party list. This is the first
time that a revolutionary Marxist organisation will be entering
national elections throughout New Zealand (New Zealand has a MMP
system).
The Workers Party invites militant activists and intellectuals,
particularly international guests, to participate in the conference
and we hope that there will be talks by international guests. We
encourage those who wish to deliver presentations to contact us
before April 1 2008 for consideration.
Please contact Phil Ferguson by emailing
[email protected] (philip.ferguson%40canterbury.ac.nz)
Guest speakers at previous conferences have included:
„X Dennis Maga (Free Ka Bel Movement and KMU)
„X Anthony Main (Socialist Party Australia and Melbourne Unite)
„X Coral Wynter (Democratic Socialist Perspective ¡V Australia)
„X Tom Buckley (Socialist Worker NZ and Unite Union NZ)
„X Mike Treen (National Director of Unite Union NZ)
„X Don Carson (Broadcaster, Wellington Palestine Group)
Radha D'Souza (Law lecturer and former public interest lawyer in
India)
„X Rosie Brown (Veteran campaigner for NZ citizen rights for
Samoans)
„X Alani Fisher Taione (Tongan democracy activist)
„X Rod Prosser (Film-maker, Philippines Solidarity Network)
„X Sarah Helm (KMU solidarity)
„X John Minto (formerly Halt All Racist Tours)
Schedule from Marxism 2007 Conference
„X Working Class, Oppressed Minorities and Marxism - Phil
Ferguson, Workers Party, history lecturer
„X Understanding Economics - Tim Bowron, Workers Party, student
and National Distribution Union (NDU) supermarket activist
„X Socialism and Environment - Willa Bermingham, Workers Party,
planner; resource management
„X People's Resistance in the Philippines - Dennis Maga, KMU
(May 1st Union Movement) Philippines
„X Lessons of the Progressive Lockout - Mark Muller, Workers
Party and NDU organiser at Progressive Enterprises in Auckland
„X Consolidating the SuperSizeMyPay fastfood workers campaign -
Tom Buckley, Socialist Worker and Unite quick service industry
organiser
„X Women in NZ - the stats - Jasmine Freemantle, Workers Party,
Women's and Gender Studies, assistant lecturer
„X Mobilising Working Women - Daphna Whitmore, Workers Party,
Unite hotels organiser
„X Labour and National: the closeness of policy - Bryce
Edwards, lecturer in Political Studies
„X The Green and Maori Parties: Are they progressive? - Nick
Kelly, Workers Party, bus driver
„X The Workers' Movement in Iraq - Workers Party speaker
„X New Zealand State out of the South Pacific and Afghanistan
now! - Paul Hopkinson, Workers Party, school teacher
„X Venezuela and the Question of Revolutionary Transition -
Mike Treen, Unite national director and Coral Wynter, Australian
socialist who spent a year in Venezuela
„X Taking Liberties: the Strong State in the UK - Mike Kay,
Workers Party, former postal worker in UK
(Schedule and venue to be announced)
From May 30 to June 1, Workers Party (New Zealand) will be holding
its 6th annual educational conference, Marxism 2008, in Auckland.
The conference will be particularly important this year because, for
the first time, the Workers Party will be registering to stand in
the national general election on the party list. This is the first
time that a revolutionary Marxist organisation will be entering
national elections throughout New Zealand (New Zealand has a MMP
system).
The Workers Party invites militant activists and intellectuals,
particularly international guests, to participate in the conference
and we hope that there will be talks by international guests. We
encourage those who wish to deliver presentations to contact us
before April 1 2008 for consideration.
Please contact Phil Ferguson by emailing
[email protected] (philip.ferguson%40canterbury.ac.nz)
Guest speakers at previous conferences have included:
„X Dennis Maga (Free Ka Bel Movement and KMU)
„X Anthony Main (Socialist Party Australia and Melbourne Unite)
„X Coral Wynter (Democratic Socialist Perspective ¡V Australia)
„X Tom Buckley (Socialist Worker NZ and Unite Union NZ)
„X Mike Treen (National Director of Unite Union NZ)
„X Don Carson (Broadcaster, Wellington Palestine Group)
Radha D'Souza (Law lecturer and former public interest lawyer in
India)
„X Rosie Brown (Veteran campaigner for NZ citizen rights for
Samoans)
„X Alani Fisher Taione (Tongan democracy activist)
„X Rod Prosser (Film-maker, Philippines Solidarity Network)
„X Sarah Helm (KMU solidarity)
„X John Minto (formerly Halt All Racist Tours)
Schedule from Marxism 2007 Conference
„X Working Class, Oppressed Minorities and Marxism - Phil
Ferguson, Workers Party, history lecturer
„X Understanding Economics - Tim Bowron, Workers Party, student
and National Distribution Union (NDU) supermarket activist
„X Socialism and Environment - Willa Bermingham, Workers Party,
planner; resource management
„X People's Resistance in the Philippines - Dennis Maga, KMU
(May 1st Union Movement) Philippines
„X Lessons of the Progressive Lockout - Mark Muller, Workers
Party and NDU organiser at Progressive Enterprises in Auckland
„X Consolidating the SuperSizeMyPay fastfood workers campaign -
Tom Buckley, Socialist Worker and Unite quick service industry
organiser
„X Women in NZ - the stats - Jasmine Freemantle, Workers Party,
Women's and Gender Studies, assistant lecturer
„X Mobilising Working Women - Daphna Whitmore, Workers Party,
Unite hotels organiser
„X Labour and National: the closeness of policy - Bryce
Edwards, lecturer in Political Studies
„X The Green and Maori Parties: Are they progressive? - Nick
Kelly, Workers Party, bus driver
„X The Workers' Movement in Iraq - Workers Party speaker
„X New Zealand State out of the South Pacific and Afghanistan
now! - Paul Hopkinson, Workers Party, school teacher
„X Venezuela and the Question of Revolutionary Transition -
Mike Treen, Unite national director and Coral Wynter, Australian
socialist who spent a year in Venezuela
„X Taking Liberties: the Strong State in the UK - Mike Kay,
Workers Party, former postal worker in UK