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its 6th annual educational conference, Marxism 2008, in Auckland.=20

The conference will be particularly important this year because, for=20
the first time, the Workers Party will be registering to stand in=20
the national general election on the party list. This is the first=20
time that a revolutionary Marxist organisation will be entering=20
national elections throughout New Zealand (New Zealand has a MMP=20
system).

The Workers Party invites militant activists and intellectuals,=20
particularly international guests, to participate in the conference=20
and we hope that there will be talks by international guests. We=20
encourage those who wish to deliver presentations to contact us=20
before April 1 2008 for consideration.=20

Please contact Phil Ferguson by emailing=20
philip.ferguson at canterbury.ac.nz =
<mailto:philip.ferguson%40canterbury.ac.nz>=20

Guest speakers at previous conferences have included:

Dennis Maga (Free Ka Bel Movement and KMU)
John Minto (formerly Halt All Racist Tours); editor 'Workers Charter' =
paper, Unite union organiser=20

Don Carson (Broadcaster, Wellington Palestine Group)
Anthony Main (Socialist Party Australia and Melbourne Unite)
Coral Wynter (Democratic Socialist Perspective =A1V Australia)
Tom Buckley (Socialist Worker NZ and Unite Union NZ)
Mike Treen (National Director of Unite Union NZ)
Radha D'Souza (Law lecturer and former public interest lawyer in India)
Rosie Brown (Veteran campaigner for NZ citizen rights for Samoans)
Alani Fisher Taione (Tongan democracy activist)
Rod Prosser (Film-maker, Philippines Solidarity Network)
Sarah Helm (KMU solidarity)




Schedule from Marxism 2007 Conference

The working Class, the oppressed and Marxism - Phil Ferguson, Workers =
Party, history lecturer
Understanding Economics - Tim Bowron, Workers Party, student and =
National Distribution Union (NDU) supermarket activist
Socialism and Environment - Willa Bermingham, Workers Party, and planner =
in resource management
People's Resistance in the Philippines - Dennis Maga, KMU (May 1st Union =
Movement) Philippines
Lessons of the Progressive Lockout - Mark Muller, Workers Party and NDU =
organiser at Progressive Enterprises in Auckland
Consolidating the SuperSizeMyPay fastfood workers campaign - Tom =
Buckley, Socialist Worker and Unite union organiser
Women in NZ - the stats - Jasmine Freemantle, Workers Party, Women's and =
Gender Studies, assistant lecturer
Mobilising Working Women - Daphna Whitmore, Workers Party, Unite hotels =
organiser
Labour and National: the closeness of policy - Bryce Edwards, lecturer =
in Political Studies
The Green and Maori Parties: Are they progressive? - Nick Kelly, Workers =
Party, bus driver
The Workers' Movement in Iraq - Jared Phillips, Workers Party and Unite =
fast food organiser

New Zealand State out of the South Pacific and Afghanistan now! - Paul =
Hopkinson, Workers Party, school teacher
Venezuela and the Question of Revolutionary Transition - Mike Treen, =
Unite national director and Coral Wynter, Australian socialist (DSP) who =
spent a year in Venezuela
Taking Liberties: the Strong State in the UK - Mike Kay, Workers Party, =
former postal worker in UK

Building the socialist movement in Australia - Anthony Main (SPA) and =
Coral Wynter (DSP)

Internationals and Internationalism - Philip Ferguson (WP) and Anthony =
Main (SPA)

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