Auckland call centre workers stand strong against lock out and nuclear ship visits

The current economic crisis has been and will continue to be used as a chance for the bosses and the government to launch attacks on wages and working conditions. Already, the National Government has introduced legislation (such as the 90 Day Hire & Fire Act,
see inside for more) that attacks our workplace conditions, and as the recession digs in further we can expect them to bring in more new laws that try to stop us from working together to improve our wages, conditions and everyday lives.

October 7 -- Unite Union is stepping up its campaign for an end to bullying in McDonald’s restaurants today. Crew and managers at four McDonald’s restaurants will take off aprons and down spatulas today in protest against a contract that allows their employer to use their shift roster as a form of bullying and control.

Anarchism begins from the central insight that social hierarchies are unnecessary and, therefore, oppressive. In place of the systemic violence of power, anarchism seeks instead to expand upon the combined ideals of freedom coupled with equality. Against the centralisation and violence of the State, anarchism proposes the full decentralisation of the political and the economic, the destruction of national borders, and the horizontal organisation of life from the smallest to the largest, from the simplest to the most complex.

The Wildcat Anarchist Group will present its submission on the China-NZ free trade agreement to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee today (22 May). The group believes the FTA with China threatens to undermine
local manufacturers and workers and leave New Zealanders uninformed about the products they buy, says spokesperson Sam Buchanan.

On Thursday 16 November 2006, riots erupted in Nuku'alofa, the capital of the tiny kingdom of Tonga. Tonga is an archipelago of 170 islands in the South Pacific, about 3,000 km northeast of Sydney and 2,000 km northeast of New Zealand/Aotearoa. After a pro-democracy march ended outside parliament, an irate crowd of possibly 2,000-3,000 took to the streets. As they rampaged through town, they tipped over cars, attacked government buildings, smashed windows, looted businesses and then set them alight. Many people who weren't at the demonstration joined the riot.

imminent rebellion #9 is fresh off the printer! (In fact we're still high off the ink) Weighing in at a staggering 108 pages, imminent rebellion is making a come back after 3 years of hibernation as an irregular anarchist journal from deep in the South Pacific.

JAKARTA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of workers from Indonesian capital city Jakarta and vicinity areas gathered here on Thursday to mark the International Workers' Day or May Day. Before proceeding to the State Palace, the workers, who were coming from Bekasi, Tangerang and Bogor, gathered in several spots such as the Banteng Square and the Proclamation Monument in central Jakarta.

Hawaiian sovereignty activists from the "Kingdom of Hawaii" have surrounded Iolani Palace this morning, refusing to let state employees either enter or exit the historical site, saying the palace and surrounding grounds are property of the "Hawaiian Kingdom." Signs are posted on the gates and only kanaka — those with Hawaiian bloodlines — along with media are being allowed entrance to the grounds.

The seven students who were detained by the Police in Jayapura have been released this morning. The group are now with their lawyer, Mr Alo Renwarin and are said to be very happy about now being released.