The Alliance Party says the death of an Auckland woman yesterday after her oxygen machine failed when electricity was cut off to her home is a indictment of a society where money comes before people.
Alliance Party President Victor Billot says the death of the woman was all the more preventable as it appears at least some electricity staff were informed of her personal situation.
“This is a terrible personal tragedy, but at its root is a political cause – this is a direct result of the free market system in electricity where company profits now overrule basic civilized behaviour.” Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Admin as In the news, Media releases at 11:34 AM UTC
Comment on this entry »
The Alliance says the use of spies and private investigators on political groups by Solid Energy would end under full public and democratic control of electricity and other state owned assets.
The use of young people to infiltrate political groups by private investigators, who are linked to Solid Energy and other corporates, has been revealed by an investigative report in today’s Sunday Star Times. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Admin as In the news, Media releases at 2:24 PM UTC
Comment on this entry »
The Alliance is supporting the community-organized protest against city council funding for a multipurpose stadium in Dunedin. The protest is starting at the Moray Place entrance to the Town Hall on Wednesday 23 May at 5pm. We say that the plan benefits business while disadvantaging those on fixed incomes, and massive debt on such a project is wrong when there are more pressing needs.
The issue has created strong local debate and the Alliance has presented oral and written submissions to the Dunedin City Council. Our stance is noted in full in this submission. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Admin as Comment, Events, Information, Publications at 6:10 PM UTC
3 Comments »
The Wellington Alliance is meeting on Tuesday 22 May, 7.30pm at Crossways Community Centre, Mt Victoria, Wellington.
For more information contact the Wellington branch here.
Posted by Admin as Branch Meetings, Events, Information at 6:31 PM UTC
Comment on this entry »
Alliance Party Education spokesperson Richard Wallis says that if the Government was serious about helping New Zealanders to save and get into their first home, then it would do away with student loans. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Admin as Information, Media releases at 1:59 PM UTC
Comment on this entry »
Our April meeting for Dunedin branch is Tuesday 22 May 2007, 7pm, at the Brian Arnold Room, Community House, Cnr. Moray Place and Gt King St., Dunedin (NB: please use the buzzer on the door if it is locked.)
For more information contact the Dunedin branch here.
Posted by Admin as Branch Meetings, Events, Information at 1:13 PM UTC
Comment on this entry »
Issue 6 of Red and Green, the New Zealand Journal of Left Alternatives is available now! Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Admin as Comment, Information, Publications at 1:09 PM UTC
Comment on this entry »
Although the Alliance is out of parliament, I believe the role it plays today is the most important in its history. At least twenty per cent of New Zealanders have a Social Democratic outlook, that is, believe that government must tax and intervene to create greater justice and equality.
Sooner or later, many will find a reason to look beyond the two old parties and beyond the Greens, who are essentially a party of the centre without a responsible budget that spells out how they would pay for their promises.
When that day comes, they will not have to reinvent the wheel. The Alliance consistently updates policies that would free New Zealanders from the tyranny of the market, costs them, and provides a cadre of activists who know how to mount an election campaign. They are a party in waiting. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Admin as Comment at 3:11 PM UTC
Comment on this entry »
The Alliance is supporting a protest tomorrow Tuesday 8 May at 12pm (midday) in support of the worker fired from Subway recently. It will start on the Union lawn at midday and proceed down to Subway George St, Dunedin. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Admin as Events, In the news, Information at 4:56 PM UTC
1 Comment »
Wealth disparity persists in New Zealand, as in other societies, says the Department of Statistics in a new report. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Big surprise there.
The poorest 50% of the population make do on 5% of the income. The wealthiest 5% own 38% of the wealth.
With the way our economy is structured, the more you have, the more you get. If you are starting off from a low income working class background, the odds are stacked against you from day one. The concern is there is a mentality amongst many New Zealanders that greed and self-interest are the highest values – a corrosive and brutal ideology that is returning us to the “law of the jungle.” This attitude is both a product and a cause of the inequality that we see around us today. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Admin as Comment, In the news, Information at 10:58 AM UTC
Comment on this entry »
