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— Protest on February 15 — Socialist Worker Monthly#4 • February 2003 • $2 Review WE CAN STOP THIS WAR — PROTEST ON FEBRUARYSocialist Worker Monthly Review15 February — 2003 1 What’s on LONDON NEW YORK ROME ATHENS BRISBANE February 15 – International day of action against the war on Iraq Up to 10 million people around the world [email protected] Maunder tel 732 4010 e-mail are expected to protest against war on Iraq [email protected] or Rev Alan PALMERSTON NORTH Cummins tel (03) 768 7667. on February 15. (Note change of date – 13 February) Some of the cities organising protests are Peace March in solidarity with the inter- CHRISTCHURCH shown above. national protest against the greatly esca- Celebrate the International Day of Anti- It will be by far the biggest and most lating the 12 year war on Iraq. Assemble War Action at the Peace Picnic – with en- widespread demonstration of opposition yet at 11-45am on the Railway land, Pitt St for tertainment including The Cooltones, a march to the Square and Te Marae o Oakley Grenell, Anne Low, DJs, stalls and seen. Join the actions in your area! Hine. All welcome to contribute / speak. speakers. Please bring a white flower with For more info contact Manawatu Peace you. From 1pm, at Victoria Square, for AUCKLAND Collective, tel (06) 357 7882, email more info contact Peace Action Network March up Queen Street from QEII Square [email protected] tel (03) 981 2825. at 12 noon. Organised by Global Peace & Justice Auckland. For more info contact WELLINGTON DUNEDIN John Minto, email [email protected], or March and Rally for Peace in the Middle March and Rally to Oppose War in Iraq, Mike Treen email [email protected]. East – No new war on the people of Iraq, unite with the international day of action, Justice for Palestine. Gather 12 noon at and remember the victims of the 1991 HAMILTON Glover Park (Ghuznee Street, between bombing of the Ameriyah shelter by the Gathering For Peace, 12 noon in Garden Cuba Street and Cumberland Place), US. Meet at 11-45am at the Museum for Place. For more information and to help march to Midland Park and rally with the march, or from 12-30pm in the Octa- with organising, contact Hamilton for speakers. For more info contact Peace gon, with picnics and families. For more Peace, phone Dan 856 9139 email Action Wellington tel (04) 382 8129 or info contact Fiona Bowker email [email protected] email [email protected] [email protected] WHANGANUI GREYMOUTH Thanks to Peace Movement Aotearoa for Vigil in support of the International Day Inaugural meeting of West Coast Peace compiling local list. of Action. Gather in Majestic Square, time Group. Everyone is welcome. Meet at Contact PMA: Box 9314, Wellington. to be confirmed. For more info contact 2pm, DP:One Cafe, 108 Mawhera Quay. Phone 382 8129, email [email protected], Peter tel (06) 345 0634 or email For more info please contact Paul website www.converge.org.nz/pma/ TOTAL I’d like to donate PRINTING PRESS APPEAL SO FAR $2685.40 $ ________________ Printing tens of thousands of free leaflets has put an increasing drain on our fragile finances. to the Socialist Worker appeal. So Socialist Worker has launched a new fundraising appeal. THANKS TO: Our target is to raise the $10,000 needed to finish paying off Name __________ our printing press. This is a tall order, but it can be done, in 1999 AUCKLAND: Anti-war we raised over $10,000 to help buy the press. American $20; Jessie $10; Jim ____________________ Since then our press has printed hundreds of thousands of $30; Len $30; Pat $340; Tim newspapers, leaflets and posters, helping to spread socialist ideas $1000; Fundraising $695.40. Address ____________ and build many united campaigns. TIMBERLANDS: Bernie We need your help to continue, so please send us what money $200; Tony $100. _______________________________ you can. WELLINGTON: Ra $10; And if you have any suggestions or examples of good ways of Frances $5; Grant $150; Leah _____________________ fundraising, let us know. $10; Ann-Marie $20. Please send donations to Box 13-685 Auckland. OTHER AREAS: BA $5; Post to Box 13-685 Auckland Make cheques out to “In Print Publishing”. Ross $50; Ashley $10. 2 Socialist Worker Monthly Review February 2003 Editorial Socialist Worker Monthly Review We can stop http://au.geocities.com/swo_nz this war What’s on 2 George Bush is now threatening war on Iraq “in weeks, not months”. The opening bombardment of Bagdhad will be, in the words of military Editorial 3 planner Harlan Ullman, “like the nuclear weapons at Hiroshima”. But as war looms, opposition mounts. Here in New Zealand, Helen Clark says the government does not support News Review 4 a war waged without UN backing. If the UN gives a mandate, she says, then Maori New Zealand would try to make a contribution to the forces in Iraq, but only Genetic engineering for “logistical” or “humanitarian” purposes. Venezuela Few people are fooled. The frigate Te Mana is already sailing to the Arabian Sea. It replaces Te Kaha, and will be under the command of the aircraft carrier FEATURES Abraham Lincoln. This carrier is launching daily bombing raids on Iraq. The role of Te Mana will be to escort US warships heading for the combat zone. World against war 8 The possibility of further “humanitarian” or “logistical” support is designed New Zealand to sound harmless. US, Europe, Middle East But the Hercules aircraft that went to Afghanistan as “humanitarian” and “logistical” assistance were used to ferry US troops to the front. World Social Forum Clark’s “opposition” to war is phony. But cracks over Iraq are starting to appear at top levels of her government. Vietnam 13 In January, trade minister Jim Sutton told the Sunday Star Times that New Zealand shouldn’t support war even if the UN does give a mandate. Any UN backing, he said, would only show succesful “arm-twisting” by the United States. ‘What’s Left?’ debate 14 These cracks are due to pressure from below from the anti-war movement. Sutton pointed out that war will increase tension between the US and Europe and undermine progress in world trade talks. Opposition to war by European COLUMNS leaders is due in part to the huge anti-war protests on the streets. While Labour may be split over Iraq, they’re united in their dedication to New Zealand capitalism. Comment 15 The division of opinion is simply over whether that’s best served by East Timor peackeepers pursuing a free trade deal with America and supporting Bush’s war, or whether it’s better to oppose war and look for multi-lateral deals involving Europe. No-one in Clark’s government can be trusted. If the wind shifts in Europe, Socialist Worker news 18 Sutton will be banging the war drum to beat the band. Real opposition to war in New Zealand will have to come from below. And increasingly, it is. The next major demonstration of opposition will be Industrial Action 20 on February 15. Union democracy & war Polls in America now show a majority of people opposed to war on Iraq Minimum wage without international support. Comparisons are being made with Vietnam. When America went into Southeast Asia, dissent at home – added to heroic resistance by the North REVIEWS Vietnamese – ended the war and humbled a superpower. Like Vietnam, this new war can be stopped. We can play a part by forcing Helen Clark to withdraw all support for war – withdraw Te Mana, the air Bowling for Columbine 15 force Orion and the offers of further logistical support. On February 15, everyone should join add their weight to the protests and show the world that George Bush has one less international ally. Letters 18 SUBSCRIBE Name: TO TODAY Address: One year $30. Make cheques out to “In Print Publishing”. Post to Box 13-685 Auckland. Socialist Worker Monthly Review February 2003 3 News Review ‘Last year it was Asians, this year it’s Maori’ By DAVID COLYER “Sometimes it looks as though this is a good idea. Some marae have trouble find- Act Party MP Donna Awatere Huata ing volunteers. stands accused of misusing funds from the “But if people are no longer coming Pipi Foundation, a trust than runs a remedi- down to the marae to work, they are in al reading programme she helped develop. danger of losing their traditional commu- Act and National are using the allega- nalism. tions of corruption to attack the whole The upsurge of Maori protest in the idea of government funding for Maori-run 1990s was sparked by the Sealords deal schemes which provide health, education and the “Fiscal Envelope” restrictions on and other services to Maori. Treaty compensation. The anger of ordi- Support for these “parallel structures” nary Maori was directed at the “brown ta- is common among many Maori politicians ble” elite of “corporate warriors” as well and activists. as the National government. To find out more about these schemes, Peters and English, both playing Today, while the “brown table” re- Socialist Worker Monthly Review talked to the race card. mains, the mass protests have gone. Bernie Hornfeck, Rotorua socialist and a With the mass movement for tino ran- trustee of the Apumoana marae: gatiratanga gone, there is no longer any “For ten years my wife has been in- need for the Pakeha elite to tolerate Trea- volved in a Maori Women’s Welfare ty settlements, or any other concession to League course for young solo mums. You Maori which might hinder profit making.
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