Solidarity on the radical left against the fire-at-will and the Labour Party/CTU?

Today in Christchurch a meeting took place to further organise the protest for August 8th and ongoing action.

While we should support and participate in the CTU's activities, we on the radical left must move beyond the limitations and aims of these actions. We must make plain and clear an alternative based on ending the very system which allows such bills to be passed in the first place. Fairness at work is one thing, but we need more than fairness to end such attacks on our working lives.

It's time for the radical left to come together in our own regions, and nationally, to organise and widen the struggle.

Informal talks between the Workers' Party, Beyond Resistance and others also took place today. In the spirit of solidarity we discussed how to transcend the limitations of moderation before us. We hope these discussions will continue, and on a national level, between all shades of revolutionary colour. We cannot sit back and allow our struggles to be co-opted and diffused by the Labour Party and their fellow travelers.

The time for wider dialogue and organised action — independent of the CTU and with a revolutionary, anti-capitalist alternative — is now. Let's keep talking.

In solidarity, Jared (in a personal, kind-of-ranty capacity)