Pages from New Zealand history – Christchurch talks

Posted: 6 February, 2012 by Admin in Labour Party NZ, New Zealand history, New Zealand politics, Open Borders/Immigration Controls, Protest, State Repression, Unions - NZ, Wharfies, Workers history, Workers Rights, Workers' strikes, WWII

Tuesday Night at the WEA is a new course of talks/discussions, with an initial focus on pages from New Zealand history.  The talks take place at the Canterbury Workers Education Association, 59 Gloucester St, starting at 7pm, Tuesdays, beginning February 14.  Entry is by gold coin donation.

Below is the first set of talks:

Feb 14: The Making of the ‘White New Zealand’ policy in the late 1800s and early 1900s                     speaker: Philip Ferguson

Feb 21: Joe Hill’s ashes and syndicalism in New Zealand in the early 1900s                                           speaker: Jared Davidson

Feb 28: Repression in New Zealand during World War 2 and the campaign against post-war peacetime conscription                                                                                                                                       speaker: Murray Horton

March 6: The 1951 Waterfront Dispute – then and now                                                                               speaker: Philip Ferguson

for further information email: cwea@xtra.co.nz    website: cwea.org.nz    ph: 366 0285

 

Comments
  1. colinbclarke says:
    6 February, 2012 at 5:56 PM

    This sounds really interesting Phil. Could you post up some links about the talk subjects for those of us who live outside Christchurch?

  2. Admin says:
    7 February, 2012 at 8:44 AM

    Sure.

    Murray’s talk will cover the two articles of his that are on the site. Jared will be talking about the stuff in his book Remains to be Seen and hopefully he’ll have some autographed copies for sale. I’ll be talking about stuff that is covered in the main article on immigration on the site. My talk on 1951 will be ready for the site soon, it will also link up 1951 with the current Ports dispute.

    After these talks are done I’m hoping to organise a follow-up set, which will cover aspects of Maori history and end with the protest movements of the late 60s and early 70s.

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