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Today, Nov 19, is the 5th anniversary of the deaths - in fact, killings - of 29 miners at the Pike River mine in Westland, New Zealand. The company was shown - even in the bourgeois court - to have put profit above safety, and being responsible for the deaths. The killings at Pike River were not only the result of the company, however, but of both Labour and National governments and the leadership of the main union (the EPMU, whose leader is now the leader of the Labour Party). The bodies of the 29 men have never been gotten out of the mine, despite promises by the prime minister at the time that they would be retrieved. Our collection of articles is here: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2015/11/18/never-forget-pike-river-the-lessons-we-need-to-draw/ On Tuesday night, TV1 showed a new documentary on the tragedy, called 'The Women of Pike River', which focused on half a dozen female family members and their struggle since the November 2010 blasts. It is currently showing at film festivals. It's not especially political but it does bring out some of the most important points and it's interesting in watching the changing behaviour of the prime minister over time - from posing as their friend who would ensure the bodies were retrieved, to very briefly chatting to them on a picket line to later totally ignoring them and not even making eye contact. For info on the documentary see: http://www.nziff.co.nz/2015/christchurch/the-women-of-pike-river/ _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
