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Union leader Matt McCarten has announced he will stand as a candidate in the Mana by-election. Wednesday Oct 27, 2010 The by-election will be held on Saturday November 20 and is taking place because Labour MP Winnie Laban is leaving Parliament to take up a position at Victoria University. Matt McCarten - the General Secretary of the Unite Union and a Herald on Sunday commentator - will be speaking to media this afternoon about his candidacy. Mana has been a safe Labour seat and the party is putting up Kris Faafoi, party leader Phil Goff's former chief press secretary, as its candidate. National is running Hekia Parata, who contested the seat in the 2008 general election. Jan Logie is contesting the seat for the Green Party. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10683379 See also: New-left rallies its forces to take on the new-right By Matt McCarten Sunday Oct 24, 2010 After two years it seemed the left was never going to get a break. I'm stoked to announce we have got it at last. Two weekends ago we had our first good news when the mayoral front-runners in our five major cities lost. The wins were significant politically in Auckland and Wellington. Who would have thought a small grey man called Brown could arouse so much enthusiasm? Mind you, if the right relies on a grey man called John Key to keep their party in the stratosphere I guess we can swoon for Brown. And just when the left were still hugging each other in delight, the Labour Party for the first time since who knows when got excited about being left-wing again. More: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/matt-mccarten/news/article.cfm?a_id=284&objectid=10682602 ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
