Time to bury the hatchet?

I would like to congratulate Bruce Robinson on the articles in 'Salient' 22 on the Government's treatment of Tongan workers and events in East Timor. Like you, I feel that the Government's treatment of Tongan workers is an indictment of its immigration policy, and that we should be campaigning against any foreign intervention in Timor.

Your attitude to the Labour Government seems very similar to the approach of the Socialist Action election campaign which sets out to "champion the rights and struggles of working people which the Rowling government is trampling on ... but at the same time challenges the Labour leaders to respond to the demands of working people, and to abolish the power and influence of big business."

Since there is no other election campaign being carried out by radicals, I cannot understand why you refuse to give coverage to our campaign in the pages of 'Salient'. Student interest is also evident. The attendance at two campus election forums organised by the campaign has demonstrated this. We again extend to you the invitation to interview one of our Wellington candidates, Kay Goodger or Russell Johnson, and allow students to judge on the merits or otherwise of our campaign.