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Coalition governments and real change
Wednesday, 27 August 2014, 10:07 am | Fightback
Mike Treen, General Secretary of UNITE Union. (Reprinted from The Daily Blog, originally published in 2013). More >>
Fightback opposes platform for Julian Assange
Tuesday, 26 August 2014, 9:14 am | Fightback
Fightback supports Internet MANA as an alliance between radical indigenous and progressive tau iwi forces, challenging the neoliberal consensus. More >>
Elections and migrant-bashing: Full rights for workers
Monday, 25 August 2014, 10:25 am | Fightback
Labour and National both have unpromising records when it comes to immigration policy. National, represented by Minister of Immigration Michael Woodhouse, has suffered a series of embarrassments this year. Groups of Filipino workers employed in Christchurch ... More >>
New Zealand state’s quandary in the Asia-Pacific
Monday, 25 August 2014, 9:48 am | Fightback
In May, the US government brought criminal charges against five Chinese military officials for hacking into the systems of US energy and steel companies. They stole trade secrets and conducted economic espionage. More >>
Unite against poverty wages: Interview with Heleyni Pratley
Friday, 1 August 2014, 3:32 pm | Fightback
Heleyni Pratley is an organiser for Unite Union and a member of Fightback (Aotearoa/NZ). In May, Heleyni attended the first global conference on fast food organising. Fightback writer Ian Anderson interviewed her. More >>
Reports: Aotearoa stands in solidarity with Palestine
Wednesday, 23 July 2014, 1:06 pm | Fightback
Fightback supports the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement as a tactic to show solidarity with Palestinian resistance. The following reports are from demonstrations over the weekend from Fightback activists and supporters. More >>
WGTN screening: Football Rebels – Brazil
Friday, 4 July 2014, 2:35 pm | Fightback
In 1980 during the military dictatorship in Brazil, the hugely popular Socrates, the captain of the Selecao and of Corinthians, used football to promote democracy while scoring goals. Popularly known as “The Doctor”, Socrates was a brilliant ... More >>
CHCH Fightback Reading Group: How To Make a Revolution
Friday, 4 July 2014, 2:34 pm | Fightback
"Revolutionary socialists have been accused for many years of wanting to overthrow the US government by force and violence. When they accuse us of this, what they are really trying to do is to imply that we want to abolish capitalism with a minority, ... More >>
The Role of Women in the 1890 Maritime Strike
Tuesday, 1 July 2014, 5:44 pm | Fightback
By 1889 women workers in New Zealand had established their first industrial organisation, the Tailoresses’ Union. Lead by Harriet Morison, the union delivered marked increases in wages and substantive improvements in working conditions. More >>
Fightback 2014 Conference: Gender and Women’s Liberation
Friday, 20 June 2014, 4:54 pm | Fightback
For many socialist organisations, the task of orienting, and indeed incorporating the struggle for gender equality – and women’s liberation, in particular – has proved both ideologically and practically fraught. A lack of meaningful dialogue, ... More >>
Why Fightback supports the MANA Movement
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 5:12 pm | Fightback
The decision by the MANA Movement to enter into a formal alliance with the Internet Party has drawn criticism from Right and Left. Fightback has voiced criticism of our own. More >>
New Zealand’s Union Movement: A socialist perspective
Tuesday, 13 May 2014, 2:21 pm | Fightback
New Zealand employers are seeking to maintain their profits by increasing productivity. In most cases this means people working harder and faster for less money and fewer conditions. Very little is being invested by employers into research and development. More >>
China: Capitalism and resistance
Thursday, 1 May 2014, 2:06 pm | Fightback
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the largest political party in the world with a membership of 82.6 million. The CCP claims to run a system of ‘socialism with Chinese characteristics.’ In fact, it’s closer to a system of ‘capitalism with ... More >>
Tino Rangatiratanga: What’s it got to do with Pākehā?
Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 3:42 pm | Fightback
Perhaps more than the first three topics in Fightback’s “Introduction to Marxism” series, this one is loaded with questions. Most people probably had some idea about why a socialist group like Fightback supports trade unions, for instance, or what ... More >>
Sue Bolton, Socialist Councillor for Moreland (Australia)
Thursday, 3 April 2014, 4:54 pm | Fightback
Sue Bolton is a longtime socialist activist and the Victorian convenor of Socialist Alliance. She was elected to the Moreland Council, which covers the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne, in 2012. She will be a featured speaker at the Fightback conference ... More >>
WGTN event: Pakeha in the Struggle for Tino Rangatiratanga
Thursday, 3 April 2014, 4:19 pm | Fightback
Next in Fightback's weekly 'Introduction to Marxism' series, Mondays 6pm at 19 Tory St. This topic raises many questions. What is Tino Rangatiratanga? Why would Pākehā get involved - and why on earth would Māori allow them to? Come along for a discussion. More >>
The 2014 elections and the future of Mana
Monday, 24 March 2014, 5:14 pm | Fightback
The Mana Movement provides an important opportunity for reframing a pro-worker and pro-Maori political agenda. Mana was formed in 2011 as a Maori radical and leftist split from the Maori Party, led by MP Hone Harawira. The split finally took place ... More >>
Anti-racists outnumber white supremacists in CHCH
Monday, 24 March 2014, 4:51 pm | Fightback
Over a hundred anti-racism protestors clashed with white supremacists led by Kyle Chapman Christchurch today. Despite an attempt at tricking the count-protesters by changing at two hours’ notice the advertised location of the white-pride rally ... More >>
March issue of Fightback now online
Monday, 17 March 2014, 12:01 pm | Fightback
Welcome to the March 2014 edition of Fightback, monthly magazine of Fightback (Aotearoa/NZ). Fightback stands for struggle, solidarity and socialism. We are internationalists; we realise that liberation in any one country depends on global liberation. More >>
WGTN: Introduction to Marxism series
Monday, 17 March 2014, 12:00 pm | Fightback
Fightback is organising a weekly Intro to Marxism series in Wellington. Sessions are 6pm, Mondays at 19 Tory Street. Open to all - feel free to come along, contribute, learn and discuss. More >>
