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Reprinted from The Syria Campaign. Khaled Khatib is a White Helmet volunteer who worked on Netflix’s ‘White Helmet’ movie. It’s been nominated for an Oscar, results are announced on Sunday 26th. This is his story. Dear Fightback, I was 16 when the revolution started. In the first few years of the uprising I saw a lot
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(reposted from It’s Going Down. This article is from an anarchist viewpoint and thus Fightback does not necessarily agree with all its conclusions. However, it effectively demolishes many of the most important conspiracy theories on which modern fascism and Right-wing populism depend, and show why the Left must fight such ideas even when they claim
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Over the 14th and 15th of January, Fightback members converged in Wellington to plan our activities for 2017. On the first day, Fightback and members of the wider community met to form a migrant and refugee rights coalition, aiming to intervene in the 2017 General Election in opposition to migrant-bashing. Watch this space for more
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By DAPHNE LAWLESS In the 10 months since I introduced the concept of “Conservative Leftism” to the NZ Left, only one argument has been raised against it that seemed to take the idea seriously and be worthy of taking seriously in return. This argument – which has been raised by more than one sincere socialist,
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Editorial by Leilani Viseisio, coordinating editor. Tena koutou, Talofa lava O lo’u ingoa o Leilani Angela Visesio. O lo’u tina o Antonina Sasafala Visesio. O le tina o lo’u tina o Vitolia Tomaniko Fa’atili, e sau mai le nu’u o Matatufu, Upolu. Afio mai le ali’i o aiga Afio mai le uso ali’i Afio mai
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Poem by Faith Wilson. Also published in Fightback’s special Pasefika magazine issue. My mum will always lose your mama jokes cos they’re true. Your mama’s so poor she mixed tomato sauce with water and pretended it was soup. Your mama’s family so broke they break into neighbours houses but they don’t steal TVs and radios
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Article by Ben Peterson, reprinted from Leftwin. After 8 years of Prime Minister John Key has stepped down. Bill English will be the new PM but an election is due next year. The sudden departure of Key leaves a political space that must be filled. All politicians will be trying to make the most of
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This article, by Shasha Ali, is also published in Fightback’s special Pasefika magazine issue. This article is not easy to write. We live in a world with less than 8% of the global wealth distributed amongst the poorest, with indigenous women and children being predominant victim statistics of violent crimes and the impending crisis of
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This article is also published as a part of Fightback’s special Pasefika magazine issue. When the first European ships travelled through the Pacific, their sails cut into the clouds of the skies. Papalagi, ‘cloud breaker’. In the lands of Samoa, our people prayed to these sailing gods, that they may not enter our shores. We
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Article by Ben Peterson, originally published on leftwin.org. The Greens new interpretation of their immigration policy has generated a lot of discussion on the left, both on this blog and elsewhere. James Shaw’s comments committing the Greens to halve immigration numbers have been controversial. In response, immigration spokesperson Denise Roche has offered a defense of
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