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Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho is takatāpui activist, “artist” & survivor currently residing in Tāmaki Makaurau. They whakapapa to Tuhoe, Ngati Porou, Rongowhakaata, Te Ati Haunui-a-Paparangi & Ngati Kahungungu Ki Wairoa. Their special interests include decolonisation & indigenous resistance, prison abolition and talking shit about the illegitimate settler state. Decolonised love is a radical act
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Ali Burns is a creative living in Wellington, placing herself with feminist values and a strong social conscience. Her creative profile includes completing her Masters in scriptwriting, directing music videos, web series, as well as creating and performing as part of the band prizegiving. Teenage girls in groups are rarely taken very seriously. They are often
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Joya Tiana is originally from the USA and currently resides in Sydney. She loves Wellington and visits often. Joya has been writing professionally since October 2015 and enjoys writing about food, travel, and socially impactful topics. “Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the
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Brent Tinkle is a Wellington local in his second year of his Bachelors of Social Work at Whitireia Community Polytechnic in Porirua. What do we see as real or legitimate activism and why? How do we challenge negative narratives around youth activism? Why are older activists so cynical about youth activism and the future of
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By Kī Foster.
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Welcome to the online launch of the Youth Issue of Fightback Magazine, Redefining Activism. Through this issue, we hoped to capture both the wisdom and the challenges presented by young people, who are already engaging within community, activism, ideas and politics. “Asking the questions: what do we see as “real” or “legitimate” activism and why?
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by Daphne Lawless, Fightback Tamaki Makarau/Auckland. 0. Introduction/Warning What follows is in the nature of a “gonzo” reviewi, “written without claims of objectivity, including the reporter as part of the story via a first-person narrative”. As someone who has been involved in the struggle to build something like a Communist Party on and off for
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Syrian Solidarity New Zealand is calling Aucklanders to join them in the global community protest,#AleppoIsBurning, against the horrific bombardment of civilians in Aleppo, Syria. The Syrian government in cahoots with Russia, has been relentlessly bombing civilians in towns and villages in Syria since 2011. The recent onslaught on Aleppo has been unprecedented and in contravention
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Originally published by redwedgemagazine. Jordy Cummings is a critic, labor activist and PhD candidate at York University in Toronto. In the face of profound social, political and economic tragedy, it has often been the case that popular musicians, out of a sense of solidarity, put out a song to capture the moment and inspire the movement. It
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by Denis Godard, translated by Daphne Lawless for Fightback.. Originally published at Contretemps (http://www.contretemps.eu) Nuit Debout: polishing precious stones…. The movement occupying public squares in France is two weeks old today. Its evolution is difficult to foresee, as it is influenced by many unpredictable factors, even though it has deep roots. There is also no
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