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Editorial for Fightback magazine’s crowdfunded issue dedicated to paid radical writing by women and gender minorities. Articles will be posted over the coming days. While stocks are limited, please contact us for a paper copy. Tēnā koutou katoa, When I think of radical politics, grassroots organising and transformative actions, I always think of the women and…
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Originally delivered at Fightback forum – Grey Lynn – 7.00 – 9.00pm Friday 21 August 2015. By Sue Bradford, Left Think Tank Project. Audio: Kia ora koutou, Well friends, ‘Where to for the left? really is the question of our time, with thanks to Daphne, Bronwen and Fightback for organising this forum tonight. I still…
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This article will be published in Fightback’s upcoming International-themed issue. By Cassandra Mudgway, PhD Student at University of Canterbury (UC). Vice President of the UC’s Feminist Society (UC FEMSOC). Twitter: @legallyfeminist Peacekeepers: Perpetrators Casual observation of media news stories would suggest that United Nations Peacekeeping operations have been at the centre of so-called “sex scandals”…
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Earlier this year, Fightback put out a call for women and gender minorities to submit art/poetry/articles around the themes of socialism, feminism, anti-capitalism and decolonisation, after we recognised a lack of writers in this area of the socialist press. We had 89 awesome supporters pledge donations of a total of $2670 (!!!) that we split…
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Panel discussion with Sue Bradford (Left Think Tank), Michael Treen (UNITE Union), Daphne Lawless (Fightback) and Jonathan King (Auckland Action Against Poverty) Sue Bradford: Mike Treen: Daphne Lawless: Discussion:
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By Daphne Lawless (Fightback Aotearoa/ New Zealand), August 21 2015 Greece’s sovereign debt crisis – in effect, the country’s bankruptcy at the hands of the European Central Bank and the German-led power bloc in the European Union – turned that country’s politics upside down. The Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) rocketed from 5% of…
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Guest article by JoJo, a Fightback correspondent based in Germany. In the last few months the development of the left in Greece has been watched with interest by leftists all over the world. The austerity policies against which the Syriza government and social movements tried to fight were imposed on Greece by the other countries…
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Article by Ben Peterson, reprinted from his personal blog leftwin. Last weekend, negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) broke down. Representatives from 12 Pacific nations had met in Hawaii for negotiations that aimed to create the biggest trade agreement ever. For anti-TPPA activists, this delay is a welcome break. But the trade deal is…
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While there are exciting developments on the Left internationally, here in NZ left activists often feel isolated and the Left seems fragmented. Speakers from a range of Left organisations look at the state of the Left in Aotearoa/NZ, and examine issues such as the relationship between Pakeha leftists and tangata whenua, sexism in the Left…
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