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In a period when the capitalist class is winning the war, battle victories for our side are precious. Unite’s success in beating back Zero Hour Contracts at major fast food chains is a rare exception to a 30-year rule of expanding casualisation. Heleyni Pratley, Unite organiser for Wellington, leads a discussion on this campaign. Session…
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With the housing bubble set to burst (when rather than if), the National government selling state housing, and homelessness on the rise, housing and homelessness are key concerns for anyone concerned with social and economic justice. A discussion facilitated by Fightback. Joel Cosgrove (Fightback) will speak on the political economy of the housing crisis. Steve…
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A look at tertiary education, capitalism and resistance. What is the purpose of education? What needs to change? How can we get there? Speakers: Sandra Grey, Tertiary Education Union President Ian Anderson, VUW student and communist Session for Fightback Conference 2015. Free entry (koha appreciated). Food and drinks provided. Special thanks to the Tertiary Education…
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Public pressure in the wake of the Roastbusters case resulted in some small concessions – reallocation of funding to sexual violence support services, advice that schools should include consent education. This is far from enough. Sexual violence prevention and support initiatives continue to be dangerously underfunded, and consent education in schools is not compulsory or…
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In the wake of another crushing electoral defeat for the left, in a period with record-low strikes and record-low voter turnout, how do we begin again? Where next for the Left? A discussion facilitated by Fightback. Daphne Lawless is an indexer, translator, editor, electronic musician and goalkeeper based in Auckland. She is a ten-year veteran…
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By Thomas Road (Fightback Otautahi / Christchurch). A zombie is haunting New Zealand – the zombie of Marxism. The narrative of zombie apocalypse is familiar, and has had a significant resurgence in popular culture over the last few years. The image of the zombie has long been what Mark Dery punningly calls a ‘bloated signifier’,…
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Article by Emilie & No Pride in Prisons concerning events at Auckland Pride 2015, reprinted from GayNZ. Trigger warning: Rape mention. I: ON THE EVENTS OF PRIDE 2015 Earlier this year, Auckland Pride Festival Incorporated (Pride Inc.) permitted the New Zealand Police Force and Department of Corrections to march their members in uniform and on…
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Fightback recently launched a campaign for paid radical writing by women and gender minorities. This campaign has now reached its goal of $2600, with three days to spare. This means we can pay all contributors a minimum of $100 per page. While Fightback can cover the costs of printing, we couldn’t have raised the funds…
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Fightback is a socialist-feminist, ecosocialist organisation (fightback.org.nz/about) that holds an annual public conference. This year we’re holding the public sessions at St Andrews on the Terrace, Wellington, on the 3rd-4th of July [Facebook event] If you’re interested in possibilities for transforming our exploitative, oppressive society on the basis of social and ecological justice, feel free to…
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On Friday, Greece delayed its debt payment to the International Monetary Fund. Is a default imminent? Michael Roberts has worked as an economist for over thirty years in the City of London financial center. His new book,The Long Depression, is out next month from Haymarket. Article republished from Jacobin Magazine. In the early hours of…
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