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Submitted to Fightback by David Comrade. In the run up to the Northland by-election I found myself at first surprised, then increasingly depressed, at the support given to Winston Peters by socialist friends on Facebook. While much of the support was grudging, along the lines of ‘I hate like Winston, but I hate National more’,
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A discussion facilitated by Fightback. Joel Cosgrove on the causes of the current housing bubble. Kassie Hartendorp on queer youth homelessness. Kawika Aipa on homelessness in Hawai’i. Robert Whitaker on Renters United. Free entry 2-4pm, Sunday May 31st 17 Tory Street Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington [Facebook event]
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Since more people access Fightback content through the website and social media than our magazine, Fightback has moved to a less regular publication schedule, using the magazine for themed issues. In the wake of a slew of victories against zero-hour contracts in Aotearoa/ New Zealand, Fightback is running an issue on the fight for secure hours
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Assessment of recent United Kingdom General Election, by Richard Seymour. Republished from Salvage. We were exhorted by Labour’s supporters to ‘vote with hope’ in this election. What now that hope has been so cruelly dashed? What now that neither the ‘Edstone’, nor ‘Milibae’, nor pink buses for women, nor condescending to Scottish voters has been enough
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Fightback is a socialist-feminist organisation which publishes a website and themed bi-monthly magazines. We have noticed that, despite the centrality of women, girls and gender minorities to the social movements of today, they are still a smaller minority of writers in the socialist press. We acknowledge that there are many reasons for this, some of
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While BK and KFC have backed down on Zero Hour Contracts, McDonald’s remains standing. On May Day (Friday May 1st) Unite will target McDonald’s stores across Aotearoa/ New Zealand. Find your local store here to support pickets.
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Koha poem by Karlo Mila for Living Wage Movement, Living Wage Whanau Day, Newtown. Reprinted with permission. This fear That there is not enough although we make enough food to feed the world, many times over. This fear That we are not enough and we buy and we buy and we buy, to keep other’s
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Disrupting the Narrative is a week-long event incorporating an exhibition of contemporary art, historical material and public talks that seeks to reframe existing narratives about New Zealand’s participation in the First World War and link it to contemporary issues. We hope you will join us for the week. ART NOT WAR COLLECTIVE disruptingthenarrative@gmail.com ANZAC DAY
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By Bronwen Beechey (Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland). The Equal Pay Act of 1972 established the principle that women workers in the private sector were entitled to the same rate as men doing the same job (public service employees had won equal pay in 1960). Forty-two years later, in October 2014, aged care worker and union member Christine
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April 15th, 2015: Fast food workers in over 200 cities across the globe took action for better conditions. Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand: Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand: Christchurch, Aotearoa/New Zealand: Tokyo, Japan: Hong Kong: Manila, Philippines: Bangladesh: New York, USA: Pittsburgh, USA: Wisconsin, USA: Atlanta, USA: Seattle, USA: Durham, USA: Lima, Peru: Buenos Aires, Argentina: Amsterdam, Netherlands: London,
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