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Welcome to the October 2013 issue of Fightback. In September, Unite defeated an effort by fast food giant KFC to sack its disabled workers. This came after a more compromised win in the battle for improved pay and conditions at McDonald’s. There are some important observations to draw from these partial victories. The first observation
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Byron Clark, Fightback. Last month the government announced that nearly 434,000 square kilometres of land and ocean floor in New Zealand’s exclusive economic zone would be opened up for oil and gas exploration. The areas in include onshore areas in Taranaki, the East Coast and West Coast, and five offshore areas – Northland, Taranaki, the
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Fightback’s Polly Peek recently spoke on the topic of Marxism and mental health in Christchurch. Capitalism functions in such a way that people impacted by mental illness are often lacking the health services needed, and face discrimination in employment and stigmatisation in wider society. Downloadable MP3 available here
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Grant Brookes, Health First candidate for Capital & Coast District Health Board Aged care is in crisis. It’s headline news. In August, pay cuts of up to $100 a week for staff at Ranfurly Rest Home and Hospital in Auckland were the lead story on Campbell Live (When your employer proposes a pay cut). In
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Ben Jacobs, Fightback (Wellington). Housing is in crisis. Decades of market-based policies have decimated the social housing stock, and the market is failing to provide affordable housing. After all, housing is a necessity, not a luxury good – letting the intersection of supply and demand determine prices serves only to deny housing to those who
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Welcome to the September 2013 issue of Fightback. Fightback is a socialist organisation in Aotearoa/NZ, and this is our monthly magazine. With the 2013 local body elections coming up, Fightback will be involved in electoral work alongside community struggles on the ground. Fightback does not believe socialism can be simply voted in, however electoral work
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by Daphne Lawless, Fightback Anne Russell’s article reprinted here clearly shows how the left have dropped the ball on defence of Chelsea Manning. Her 35-year sentence for the crime of letting people know exactly what the global hegemons have been up to in their war zones is a shocking travesty of justice.But perhaps even more
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4pm-5-30pm: Presentation by Kassie Hartendorp & Ian Anderson on socialists in the struggle for queer liberation 5:30-6:30pm: dinner 6:30-8pm: Facilitated discussion on the role of Tauiwi in the struggle for Tino Rangatiratanga A gold coin donation for Room Four would be greatly appreciated, and some loose change towards shared dinner if you’re able. The talks
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Workers at the state owned Fijian Sugar Corporation (FSC) have voted to take strike action after they were offered a 5.3% pay rise. This equates to just $7.10 a week after tax, or in terms of purchasing power, enough to buy half a chicken. The bigger issue though is that wages for sugar workers in
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This article, by Fightback member Jared Phillips, was originally written for The Socialist, the monthly magazine of The Socialist Party (Australia). In late August David Shearer resigned as leader of the opposition New Zealand Labour Party. Labour has suffered from poor poll results since it lost the 2008 election. Since then Shearer has been the
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