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article by Anne Russell, reprinted from Scoop.co.nz. The Queer Avengers (Wellington) are holding a solidarity action with Chelsea Manning on 2pm Saturday the 7th of September, at the US Embassy [Facebook event] For the most part, gender minorities operating in the public sphere are recognised by their gender first and the content of their work second.
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report by Mike Treen, Unite general secretary. Reprinted from The Daily Blog. Fightback analysis to come. Unite Union is in the process of ratifying a new collective agreement with McDonald’s that is a significant step forward in getting improved security of hours for that company’s 9500 employees. It comes after negotiations broke down at the end of
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Thomas Inwood, Fightback. Under liberal capitalist democracy the University is lauded as a cultural beacon, where the new generation of leaders and entrepreneurs develop themselves and explore new horizons. The reality of university life is one dominated by the corporate hierarchical model and ever present “market forces”. Student debt in Aotearoa/NZ is over $10 billion
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Grant Brookes, Fightback member, is standing for election to Capital and Coast District Health Board (DHB) at the upcoming 2013 local body elections. Brookes is standing on a Health First ticket, endorsed by the Nurses Organisation (NZNO) and the MANA Movement. Fightback writer Ian Anderson interviewed him. FB: What are your goals in standing for
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The latest opinion polls put John Minto – teacher, veteran activist and MANA movement candidate – in third place in the race for Mayor of Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland. Fightback writer Daphne Lawless caught up with him at his campaign headquarters. Why has John Minto decided to run for the most powerful urban office in Aotearoa/New Zealand?
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by Byron Clark, Fightback Refugees are beginning to arrive in Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (PNG) after Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his PNG counterpart, Peter O’Neill, agreed to expand asylum-seeker processing. The new arrangement, called the Regional Resettlement Arrangement (RRA), was secured when Australia offered an unspecified amount of aid for roads, naval
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Clearly we must oppose National’s attacks. As Greg Lloyd, EPMU General Counsel pointed out in his article “Looking at the Big Picture,” the apparently minor and technical changes in the ERA Amendment Bill amount to an attempt to undermine collective bargaining. Meanwhile, Jami-Lee Ross’ private members’ bill allows employers to bring in temporary staff (scabs)
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by Ian Anderson, Fightback (Wellington). Russia was arguably the first country to legalise homosexuality. In the ferment between the revolution of 1905 and the revolution of 1917, liberal reformers argued that homosexuality should be decriminalised. A number of prominent men were open about their attraction to other men (as in most countries, lesbianism was never
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Reprinted from Rabble (Canada). David Bush is a community and labour activist based primarily on the East Coast. As the Canadian labour movement stumbles from defeat to defeat in this crisis period it is worth asking why this is the case. What accounts for the trade union movement’s inability to mount an effective political resistance
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Reprinted from The Daily Blog (Aotearoa/NZ). By Mike Treen, Unite Union National Secretary. One of the disappointing aspects of some labour movement leaders comments on the private members bill to legalise scabbing was that it wasn’t needed because strikes were so low in this country. But that is part of the problem. It is true
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