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Objections to MANA’s housing policy recently led to the formation of the ‘Pakeha Party’ Facebook page, with thousands of likes. Meanwhile Labour has announced policies including investment in private ‘affordable housing,’ and restriction of purchase for non-citizens. All the while, public housing continues to decline, with evictions at worst and poor maintenance at best. What
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Fightback and the People’s Cinema bring you The Russian Revolution – Timeline. A short documentary on the Russian revolution, and counter-revolution, presented by John Rees. 20 minute documentary, followed by a discussion on the relevance of revolutionary history for our ongoing social movements. 6pm 21st August People’s Cinema (57 Manners St, Wellington) [Facebook event]
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Originally printed by the Queer Avengers (Wellington). Neither Washington nor Moscow, but International Queer Liberation! QA are standing in solidarity with Russian LGBTI communities currently under attack from the fellow countrymen. “We want to make the Russian Embassy aware that what is happening is not acceptable, that all queers worldwide should be free from fear
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‘Beyond’ is a weekend of discussion and action on gender and sexual diversity. Organised by the Queer Avengers, the conference will be held from the 11th-13th of October at Wellington High School. In the wake of the parliamentary win for marriage rights, this conference aims to look beyond marriage towards an inclusive movement for gender
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Article and Official Information Act request by Byron Clark, Fightback. In 2009 the Ministry of Social Development began paying wage subsidies to McDonalds when the company hired beneficiaries though the Flexi-wage and Skill Investment Subsidy programmes, the latter of which has now ceased. This allowed McDonalds to receive public money for employing a former beneficiary,
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An interview with Hassan Al-Fadhi (2/7/13) originally published on Unite News. Who are you and what do you do? My name is Hassan. I’m 15 years old, I’m a student at Glenfield College and I work part time at McDonald’s. What happened tonight? Tonight I was working in the kitchen at McDonald’s in Wairau Park
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Michael Kyriazopoulos, Fightback (Auckland). As I approach the end of my life due to Motor Neurone Disease I have been reading the fragments of memoirs recorded by my maternal grandmother in the final years of her life. Virtually all of what she wrote centred on her experiences as a refugee in Russia, which clearly left
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A panel discussion on the rise of the far right, neoliberalism in Aotearoa and globally, and resistance to these forces. Organised by Anti-Racist Action (Christchurch). Andrew Tait – International Socialist Organization Aotearoa (http://iso.org.nz/) Paul Piesse – Co-founder of the Hobgoblin Network (http://www.hobgoblin.org.nz/) Thomas Inwood – Anti-Racist Action (Christchurch) Alistair Knewstubb – Port Hills Young Labour 5:30pm,
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Polly Peek, Fightback (Christchurch). Recently released details around how the government plans to see its latest round of welfare reforms carried out, show that the Ministry of Social Development is taking a hands off approach to the implantation of its controversial changes. The most recent benefit reforms, which came into effect on the 15th of
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Thomas Inwood, member of Fightback and Anti-Racist Action (Christchurch). A Facebook page for “The Pakeha Party” caused a stir in early July, quickly gaining more ‘likes’ than any other political party in New Zealand. While the founder, David Ruck, admitted that the idea was initially a joke between friends, the torrent of interest has resulted
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