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Joel Cosgrove, Fightback member. It’s ironic that the Employment Relations (Continuity of Labour) Bill is being put forward by National backbench MP Jami-Lee Ross. The bill which allows employers to bring in temporary staff (scabs) to work when workers are on strike is being put forward by an MP who has no history of actual…
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Originally published by Revolutionary Socialists (Egypt). July 3, 2013. Every Egyptian should be proud that millions went out into all the streets and squares of Egypt. Not only are they making their own history, but the history of all humanity. They have confirmed that all power lies with the revolutionary people, not with the Brotherhood and…
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Directors: Emad Bernat, Guy Davidi Distributed by: Kino Lorber Release year: 2011 Review: Ian Anderson Screened as part of Aotearoa/NZ’s first national Conference on Palestine, Five Broken Cameras portrays the resistance of a Palestinian village (Bil’in) to the expansion of Israel’s Separation Wall and settlements. Strictly the wall is illegal in international law, and the…
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From a talk given by Andrew Tait. Originally printed by the International Socialist Organisation (Aotearoa). Three weeks ago, police moved in to clear a protest camp out of an inner-city park, to make way for a shopping mall. The protesters were a mixed bunch: leftists, environmentalists, even architects,who felt they had no other option than…
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Ian Anderson, Fightback coordinating editor. With contributions by Kassie Hartendorp. Labour, or work, is central to historical materialist (or Marxist) views of history. Stereotypically, this means only caring about men wearing overalls and working in factories. However, factory labour is only one form of wage labour, which in turn is only one form of labour.…
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Welcome to the June 2013 issue of Fightback, publication of Fightback (Aotearoa/NZ). Fightback is a socialist organisation with branches in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch. On Queens’ Birthday Weekend, 31st May-2nd June, Fightback held its annual public conference in Wellington. In this issue we include the text of two presentations given during the conference, Grant…
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Byron Clark, Fightback coordinating editor Papua New Guinea (PNG) looks likely to pull out of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER), the trade agreement between Australia, New Zealand and the island nations of the Pacific. This comes as the latest round of talks for ‘PACER Plus’ a new pact aiming to replace the…
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Show support! Invite your friends! On Friday the 28th of June, Unite National Secretary Mike Treen is going into mediation with McDonalds, over the company refusing to pay workers for breaks they are forced to work through. 85% of unionised McDonalds workers nationwide have voted to refuse the company’s measly offer of 25 cents over…
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This report on the Fightback conference which took place over Queens Birthday weekend originally appeared in Green Left Weekly and was written by Liam Flenady, who attended the conference representing the Socialist Alliance (Australia). More than 50 people gathered in the Newtown Community and Cultural Centre in Wellington on May 31 and June 1 for…
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By Fightback writers Unite union members employed at McDonald’s have entered a campaign to fight for better pay and better hours of work. This is the fourth time that Unite has negotiated over wages and conditions with McDonald’s since the SupersizeMyPay campaign in 2005. Before the SupersizeMyPay campaign there was no union agreement for McDonalds…
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