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by Ian Anderson In mid-March 2013, Wellington City Council announced a water crisis. Nigel Wilson, chair of the region’s committee in charge of water supply, stated that Wellington, Porirua and the Hutt Valley had only 20 days of water left. From March 16th, the city announced a ban on outdoor water use by residents, with
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Counter-demonstration against fascist “White Pride Worldwide” rally 2pm, Saturday March 23rd, Abberley Park, Christchurch Facebook event here
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by Byron Clark On March 15 protests took place in Auckland and Wellington against police brutality and torture in Fiji. While allegations of torture have cropped up in Fiji since the coup that put Bainimarama in power, the latest outcry follows the leaking of video depicting two handcuffed men being beaten by plain clothes police.
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This article by Jared Phillips, Fightback member, was originally published by the Socialist Party of Australia. Workers in Aotearoa/NZ are applying in large numbers for scarce jobs, large-scale redundancies are becoming more frequent, record numbers of people are leaving the country, and the government is putting tougher tests on welfare recipients. In a nutshell there
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by Ian Anderson On March 12th 2013, the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) in the UK split, over a crisis triggered when the Central Committee defended a member accused of rape. The Disputes Committee, comprised of colleagues and friends of the accused, had found the case “not proven.” While leading members of the SWP challenged this
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Welcome to the first issue of Fightback, newspaper of Fightback (Aotearoa/NZ). Fightback is a nationwide socialist organisation with branches in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch. With this paper we plan to continue and develop our agitation for struggle, solidarity and socialism. The fight against asset sales is a key struggle in Aotearoa/NZ. In this issue
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Two incidents of police brutality were reported after Sydney Mardi Gras 2013, with Youtube footage showing one young man being violently assaulted by police and slammed onto the street. See the footage here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxtFtVfAeeE Aotearoa/NZ group the Queer Avengers oppose the police brutality seen at Sydney Mardi Gras and are standing in solidarity with the
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Gender and women’s liberation is essential to socialist revolution, which is why socialists founded International Working Women’s Day in 1910. Below we link some material we’ve previously published on women’s liberation. Contemporary struggles Women, Class and Revolution, Kassie Hartendorp Don’t Talk to Me About Sewing Machines, Talk to Me About Workers’ Rights! A Call to
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Mike Kyriazopoulos reviews Red October: Left-Indigenous Struggles in Modern Bolivia, by Jeffery R. Webber This major study of the movement in Bolivia that delivered hammer-blows to the neoliberal project is rich in lessons for activists in Aoteroa. In tracing the movement’s origins, Webber notes how its indigenous activists are inspired by the tradition of the
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