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Much of the praise for the Ardern government’s reaction to COVID-19 is justified. However, the existing deep inequalities in society are at least being maintained, and at worst being deepened.
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Jacinda Ardern represents a form of centrist politics that has failed to address the challenges of our time.
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Why has the “Left-populist” wave of electoral movements reached such a dead end? And was it a wrong direction to start with?
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Rather than ignoring the fringe blogging of a young man who said his party was not pushing climate change denial hard enough while dismissing every mainstream party as “socialist” and throwing in some barely hidden Islamophobia, Ikilei had specifically sought out de Boer. It may be that the politics of New Conservative are not as…
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This article was published in Fightback’s Media Issue. Subscribe to the magazine here. NOTE: During lockdown, we may only be able to send out the e-publication. This is an abridged transcription from an episode of the politics and pop-culture podcast Where’s My Jetpack: jetpack.zoob.net. The episode was originally released on the 19th of August, 2019.
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By Ian Anderson, RMIT Doctoral candidate in Media Studies. This article was researched and written before the COVID-19 outbreak and implementation of physical distancing measures, which have affected the relationship between ‘IRL’ and online organising. Like many organisations, the VicSocialists have shifted towards online videoconferencing, for both public events and internal discussions. This article is
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In the NTEU, my union, a rank and file rebellion is challenging officials’ defeatist response to the COVID-19 crisis.
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By Jojo Klick. This article was published in our magazine issue on Just Transition. You can subscribe here. A sentiment that is shared by many within the growing climate movement is that there is a connection between the capitalist mode of production and the climate crisis. In this piece, I will analyse this connection and
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This article will be published in Fightback’s upcoming magazine issue on Media. To subscribe click here. NOTE: While NZ is under lockdown, print issues cannot be sent out, however e-publications are being sent out, and we will print and mail issues when it becomes possible. “A mainstream media article, written by an academic from Massey

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