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  • Climate change as political murder

    This piece by Derek Johnson was originally delivered on the Where’s My Jetpack podcast: jetpack.zoob.net This piece will be printed in Fightback’s upcoming magazine issue on Climate Change and Ecosocialism. To subscribe with PayPal or credit card, click here. A study by the United Nations has found climate change could drive 122 million more people Read more

  • Fightback withdraws from Organise Aotearoa

    A statement approved by the Fightback Editorial Board and sent to the National Secretary of Organise Aotearoa, 14th January 2020. Read more

  • Snapshots of the ecological crisis in Australasia

    By Ani White. This article will be published in Fightback’s upcoming magazine issue on Climate Change and Ecosocialism. To subscribe through PayPal or credit card, click here. New Years’ Day 2020, Ōtepoti/Dunedin (Aotearoa/New Zealand) Ironically, my first real-life encounter with the Australian bushfires – not mediated by Facebook, Twitter, or a press article – is Read more

  • BOOK REVIEW: No Shortcuts

    Jane F. McAlevey, No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age (Oxford University Press). Reviewed by DAPHNE LAWLESS. From the new issue of FIGHTBACK magazine, “Trade Unions for the 21st Century”. To order a print copy for $NZ10 + postage, or to subscribe in electronic or print format, see here. Jane F. McAlevey, Read more

  • Raise the bar!: an interview with Chloe-Ann King

    by BRONWEN BEECHEY. From the new issue of FIGHTBACK magazine, “Trade Unions for the 21st Century”. To order a print copy for $NZ10 + postage, or to subscribe in electronic or print format, see here. Can you briefly introduce yourself and why you feel passionate about hospitality workers’ rights? My name is Chloe Ann-King and Read more

  • Freelancing isn’t free: precarity and self-organization in the “gig economy”

    by DAPHNE LAWLESS. From the new issue of FIGHTBACK magazine, “Trade Unions for the 21st Century”. To order a print copy for $NZ10 + postage, or to subscribe in electronic or print format, see here. Under capitalism, we’re all supposed to dream of being “the boss” – as opposed to an exploited worker obeying the Read more