Grid of posts 2×3

  • Pākehā Invisibility: Why does ‘migrant’ mean ‘brown’?

    By Ani White and Kassie Hartendorp. Note: This article was written directly before the 2017 General Election, so comments about party policy refer to that period. Internationally, many white immigrants to non-white countries are not termed immigrants, they are termed ‘expats.’ Immigrant means brown, expat means white. A similar dynamic plays out in Aotearoa. Pākehā Read more

  • Free speech vs hate speech

    By Ani White. Recent months have seen a revival of debate about ‘free speech’ and hate speech. As readers are no doubt aware, antifascists in the USA mobilised to ensure white supremacists cannot march unchallenged. Mass mobilisation in Boston led to the cancellation of many white supremacist marches. Commentators such as Chris Hedges declared suppression Read more

  • Migrant and Refugee Rights Issue Editorial + Contents

    This is excerpted from the latest issue of Fightback magazine. To subscribe, click here. Ani White is a Pākehā postgraduate student/tutor in Media Studies, a member of Fightback, and the coordinating editor of this issue. In the lead-up to Aotearoa/New Zealand’s 2017 General Election, Fightback and others have co- launched the Migrant and Refugee Rights Campaign. Read more

  • Right To The City issue Editorial

    This is excerpted from Fightback’s latest magazine issue. To subscribe, click here. Editorial by Daphne Lawless, a Fightback/MARRC member living in Auckland with her wife and daughter. The growth of cities as the dominant social and economic form of human life on the planet is a distinguishing feature of the capitalist era. Before capitalism, cities Read more

  • The “Alternative for Germany”: A chronicle of the rise of a far-right party

      By Jojo, a Fightback subscriber based in Germany. 22 April 2017: I am sitting at an intersection somewhere in Cologne, together with other antifascists. It is cold, wet and we had to get up early, but people are happy as news has reached us that other roads are blocked as well, and members of Read more

  • “Wellington, here we come” – The Māori Land March (1975) as a claim on urban space

    Ani White is a postgraduate Media Studies student. This article was written for Fightback’s magazine on Urban Revolution and the Right to the City. To subscribe to Fightback’s publications, click here. Te Matakite o Aotearoa: The Māori Land March is a documentary depicting the Māori Land March of 1975, which was a key moment in Read more