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  • Youth Issue: Editorial + Contents

    E ngā mana, e ngā reo e ngā karangarangatanga maha, tēnā koutou. Welcome to the Youth Issue of Fightback Magazine, Redefining Activism.   There is a well-known whakatauki (Māori proverb) that says: ‘Ko te mahi a te tamariki, he wāwāhi tahā.’   This is often understood as meaning that the activities of children break the Read more

  • Youth Issue: Alternatives to Our Political System

    Charlie Prout is a 22 year old student completing a BA in Sociology and Political Science. He has an interest in communicating big complicated issues to the public in simple ways.   Youth cannot get involved in economic activism without a dialogue of an alternative system. I sat down with Dr Dylan Taylor, Lecturer in Read more

  • Beyond the Ballot Box

    Brodie Fraser Political participation is an important facet of democracy. In recent years there has been a rise in the study of alternative forms of political participation. There are a number of reasons for this, however the main one is global trends of declining political participation. This is said to be a “crisis of Western Read more

  • Youth Issue: Whose Future Is It? Xenophobia and Nationalism on the Left

      Tyler West   I entered the loose assortment of radicals who make up the New Zealand far left (or at least, left-of-parliament) in the aftermath of Occupy, which probably makes me among the newest batch of young activists. My first exposure to politics was being mistaken for an Occupier and (nearly) bottled while in Read more

  • Decolonisation Love Song

    Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho is takatāpui activist, “artist” & survivor currently residing in Tāmaki Makaurau. They whakapapa to Tuhoe, Ngati Porou, Rongowhakaata, Te Ati Haunui-a-Paparangi & Ngati Kahungungu Ki Wairoa. Their special interests include decolonisation & indigenous resistance, prison abolition and talking shit about the illegitimate settler state.     Decolonised love is a radical act Read more

  • Youth Issue: Teenage Girls, Language, Social media, Activism and Survival

    Ali Burns is a creative living in Wellington, placing herself with feminist values and a strong social conscience. Her creative profile includes completing her Masters in scriptwriting, directing music videos, web series, as well as creating and performing as part of the band prizegiving.    Teenage girls in groups are rarely taken very seriously. They are often Read more