Grid of posts 2×3

  • A Celebration of Whores at Work – On Being a “Good Ally” and Supporting Workplace Organising (Voices of Women and Gender Minorities)

    Article originally published in Fightback magazine’s special issue dedicated to paid radical writing by women and gender minorities. By Vita. Aotearoa’s sexual services industry is yet again in the international media spotlight, this time because our country’s sex work lobby-group, the New Zealand Prostitutes Collective, described New Zealand as “the best country in the world”… Read more

  • ‘Flag debate’ – Still an expensive distraction

    By Ian Anderson, Fightback. It’s not news that New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has arbitrarily announced a ‘flag debate,’ consisting of two referenda in November-December 2015 and March 2016. Or rather, the ‘flag debate’ is news; reports circulate daily on the latest developments. However, in all the debate about which design is best, or… Read more

  • Your Problematic Fave: Confronting friends about abuse (Voices of Women and Gender Minorities)

    Article originally published in Fightback magazine’s special issue dedicated to paid radical writing by women and gender minorities. Anne Russell is a public health student with an ongoing interest in the politics of intimate relationships. A welcome narrative has recently sprung up about how society needs to teach men (and others) not to rape or… Read more

  • Christchurch: Fightback study group

    Fightback Christchurch would like to welcome all those interested to be involved with our recently formed, regular, radical study group. Fightback is acting as facilitator for the study and discussion of radical theory – both leading and presenting discussions, and inviting participants to recommend and lead study of ideas they have found useful or profound.… Read more

  • Marxism and the Māori Sovereignty Movement – A Māori communist perspective (Voices of Women and Gender Minorities)

    Article originally published in Fightback magazine’s special issue dedicated to paid radical writing by women and gender minorities. By Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho. The influence of Marxist theory and particularly Marx’s theory of alienation and capitalist political economy on the Māori sovereignty movement during the 1970’s is important to examine and I would also like to consider… Read more

  • Finding a Future for Women in Green Technology (Voices of Women and Gender Minorities)

    Originally published in Fightback magazine’s special issue dedicated to paid writing by women and gender minorities. Maria is a freelance writer currently living in Chicago. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a minor in Communication. She blogs about environmentally friendly tips, technological advancements, and healthy… Read more