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  • Chatting “Pasifika” and “Feminism” (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 Malia Grace. Inspired by recorded talanoa with Fetuolemoana Tamapeau, Gem Wilder & Malia Grace. F: It’s really interesting how different and similar our experiences are. I can’t really get away with just looking like a palangi M: I Read more

  • Kaitāia Airport occupation statement

    Five people were arrested on September 9th, ending a 28-hour occupation of Kaitāia Airport by sovereignty activists. Although this has been widely reported, the reasoning behind the protest has not been reported in detail. The government’s offered sale of land to iwi in the region neglected original owners Ngāti Kahu. In an interview with Waatea News, occupation Read more

  • Judgementality and the “neutral, objective” voice of whiteness (Voices of Women and Gender Minorities)

    Article originally published in Fightback magazine’s special issue dedicated to paid writing by women and gender minorities. By MZ. On the radical left, there are both subtle and blatant forms of colonial white supremacy. I want to draw attention to a subtle form of white supremacy that I would call “judgmentality”. This is the ‘mentality’ in Read more

  • Not All Men (Voices of Women and Gender Minorities)

    Article originally published in Fightback magazine’s special issue dedicated to paid writing by women and gender minorities. Isabella Wallace is an 18 year old girl living in Wellington. Her email address is bella.wallace@gmail.com. Content Warning: rape culture, slutshaming. It’s Monday. I’m going home at 6pm and a middle-aged man and a teenage boy are the Read more

  • Editorial: Voices of Women and Gender Minorities

    Editorial for Fightback magazine’s crowdfunded issue dedicated to paid radical writing by women and gender minorities. Articles will be posted over the coming days. While stocks are limited, please contact us for a paper copy. Tēnā koutou katoa, When I think of radical politics, grassroots organising and transformative actions, I always think of the women and Read more

  • Sue Bradford: Where To for the Left?

    Originally delivered at Fightback forum – Grey Lynn – 7.00 – 9.00pm Friday 21 August 2015. By Sue Bradford, Left Think Tank Project. Audio: Kia ora koutou, Well friends, ‘Where to for the left? really is the question of our time, with thanks to Daphne, Bronwen and Fightback for organising this forum tonight. I still Read more