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Article by Ben Peterson, reprinted from his personal blog leftwin. Last weekend, negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) broke down. Representatives from 12 Pacific nations had met in Hawaii for negotiations that aimed to create the biggest trade agreement ever. For anti-TPPA activists, this delay is a welcome break. But the trade deal is Read more

While there are exciting developments on the Left internationally, here in NZ left activists often feel isolated and the Left seems fragmented. Speakers from a range of Left organisations look at the state of the Left in Aotearoa/NZ, and examine issues such as the relationship between Pakeha leftists and tangata whenua, sexism in the Left Read more

Article by Bruce A Dickson, reprinted from Black Agenda Report (USA). Spoiler alert: we have seen the Bernie Sanders show before, and we know exactly how it ends. Bernie has zero likelihood of winning the Democratic nomination for president over Hillary Clinton. Bernie will lose, Hillary will win. When Bernie folds his tent in the summer Read more

In 20 years, China has gone from the most equal country in Asia in terms of income distribution to the least equal country. While the transformation has proven profitable for a minority, tens of thousands of workers have taken strike action against paltry wages and conditions. This restructuring has also meant increased vulnerability to fluctuations in the Read more

Guest article by Val Morse for upcoming Fightback international issue. In George Orwell’s novel 1984, the Ministry of Truth is responsible for the continual updating of historical records so that they always accord with the official party line. Original documents are incinerated in a “memory hole” and disgraced people are “unpersoned,” all traces of them Read more