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  • Fightback Conference 2015: Housing and Homelessness (audio)

    Session from Fightback Conference 2015. With the housing bubble set to burst (when rather than if), the National government selling state housing, and homelessness on the rise, housing and homelessness are key concerns for anyone concerned with social and economic justice. A discussion facilitated by Fightback. Joel Cosgrove (Fightback) spoke on the political economy of the Read more

  • Fightback Conference 2015: Transforming Tertiary Education (audio + text)

    Session from Fightback Conference 2015. A look at tertiary education, capitalism and resistance. What is the purpose of education? What needs to change? How can we get there? Speakers: Sandra Grey, Tertiary Education Union President Ian Anderson, VUW student and communist Trigger warning: Contains mentions of depression and suicidal ideation. Audio: Text of Ian’s contribution: Since Read more

  • Fightback Conference 2015: Consent Education in our Communities (audio + slides)

    Session from Fightback Conference 2015. Public pressure in the wake of the Roastbusters case resulted in some small concessions – reallocation of funding to sexual violence support services, advice that schools should include consent education. This is far from enough. Sexual violence prevention and support initiatives continue to be dangerously underfunded, and consent education in Read more

  • Fightback Conference 2015: Where next for the Left? (audio + text)

    Opening session of Fightback Conference 2015. In the wake of another crushing electoral defeat for the left, in a period with record-low strikes and record-low voter turnout, how do we begin again? Where next for the Left? A discussion facilitated by Fightback. Daphne Lawless is an indexer, translator, editor, electronic musician and goalkeeper based in Read more

  • Fightback holds 2015 Public Conference in Wellington

    Fightback’s annual educational conference, held on July 3 and 4 in Wellington, gave around 80 attendants an opportunity for political discussion and debate around topics ranging from the housing crisis to combating rape culture. The opening session, “Where next for the Left?” featured a frank but constructive look at the state of left-wing politics in Read more

  • Asia-Pacific left stand with the people and government of Greece against austerity

    Asia-Pacific solidarity statement signed by Fightback (Aotearoa / New Zealand), originally published on Green Left Weekly. We, the undersigned, stand in solidarity with the people of Greece and the SYRIZA-led government as they prepare for a referendum on July 5, 2015, on whether to accept the continuation of the program of neoliberal austerity or chart Read more