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  • WGTN event: Reflections on the Zero Hours Campaign (Fightback Conference 2015)

    In a period when the capitalist class is winning the war, battle victories for our side are precious. Unite’s success in beating back Zero Hour Contracts at major fast food chains is a rare exception to a 30-year rule of expanding casualisation. Heleyni Pratley, Unite organiser for Wellington, leads a discussion on this campaign. Session Read more

  • WGTN event: Housing and homelessness forum (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) will speak on the political economy of the housing crisis. Steve Read more

  • WGTN event: Transforming tertiary education (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 Session for Fightback Conference 2015. Free entry (koha appreciated). Food and drinks provided. Special thanks to the Tertiary Education Read more

  • WGTN event: Consent education in our communities (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 schools is not compulsory or Read more

  • WGTN event: Where next for the Left? (opening night panel for 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 Auckland. She is a ten-year veteran Read more

  • Zombie Marxism

    By Thomas Road (Fightback Otautahi / Christchurch). A zombie is haunting New Zealand – the zombie of Marxism. The narrative of zombie apocalypse is familiar, and has had a significant resurgence in popular culture over the last few years. The image of the zombie has long been what Mark Dery punningly calls a ‘bloated signifier’, Read more