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  • The anger of Europe has come to Frankfurt

    Submitted to Fightback (Aotearoa/NZ) by reader Jojo (based in Germany). On march 18, the opening ceremony of the new building of the European Central Bank (ECB) was held in Frankfurt (Germany). About 25.000 activists not only from Germany, but also many from Italy and other European countries came to protest against this symbol of austerity and Read more

  • Can capitalists be revolutionaries? Internet Mana, elections and alliances

    By Ian Anderson (Fightback/MANA Poneke). Ben Peterson (Mana Otautahi) recently submitted an article contending that MANA gained more than it lost from the Internet Mana campaign. As a fellow MANA socialist, I have some agreements and disagreements with this assessment that I’d like to flesh out. Ben’s article focuses heavily on voting numbers, and offers Read more

  • In the Shadow of Kim Dotcom- the NZ left taking lessons from the 2014 Election

    This piece was submitted to Fightback by Ben Peterson (Mana Otautahi) and represents his personal opinion. Fightback publishes it for discussion rather than endorsement. For those on the left last years election result was bitterly disappointing. Not only was John Key and the National Party returned to power with an increased majority, but the Mana Read more

  • Fightback ‘Housing Crisis’ issue out now

    Since more people access Fightback content through the website and social media than our magazine, Fightback has moved to a less regular publication schedule, using the magazine for analytical themed issues. We begin 2015 with an issue on the national housing crisis. To get your hands on a copy, please Subscribe or contact your nearest branch. Read more

  • CHCH report: Public meeting against zero-hour contracts

    Report by Matt Jones, reprinted from Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement (AWSM). Fightback Wellington branch will hold a public forum on fighting zero-hour contracts and poverty wages on Sunday the 29th of March. Over 50 people attended a public meeting held in Christchurch/Otautahi on the 2nd March to hear from workers and union organisers about the Read more

  • Reimagining feminism on International Women’s Day

    Fightback is a socialist-feminist organisation. Harsha Walia is a South Asian activist and writer based in Vancouver, unceded Coast Salish Territories. She has been involved in community-based grassroots migrant justice, feminist, anti-racist, Indigenous solidarity, anti-capitalist, Palestinian liberation, and anti-imperialist movements for over a decade. This piece on International Women’s Day is reprinted from her column, Read more