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  • WGTN Left Forum: Fighting Zero Hour Contracts and Poverty Wages

    First in a series of monthly left forums organised by Fightback. Heleyni Pratley (Unite Union organiser) speaks on the international struggle for secure hours and living wages. 2pm, Sunday March 29th 17 Tory St, Wellington [Facebook event] Read more

  • WGTN action tomorrow: No NZ support for war in Iraq or Syria

    Join Peace Action Wellington on Thursday the 26th at 5pm next to the Cenotaph to show our opposition to New Zealand’s support for war in Iraq and Syria. This is part of Peace Action Wellington’s Lest We Remember campaign opposing the hijacking of ANZAC day to promote yet another war in the Middle East. As Read more

  • 7 thoughts on Pride and the Act of Protesting

    By Kassie Hartendorp (Fightback Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellingt0n), originally published on her personal blog Guts Out. These are some observations in the wake of the protests against a police presence in the Auckland Pride march, and the violence towards one of the protestors, Emmy, which took place afterwards. There have been amazing pieces written in a short space of Read more

  • WGTN action tomorrow: Let Greece Breathe!

    Germany and the European Union are seeking to throttle Greek democracy, and the movement against austerity. The recently elected Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza) reached a stalemate in negotiations, but all is not lost. Oppose EU terms everywhere! Let Greece Breathe! Monday, 23rd February, 12pm Greek Embassy (38-42 Waring Taylor St), Wellington [Facebook event] Read more

  • CHCH and AKL Left Forums initiated (watch this space for WGTN!)

    Greece and Syriza: Lessons for Aotearoa (Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland) The first Auckland Left Forum for 2015. Greece has shown that a party radically rejecting neoliberalism can get elected – but now comes the hard party. How can the Left in Aotearoa learn from this success: Speakers include: SUE BRADFORD (Auckland Action Against Poverty) JOE CAROLAN (Socialist Read more

  • Housing: Foreign ownership is not the problem

    Fightback is running a series of articles on the housing crisis in Aotearoa/NZ. Ian Anderson (Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington) and Bronwen Beechey (Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland) examine the centre-left focus on foreign ownership, and argue rather that private capitalist ownership is the problem. For more on the housing crisis, see Urban Housing is an Ecosocialist Issue, Housing Under Neoliberalism, Desperate people: Read more