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  • I am not Charlie, and I’m just as sad as you are

    By BC, @sinaute translated by Daphne Lawless, translation originally published here. “I didn’t go down into the crowd.” One @sinaute expresses, in the comments section of Daniel Schneidermann’s latest article, his unease with respect to the discourse of “national unity” after the murderous attacks against Charlie Hebdo. Under discussion, the “Islamophobic drift” of the magazine Read more

  • December-January issue of Fightback online

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  • Report on Black and Indigenous Lives Matter: Ferguson protests Wellington

    In Wellington at the symbolic time of 12:01pm a protest march was held in solidarity with the people of Ferguson, USA. A collection of between 50-60 (mostly high-school students) gathered to show their support and outrage at the ongoing police violence in the US. A number of people got up to speak before the march Read more

  • GERMANY: Blockupy – resistance in the heart of the European crisis regime

    From 20 to 23 November, leftists from all tendencies assembled in Frankfurt (Germany) for a festival of discussion, workshops and action against capitalism and the Troika. By Joe Nathan About 3000 activists with banners and signs are gathering next to the Christmas market at St. Paul’s church in Frankfurt, Germany. A few of them came Read more

  • MANA Movement regroups, call for Mana Wahine policy

    In the wake of this years’ electoral defeat, the MANA Movement is regrouping. On November 29th, Fightback members attended a Members’ Hui in Tāmaki/Auckland, with around 70 attending from around the country. ‘Back to the community’ was the overwhelming mood of the hui, with leaders outlining the formation of community hubs in Te Tai Tokerau Read more

  • Leslie Feinberg 1949-2014: revolutionary communist, transgender warrior

    An obituary offered to The Advocate by Minnie Bruce Pratt, Leslie’s spouse. Leslie Feinberg, who identified as an anti-racist white, working-class, secular Jewish, transgender, lesbian, female, revolutionary communist, died on November 15. She succumbed to complications from multiple tick-borne co-infections, including Lyme disease, babeisiosis, and protomyxzoa rheumatica, after decades of illness. She died at home Read more