Grid of posts 2×3

  • #Gamergate, Roast Busters and Revenge Porn – The limits of the law in combatting sexual violence on the internet

    By Vita Bryant (Fightback Wellington). My knowledge of, and interest in video games is practically non-existent, but when I saw #gamergate trending on my social media newsfeeds, I was intrigued – was the community finally having a discussion on the role of women in gamer culture that went beyond token sterotypes of “cool girls” and Read more

  • Housing under Neoliberalism

    Joel Cosgrove (Fightback/MANA Poneke). It is a generally acknowledged political fact that housing is unaffordable. Within the awkward blame shuffling and finger pointing, MANA’s policy of building 10,000 well-built and insulated homes per year until demand for affordable housing was satisfied, was a good policy. The policy called for an expansion of state-housing. Yet the Read more

  • “One ocean, one people” – Interview with Teresia Teaiwa on self-determination struggles in the Pacific

    Teresia Teaiwa is a poet and founding academic of Pacific Studies in Aotearoa/NZ, who spoke on the gender panel at Fightback’s 2014 public conference Capitalism: Not Our Future. Teresia recently attended an international workshop on self-determination in Papua New Guinea. Ian Anderson interviewed her for Fightback. You recently attended a workshop in Papua New Guinea. Read more

  • Moves to gut public and Maori broadcasting

    Ian Anderson (Fightback/MANA Poneke). Paora Maxwell’s tenure as Maori TV CEO has been controversial. In August 2013, staff at Maori TV circulated a petition against Maxwell’s appointment by the Nats. More recently, Maxwell announced a restructuring process, and high-profile figures including Carol Hirschfeld left Maori TV. Now, plans to outsource TVNZ’s Maori and Pacific programming Read more

  • Thousands march against climate change

    Article by Bronwen Beechey (Fightback/MANA Owairaka). The largest demonstration to date against climate change was held in New York City on September 21. The march was part of a global day of action held before a United Nations climate change summit in New York on September 23. Among the estimated 400,000 who attended were indigenous Read more

  • Scotland’s radical independence movement

    by DAPHNE LAWLESS (Fightback, Auckland) A “Pyrrhic victory” is where one side wins a battle at such a cost that it goes on to lose the war. It looks like the victory of the “No” side in the referendum on Scottish independence on September 20 may go down as a clear historical example of these. Read more