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  • Fightback 2014 issue #6 online now

    This special, expanded election edition of Fightback magazine comes at what seems to be a turning point in the 2014 election. The shockwaves from Dirty Politics, Nicky Hager’s exposé of the possibly corrupt relations between National Party cabinet ministers and the tabloid attack blog “Whale Oil”, are still reverberating. Labour and the left opposition parties Read more

  • Coalition governments and real change

    Mike Treen, General Secretary of UNITE Union. (Reprinted from The Daily Blog, originally published in 2013). Can a party that wants fundamental changes in society be a minor part of a coalition government? My conclusion is no, after having been a participant in the Alliance Party’s implosion after attempting to do so from 1999-2002 as Read more

  • Fightback opposes platform for Julian Assange

    Fightback supports Internet MANA as an alliance between radical indigenous and progressive tau iwi forces, challenging the neoliberal consensus. Party founder Kim Dotcom recently hinted that Julian Assange may be speaking at an upcoming Internet Party event on September 15th. Assange is sought for questioning for rape. Providing a platform for Assange, and other men with Read more

  • Elections and migrant-bashing: Full rights for migrant workers

    Joe McClure, Fightback Labour and National both have unpromising records when it comes to immigration policy. National, represented by Minister of Immigration Michael Woodhouse, has suffered a series of embarrassments this year. Groups of Filipino workers employed in Christchurch were found to be victims of exploitative company Tech5, which was keeping them in cramped conditions, Read more

  • New Zealand state’s quandary in the Asia-Pacific

    Jared Phillips (reprinted from socialistvoice.org.nz) In May, the US government brought criminal charges against five Chinese military officials for hacking into the systems of US energy and steel companies. They stole trade secrets and conducted economic espionage. The Chinese government retaliated by urging domestic banks to remove high-end servers made by IBM and replace them Read more

  • The politics, not the dirt is the problem.

    By Ben Peterson (Fightback Ōtautahi/Christchurch) Nicky Hager’s Dirty Politics just blew up the election. The material comes largely from Cameron Slater’s leaked emails, but it covers much more than his personal activity. It outlines the activities of central National Party figures, up to and including Prime Minister John Key himself. But the real importance of Read more