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  • Assault survivor speaks out: “I want an accountability that is not just about legal prosecution.”

    Trigger warning: Sexual assault. Reprinted from 3 News. Article by Tania Billingsley, who was assaulted by Malaysian diplomat Muhammad Rizalman bin Ismail. As a socialist-feminist organisation, Fightback supports expanded support for sexual violence prevention and survivor support. Since my assault I feel that people have been assuming that my idea of justice is to have Read more

  • WGTN screening: Football Rebels – Brazil

    In 1980 during the military dictatorship in Brazil, the hugely popular Socrates, the captain of the Selecao and of Corinthians, used football to promote democracy while scoring goals. Popularly known as “The Doctor”, Socrates was a brilliant player, an intelligent revolutionary and a hero who stood up for what was right. With the help of Read more

  • CHCH Fightback Reading Group: How To Make a Revolution

    “Revolutionary socialists have been accused for many years of wanting to overthrow the US government by force and violence. When they accuse us of this, what they are really trying to do is to imply that we want to abolish capitalism with a minority, that we want to force the will of the minority on Read more

  • Shots fired at Mana office – Harawira

    Reprinted from mana.org.nz. “I get threatened with violence and I get death threats, but when somebody starts taking shots at my office then that’s another matter altogether”,  said MANA leader and Tai Tokerau MP Hone Harawira after shots were fired at one of his offices last week. Harawira was speaking after a report was filed Read more

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

    by Jared Phillips, member of Fightback. 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 Read more

  • “No socialism on a dead planet”: Ecosocialism, an overview

    By Bronwen Beechey – from notes made for a talk to the Fightback Capitalism: Not Our Future conference, Wellington, NZ, June 2014 Why ecosocialism? For most socialists the reasons are pretty obvious. To quote Alexandre Costa, a Marxist and Professor of Atmospheric Science in Brazil: “We insist that seeking answers to the central question of the Read more