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  • Interview: Sue Bolton, Socialist Councillor for Moreland (Australia)

    Sue Bolton is a longtime socialist activist and the Victorian convenor of Socialist Alliance. She was elected to the Moreland Council, which covers the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne, in 2012. She will be a featured speaker at the Fightback conference in Wellington in May. She was interviewed for Fightback by Bronwen Beechey. Fightback:There is Read more

  • WGTN event: Pakeha in the Struggle for Tino Rangatiratanga

    Next in Fightback’s weekly ‘Introduction to Marxism’ series, Mondays 6pm at 19 Tory St. This topic raises many questions. What is Tino Rangatiratanga? Why would Pākehā get involved – and why on earth would Māori allow them to? Come along for a discussion. Presented by Grant Brookes, Fightback. BYO questions. 6pm, Monday 7th April 19 Read more

  • Stop the TPPA: Wellington protest report

    By Joe McClure, Fightback (Wellington). On the afternoon of Saturday March 29, protests took place around New Zealand, against the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) currently going through Parliament. In Wellington, this consisted of a march from Cuba St, to the steps of Parliament. Around 200 people gathered at the Bucket Fountain in Cuba St from Read more

  • Blurred lines: Representation versus social commentary

    This article was submitted to Fightback by UC Femsoc member Sionainn Byrnes. As a sixth-year student at the University of Canterbury, I often find myself wondering whether I am completely out of touch with reality. Whether years of socialization within the Ivory Tower have caused me to unreasonably textualize everything I see – I am an Read more

  • Socialist Feminism 101

    A Socialist Feminist 101 talk given by Kassie Hartendorp, Member of Fightback (Te Whanganui-a-Tara) on International Women’s Day, March 8th, 2014. This talk was originally given as the first part of a Socialist Feminist Day School held by Fightback in Wellington/Te Whanganui-a-Tara at 19 Tory Street. This was followed by poet & academic Teresia Teaiwa Read more

  • The 2014 elections and the future of Mana

    The following is excerpted from a document called ‘Socialist Perspectives for New Zealand’ that was co-written for CWI Aotearoa/NZ. Fightback also supports MANA, but opposes any entry into a capitalist coalition government. The Mana Movement provides an important opportunity for reframing a pro-worker and pro-Maori political agenda. Mana was formed in 2011 as a Maori radical Read more