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  • Obituary: Mike Kyriazopoulos

    Last month Fightback lost one of its leading members, Michael Kyriazopoulos. In Aotearoa he was known in the workers movement as Mike Kay. Mike came to us from England but he had a strong Greek heritage, and had close family living in both Israel and South Africa. So he had a very broad culture. Tragically, Read more

  • Global round-up

    Round-up of recent global struggles by Daphne Lawless, Fightback (Auckland). Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H), formerly a part of Yugoslavia, has seen massive anti-government workers’ protests. A protest by unemployed workers in the town of Tuzla against privatisation of local factories ended up with the town’s government building on fire and police using water cannon against Read more

  • Mainstream racism and white power groups

    By Ian Anderson, with contributions by Joel Cosgrove (Fightback Wellington). “When fascism comes to America, it will not be in brown and black shirts. It will not be with jackboots. It will be Nike sneakers and smiley shirts.” -George Carlin, comedian  On Waitangi Day 2014, the NZ Herald ran a “protest-free” edition, proudly announcing this Read more

  • Wellington action: Don’t dance with Israeli apartheid

    This year’s NZ Festival includes four performances by the Israeli Batsheva dance company. Batsheva is an integral part of Israel’s Brand Israel public relations campaign. The dance company receives funding from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which has described Batsheva as ‘the best known global ambassador of Israeli culture’. Batsheva’s performance at NZ Festival Read more

  • February issue of Fightback online

    Welcome to the February 2014 issue of Fightback, monthly magazine of Fightback (Aotearoa/NZ). Established in February 2013, Fightback is now entering its second year. While the group may seem modest, we believe that a combination of community and working-class forces is necessary to overturning this system. With our publication, and with our wider work, we Read more

  • Waitangi Day, Te Rā o Waitangi – What does it mean today, 174 years on?

    Talked delivered by Grant Brookes, MANA Pōneke branch and Fightback (Wellington), at Wellington event Waitangi Alert. To start with the annoyingly obvious, Waitangi Day means that the poly-ticians are back from their summer holidays. Have you noticed? The talking heads have started filling the TV news again. And in recent years, this means “state of Read more