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  • Fightback 2014 summer conference (report)

    On the 3rd to the 5th of January in Christchurch, Fightback held our 2014 summer conference. Over the weekend comrades participated in education and decision-making, that will inform our practice over the coming year. In the 2014 General Elections, Fightback will be supporting the MANA Movement as a progressive, democratic oppositional force, maintaining the link Read more

  • Audio: ‘Young Activists’ interview

    Republished from Radio New Zealand National: A few weeks back we heard from three of the country’s youngest politicians, and this week we’re speaking to three young people who are no less passionate about bringing about change through political actions but have chosen to do so in quite different ways. Finlay talks to Unite Union Read more

  • A young migrant woman’s experience of work in NZ

    Wei Sun (Fightback, Christchurch) After the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi) in 1840 anyone could immigrate to New Zealand, while most settlers in the nineteenth century came from the UK, substantial numbers of Chinese labours immigrated to work on the goldfields of Otago. These migrants faced discrimination from white migrants Read more

  • “The People Shall Govern!” Nelson Mandela and capitalist distortion

    Ian Anderson, Fightback (Wellington). Readers are probably aware that Nelson Mandela died at age 95, on Thursday the 5th of December 2013. His funeral is scheduled for December the 15th. As a leading figure in the African National Congress (ANC) which led the struggle to abolish apartheid in South Africa, Mandela has inspired many for Read more

  • December-January issue of Fightback online

    Welcome to the final issue of Fightback for 2013. Fightback does not take money from the state or big business, and sustaining a monthly anti-capitalist publication during this period is no easy feat. For these reasons we thank our buyers, subscribers, and everyone who has contributed to Fightback over the last year. In November, Aotearoa/NZ Read more

  • The climate crisis

    By Wei Sun (Fightback, Christchurch) World production and consumption have been increasing rapidly in recent decades due to global ‘westernization’. While socially this can mean a higher standard of living for many in the developing world, the results are mostly negative on the local, national and global natural environment. For example, global transportation has increased Read more