Grid of posts 2×3

  • Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Chelsea Manning’s gender identity

    article by Anne Russell, reprinted from Scoop.co.nz. The Queer Avengers (Wellington) are holding a solidarity action with Chelsea Manning on 2pm Saturday the 7th of September, at the US Embassy [Facebook event] For the most part, gender minorities operating in the public sphere are recognised by their gender first and the content of their work second. Read more

  • New collective agreement at McDonald’s

    report by Mike Treen, Unite general secretary. Reprinted from The Daily Blog. Fightback analysis to come. Unite Union is in the process of ratifying a new collective agreement with McDonald’s that is a significant step forward in getting improved security of hours for that company’s 9500 employees. It comes after negotiations broke down at the end of Read more

  • Student Debt: Reinforcing the Logic of Capitalism

    Thomas Inwood, Fightback. Under liberal capitalist democracy the University is lauded as a cultural beacon, where the new generation of leaders and entrepreneurs develop themselves and explore new horizons. The reality of university life is one dominated by the corporate hierarchical model and ever present “market forces”. Student debt in Aotearoa/NZ is over $10 billion Read more

  • Grant Brookes for Capital and Coast DHB

    Grant Brookes, Fightback member, is standing for election to Capital and Coast District Health Board (DHB) at the upcoming 2013 local body elections. Brookes is standing on a Health First ticket, endorsed by the Nurses Organisation (NZNO) and the MANA Movement. Fightback writer Ian Anderson interviewed him. FB: What are your goals in standing for Read more

  • John Minto for Mayor: “We need a Kiwi socialism”

    The latest opinion polls put John Minto – teacher, veteran activist and MANA movement candidate – in third place in the race for Mayor of Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland. Fightback writer Daphne Lawless caught up with him at his campaign headquarters. Why has John Minto decided to run for the most powerful urban office in Aotearoa/New Zealand? Read more

  • Australia’s refugee ‘solution’

    by Byron Clark, Fightback Refugees are beginning to arrive in Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (PNG) after Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his PNG counterpart, Peter O’Neill, agreed to expand asylum-seeker processing. The new arrangement, called the Regional Resettlement Arrangement (RRA), was secured when Australia offered an unspecified amount of aid for roads, naval Read more