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  • “Fairer Fares” not just a student issue

    Ian Anderson In April, Victoria University of Wellington Students Association (VUWSA) launched its “Fairer Fares” campaign, lobbying the council to reduce public transport fares for students. VUWSA has conducted well-attended student forums on the issue, and the campaign has received coverage on TV One’s Seven Sharp. Salient, Victoria’s student magazine, ran a debate on the Read more

  • GREEN IS RED: The case for eco-Marxist politics

    Daphne Lawless will present on Ecosocialism at our upcoming conference, Fightback 2013. It seems to be common sense that socialism and green politics go together. “Green is red”, wrote English socialist Paul McGarr more than ten years ago. On the other side of the aisle, the Right often refer to the Green Party as “watermelons” Read more

  • Wellington event: Conference fundraising gig

    What do you get when you cross the Big Rick ‘Space Jesus 2013’ tour and the Fightback 2013 conference? A Big Rick fundraiser gig for the Fightback 2013 conference! With Big Rick will be the boisterous Spinhorn Cassowary, the joyous Dick Whyte, the delirious Wasps and the pumpin DJ ISO to finish off the night Read more

  • May 2013 issue of Fightback online

    Welcome to the May 2013 issue of Fightback, newspaper of Fightback (Aotearoa/NZ). Fightback is a socialist organisation with branches in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch. Over Queen’s Birthday Weekend, the 31st of May to the 2nd of June, Fightback will be holding its annual public conference in Wellington. Turn to the back page or visit Read more

  • Name the Date – Stop Work / Stop National

    This piece was originally posted by Socialist Aotearoa On Thursday 16 May the Council of Trade Unions (CTU) National Affiliates Council meets in Wellington. On their agenda will be the latest attacks on workers’ rights being pushed through by National and the CTU’s newly launched campaign Why Cut Our Pay. The cuts are targeted attacks Read more

  • Politics and the mental health consumer movement

    Polly Peek As a socialist and mental health consumer, I was recently excited to discover ‘The C Word,’ a blog on the Changing Minds website. Changing Minds is a consumer organisation based in Auckland. Engaging in systemic advocacy and activism, the group acts as a network of mutual support for people who have used mental Read more