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  • Anonymous: “Self-organisation of the computer nerds”

    Daphne Lawless. For those who’ve been watching Internet culture for a while, it’s still a bit of a culture shock to see Anonymous being discussed in the mainstream media. As this article is being written, Anonymous has been credited with bringing down the website of a large private university in India whose boss had been Read more

  • The Hobbit and SkyCity: Government’s priorities laid bare

    Writers for Fightback Information released in late February, on the Hobbit labour dispute and the SkyCity convention centre deal, lays the National government’s priorities bare. In both cases, the government prioritised the needs of business owners over all other concerns. On February 19th, the office of the deputy auditor-general released a report on the controversial Read more

  • Strike debt: Government and household debt in Aotearoa/NZ

    Ian Anderson Debt has received a lot of attention during the global financial crisis. Occupy sites abounded with theories about “debt slavery.” Governments, and international financial institutions, justify harsh austerity measures by pointing to government debt. We must examine debt closer: what is its purpose? Who does it benefit? Is it necessary? Fictitious capital: Necessary Read more

  • “Up with workers, down with the government” – largest strike in world history

    Al Jazeera reports on mass strike in India (video). Read more

  • Solomon Islands teachers’ strike- and win

    Byron Clark While Christchurch teachers planned their strike against school closures and the imposition of charter schools (later called off and replaced with a rally) 9,000 teachers in the Solomon islands took part in industrial action seeking unpaid wages. Last year the government promised to increase teacher salaries with back pay for 2012, yet the Read more

  • Hundreds turn out against Christchurch School closures

    While Christchurch primary school teachers had planned to take industrial action on February 19th this was called off just a few days prior. Under the Employment Relations Act strikes outside of bargaining are outlawed, had this strike taken place it would have been the first one to challenge the anti-strike laws. In the end however, Read more