March issue of Fightback now online

March issue of Fightback now online

Welcome to the March 2014 edition of Fightback, monthly magazine of Fightback (Aotearoa/NZ). Fightback stands for struggle, solidarity and socialism.

We are internationalists; we realise that liberation in any one country depends on global liberation. A round-up of global struggles can be found on P6-7.

While many are inspired by the apparent flowering of street movements since 2011, street movements are not always progressive. In Venezuela, counter-revolutionary forces have clashed with forces seeking to extend the Bolivarian revolution. From P8-14, Bronwen Beechey covers the “right-wing on the streets” in Venezuela.

Internationalism means loosening the grip of imperialism, the domination of a global majority by a global elite. Fightback endorses the call for Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions (BDS) on Israel, a bastion of Western imperialist power in the Middle East. We cover struggles in Aotearoa/NZ to cut ties with Israel on P14-15.

Racism, and the struggle for national liberation, isn’t just something that happens overseas. The struggle for Maori and Pacific self-determination, and against racism, is ongoing in Aotearoa/NZ. From 23-24, Ian Anderson discusses the relationship between mainstream racism and white power groups.

Class struggle generally is also not just something that happens in far-flung regions, like Latin America and Eastern Europe. In an article reprinted from the Daily Blog, Unite Union General Secretary Mike Treen covers the war by the capitalist class on unemployed workers (P19-20). Ciaran Doolin unearths part of the history of resistance in Aotearoa/NZ; the story of Harriet Morison and the tailoresses’ union (P20-22).

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2014 March Fightback pdf

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