Counterfutures

Counterfutures: Left Thought & Practice Aotearoa. Multidisciplinary journal of Left research, thought, and alternatives. Editor: @NeilVallelly; Home: @OtagoSGC

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Delighted to announce that Issue 1 is out now! Filled with great stuff, like an interview with Franco 'Bifo' Berardi, @bondpeybond on sex work's challenge to the institution of work, alongside articles on debt abolition and the religious right (1/3)

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The editorial "Landlord Neutral 2030" is available now: https://t.co/jEuUQ4boXP
#LandlordNeutral2030

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All forms of landlordism should be abolished. By abolished we mean that they should be made illegal. They should cease to exist. This very way of thinking—extracting rent from a necessity of life—should be neutralised. #LandlordNeutral2030

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@TheByeg 'Going landlord neutral is like going carbon neutral. ... We need to both undermine the incentives to own more than one home, and we need to provide affordable, healthy, and comfortable rental accommodation to those who want or need it, removing the need for private landlords.'

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A thought provoking article by Kānaka Maoli activist & writer Emalani Case about the interconnection between militarism, racism & settler concepts of the future is now available free online - well worth a read on a wintry afternoon. https://t.co/SUQhF3PfPE

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Mark Derby writes a fascinating summary of the works of one of NZ's most radical & influential historians, Dick Scott - author of 'The Story of Parihaka' & refuter of the 'high-polite style of history'. Now available online & free: https://t.co/9ONWHjA1J9

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Mohan Dutta from CARE (Massey) & Sue Bradford engage in a critical dialogue about community organising & some of the tensions that can arise between communities, activists & academics - & creative ways forward. @mjdutt @suebr Now available free online at https://t.co/N9xnGm4Fvz

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'Hard to Centre' - editorial from our latest issue now up online: Sue Bradford & Jack Foster with post-election analysis as we face three years of an all-powerful Labour govt. What chance progress towards truly transformational change? What is to be done? https://t.co/F4zs8cLY1Y

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Fascinating introduction to @jade_kake's ideas around 'Rebuilding the kāinga': integrated housing, cultural & communal facilities, sustainable use of whenau, awa & moana, sustainable economic activities .. now online here from our most recent issue https://t.co/0Kqr9HBth1

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Can we imagine the end of the housing crisis & a different way of living together? Vanessa Cole makes a cogent & highly topical case for 'universal state housing' in this article, now up online from our latest issue. https://t.co/KEUgUYwVJD

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Class struggle underpins the politics of housing ... a radical rethink needed now as we stand on the brink of both the election & recession. Editorial by Dylan Taylor, Sue Bradford & Jack Foster 'The right to housing' - online today, from our latest issue. https://t.co/M35AabFywT

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Deliberative democracy - what gives? Debate rages in review & counterreview: @MaxRashbrooke responds to @ParkerDavid1962's review of Max's 'Govt for the public good'. Btw, all our past issues are now up online, free. https://t.co/XSEVX1Tpr5 https://t.co/IBgRXofVnX

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'Watch them closely: Auckland's inner-city monuments' - poet Murray Edmond's insightful 'mediation' is now up online - highly topical contribution to current debates aimed at altering 'the wave-length of the light in which the city is bathed.' https://t.co/EYbphZIQCs

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In our latest issue Danielle Webb's article redrawing Erik Olin Wright's socialist compass to make a case for Māori socialism is now up online - highly topical reading. https://t.co/MJU64l5I9N

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Reflecting on how we on the left might feel about all these NZers coming home as a result of covid: fun article out today from a thoughtful @Murdoch_NZ - well worth a read. https://t.co/DLcjJ6kdZq

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Hey folks - here's a special lockdown reading feast from us: 2 up-to-the-moment pieces on the covid crisis from Tim Corballis & Warwick Tie, & 3 articles freshly up on line from Catherine Healy, Murdoch Stevens & David Parker reviewing Max Rashbrooke. https://t.co/LIl1SVVW1q

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Exploring populism from a radical left perspective is one of the hot issues of our time. Chamsy El-Ojeili's review of Marco Revelli's 'The new populism' is now up online & makes for a topical read. https://t.co/ss78GqEd3G

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Fascinating & highly relevant article from our latest issue - 'Primitive accumulation & the NZ dairy industry 1814-2018' by Matthew Wynyard - now available online https://t.co/ss78GqEd3G

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A daring & fascinating article by @colincremin in our most recent issue has just gone up online - examines 'feminine praxis' - the wearing of skirts & dresses - as a practice towards ending masculine domination. https://t.co/d79fqawRpI

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Looking for a stimulating Xmas read? Counterfutures 8 is out now with articles ranging from left takes on the dairy industry & the role of femininity in class struggle through to a history of the Prostitutes Collective. From a bookshop or subscribe online https://t.co/DM3w0l3rMc