Breaking the billionaires’ grip on our economy and our lives
Our lives have been hijacked by billionaires.
They cream off the wealth we create and leave us and our families struggling.
Most of us work longer hours for poor pay in insecure jobs. We have less money, less choices and face lives of increasing struggle. Most of our children will never own a home and face bleaker life chances than us today.
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Dear Students of Auckland University – here is how you get your libraries (and power) back
If students want to keep their libraries and reject the hollowness of neoliberal culture myths, they must fight to bring back Universal Student Membership.
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The Daily Blog April contribution drive
We have a huge media project TDB are about to launch in the next couple of months which will be the biggest thing we’ve ever attempted, but we are still needing to get to that point and fighting the Police takes up time and energy.
If you are in a position to contribute – please do so here.
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Banning the benefit for a Tinder date?!? This is why we still can’t trust Labour, the Greens & NZ First
There is a belief amongst some on the Left that our comrades inside the Government are so over whelmed by the enormity of the job and are being so expertly manipulated by the Public Services that there will be only shallow promises an no real policy change.
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After character assassinating Clarke with an e – is the NZ Herald now just a blog with Trolls?
The Herald have had the audacity to pick up on their own columnists smear job on Clarke with an unnamed ‘story’ covering the outrage they created.
Clickbait using clickbait.
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By suing Wikileaks the DNC has shown how desperate they are to blame everyone but themselves
Opponents of Trump like to point to the Russian interference in the election to explain Trump winning, but I think blaming Russia for ‘hacking’ the US Election is deeply counter productive.
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The Kiwi Connection In Palestine
By Chris Trotter
I DON’T KNOW which is more embarrassing: to have a lawyer called Trotter defending a woman who prostituted her own daughter; or a PhD history candidate called Trotter “Exploring the Kiwi connection as Israel turns 70”.
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Syria: the mendacities of the mainstream media (part tahi)
By Frank Macskasy
“The first casualty when war comes is truth…”
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Western Economic and Military Groupthink on Parade This Week
By Christine Rose
So while leaders from European superpowers, Five Eyes nations and the Commonwealth parade, in self-congratulatory back slapping and hand shaking in front of the cameras, they engage in lock step and group think, marching as one over firing missiles at Syria that are actually aimed at Russia, in a real battle for supremacy of the ‘There is No Alternative’ approach to economic management, monetary policy, growth, trade and the neo-liberal agenda.
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Bees, guns and cults: recent happenings in education
By Dr Liz Gordon
I see the point of pupils knowing how to react if something happens. In most cases, actually, the ‘drop, cover, hold’ rules of earthquake reaction is the best response. What I don’t see is why a security agency should be employed, unless schools in New Zealand are thinking that they are about to get targeted by a mad gunmen.
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Dear NZ, we are so racist we don’t know how racist we are
Regardless of whether or not the bias is intentional, if the system is providing favouritism, that isn’t fair, and as citizens in a progressive democracy we should all want for everyone to share the harvest with agency, acceptance and inclusion.
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The Kiwi Connection In Palestine
I DON’T KNOW which is more embarrassing: to have a lawyer called Trotter defending a woman who prostituted her own daughter; or a PhD history candidate called Trotter “Exploring the Kiwi connection as Israel turns 70”.
Read More →Breaking the billionaires’ grip on our economy and our lives
Our lives have been hijacked by billionaires.
They cream off the wealth we create and leave us and our families struggling.
Most of us work longer hours for poor pay in insecure jobs. We have less money, less choices and face lives of increasing struggle. Most of our children will never own a home and face bleaker life chances than us today.
Read More →Syria: the mendacities of the mainstream media (part tahi)
“The first casualty when war comes is truth…”
Read More →Dr Liz Gordon: Bees, guns and cults: recent happenings in education
I see the point of pupils knowing how to react if something happens. In most cases, actually, the ‘drop, cover, hold’ rules of earthquake reaction is the best response. What I don’t see is why a security agency should be employed, unless schools in New Zealand are thinking that they are about to get targeted by a mad gunmen.
Read More →Western Economic and Military Groupthink on Parade This Week
So while leaders from European superpowers, Five Eyes nations and the Commonwealth parade, in self-congratulatory back slapping and hand shaking in front of the cameras, they engage in lock step and group think, marching as one over firing missiles at Syria that are actually aimed at Russia, in a real battle for supremacy of the ‘There is No Alternative’ approach to economic management, monetary policy, growth, trade and the neo-liberal agenda.
Read More →Proportionality and international law
Decades of alien military dictatorship, annexation and racist, colonial settlement have rendered impossible the Palestinian people’s right to lead a normal, decent life. The malevolence is undeniable even though world leaders and the mainstream news media prefer to look away.
Read More →MUST READ: Letting In The Light
The position of Jacinda’s government is not made any easier by elements within the news media who act as if the Right’s suspicion and resentment is, in some unexplained way, justified. In spite of the fact that the Labour-NZF-Green government has been in office barely six months, and ignoring the almost daily revelations of the previous government’s extraordinary derelictions and mismanagement, they lash Jacinda’s ministers as if they alone are responsible for the fact that the country’s infrastructure is, quite literally, rotting away.
Read More →Wage theft at Maccas – $1 million a year in lieu days or public holiday pay
It has been over three years since we first wrote to the company questioning how they calculated annual leave and asking them to fix it. At first, they simply ignored or rejected our arguments out of hand. We then applied for an Employment Relations Authority hearing on the issue.
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Banning the benefit for a Tinder date?!? This is why we still can’t trust Labour, the Greens & NZ First
There is a belief amongst some on the Left that our comrades inside the Government are so over whelmed by the enormity of the job and are being so expertly manipulated by the Public Services that there will be only shallow promises an no real policy change.
Read More →Dear Students of Auckland University – here is how you get your libraries (and power) back
If students want to keep their libraries and reject the hollowness of neoliberal culture myths, they must fight to bring back Universal Student Membership.
Read More →By suing Wikileaks. the DNC has shown how desperate they are to blame everyone but themselves
Opponents of Trump like to point to the Russian interference in the election to explain Trump winning, but I think blaming Russia for ‘hacking’ the US Election is deeply counter productive.
Read More →National attack Labour for launching 75 inquiries and end up shooting themselves in the foot
I haven’t seen self mutilation this bad since Passion of the Christ.
Read More →Look at this picture – the National Party said this could never happen
Remember that above image when the National Party insist things can’t be done.
Read More →Another report that clearly states how damaging farming is for our environment has been released, is it time to end big Dairy in NZ?
Economically it makes no sense to continue investing in big Dairy when synthetic milk and meat are on the horizon.
Read More →EQC blowout, Middlemoore Hospital rot & another National Party housing project collapse
How can the National Party destroy the country over 9 years, get exposed after they leave power and yet still have 44% of NZ supporting them?
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The Ben Bohane photo that Facebook censored on an article about Indonesia
The original version of this photo, of West Papuan nambas (traditional penis gourds), which was published in the weekend edition of the family newspaper Vanuatu Daily Post and then by Asia Pacific Report, was deemed to have breached Facebook’s “community standards”. The photo was by award-winning photojournalist Ben Bohane, who lives in Vanuatu and whose work was published recently in the PMC book Conflict, Culture and Conscience.
Read More →After character assassinating Clarke with an e – is the NZ Herald now just a blog with Trolls?
The Herald have had the audacity to pick up on their own columnists smear job on Clarke with an unnamed ‘story’ covering the outrage they created.
Clickbait using clickbait.
Read More →Even for Deborah Hill Cone, this is petty & spiteful
I’ve grown to like Deborah Hill Cone. The neurotic insightfulness of privilege after two bottles of white wine on a Wednesday in Devonport mixed with prescription drugs never sounded so self assured.
There are times she soars with enlightenment, cheers with genuine humour and preaches with conviction.
This hate column attacking Clarke Gayford however, sure as fuck isn’t one of them.
Read More →It’s fair to compare Heather du Plessis-Allan to Ann Coulter
It’s fair to compare Jacinda to Trump in that they are part of the same species, breath oxygen and both have two legs and two arms.
The similarities end there.
Read More →Poisoned spies, diplomatic mocking and hate speech: Tova O’Brien doesn’t like Jacinda much does she?
Tova is of course free to take the lines of inquiry she wants, she is the Political Editor of a main News Network, it is utterly her prerogative, but the results seem to be cheap headline gotcha’s rather than meaningful comment.
Read More →The vomit inducing Lotto advert
Isn’t that just so Kiwi? Cheap, underfunded and requiring a vice tax for social good
Read More →As they whine they weren’t consulted – never forget that NZ Oil & Gas voted to give nothing to Pike River families
Rachel Stewart has once again proven why she is this country’s best columnist (it is so weird that she wasn’t included in this years media awards yet an over rated mummy blogger and Ben Mack eye-rollingly were) with this damning indictment on the NZ oil Industry…
Read More →Can someone please read the Bible to Duncan Garner and Israel Folau?
To be honest, I don’t think Israel understands the Bible he’s standing up for any more than Duncan does.
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GUEST BLOG: Andrew Courtney – Winners and Loser: The New Zealand Tax System
There has been the constant spectre of the Tax Working Group hanging over us, and over the weekend, the appointment of Marama Davidson as Co-leader of the Greens gave rise to the discussion of new and higher taxes, including higher income tax, for which she is a supporter.
Read More →Blue Light Vapes Specials – COME VAPING WITH US
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Read More →GUEST BLOG: Darien Fenton – It’s going to ruin us
There’s the predictable wailing and gnashing of teeth from Business about the government’s Employment Relations Amendment Bill. That, along with the increase in minimum wage, according to them, is going to ruin us.
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Mike Lee – The March of Folly continues – Labour and the Greens fall into lock-step – the airport rail debacle
Auckland International Airport is of critical economic importance to Auckland and to New Zealand – it is the premier gateway to the country. Despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent on road construction in recent years, congestion on the route to the city is already near where it was 10 years ago, chronic at peak times, periodically at grid-lock. With airport passenger movements currently 19 million per year and predicted to increase to 40 million 2040, this chronic congestion can only become worse – with dire consequences.
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Hone Harawaira discussing Nelson Mandela’s funeral
Hone Harawaira discussing Nelson Mandela’s funeral
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Hone Harawira – My tribute to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
I’ve seen some nasty stuff written about WINNIE MANDELA since she died, mostly by armchair critics, facebook warriors, academic wankers and intellectual pygmies – you know the ones, happy to criticise the failings of others but too gutless to do anything themselves.
Read More →EXCLUSIVE: Sexism and bullying inside the NZ Miss World pageant #metoonz
In 2017, Hadley Grace Robinson-Lewis was a contestant in the NZ Miss World pageant. Her experience of misogyny and bullying in the wake of #MeToo has made her step forward to highlight the unacceptable culture inside Miss World New-Zealand
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – Our ‘third world medical infrastructure in a first world country’
Is the National Party writing the news these days?
Everywhere I look I see nasty right wing hit job after nasty right wing hit job aimed at the small missteps made by our new Government get inflated into enormous mountains while real issues that impact the people who voted for us are minimised.
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Christchurch-based political society to host public lecture on eve of ANZAC day
WHAT: Public Lecture on Peace activists and ANZAC Day
WHERE: Christchurch
WHEN: Tuesday 24th
The Liberal Agenda – Royal Commission calls for public submissions on draft Terms
Cyber Activism
Read More →Movie Review: Peter Rabbit 5 stars: Animal House meets Monty Python meets Love Actually
It’s Easter, that means taking my 8 year old daughter to her Easter Movie.
Read More →The Liberal Agenda – Have your say on changes to the Psychoactive Substances Act
Cyber Activism
Read More →The Liberal Agenda – Lorde help us! Palestine, Politics, Performance and the BDS!
WHAT: Palestine Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
WHERE: Auckland University – Science Building MLT 1/303-G23
WHEN: 7pm, Wednesday 21st
Read More →WE just signed this petition — “Save Christchurch’s water, stop the water bottle exports”
This campaign means a lot to me and the more support we can get behind it, the better chance we have of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition here:
Read More →The Liberal Agenda – ‘MARCH FOR MĀUI’ THIS SUNDAY HIGHLIGHTS GOVERNMENT FAILURE
WHAT: March for Māui’ and Hector’s dolphins
WHEN: Sunday 18th March
WHERE: Silo Park, Auckland
Read More →The Daily Gallery View All →
Political Caption Competition
Ummmm, didn’t the National Party set up 73 working groups in their first 6 months of Government you sanctimonious dickheads?
Read More →The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 24th April 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Political Caption Competition
The Right wing are mocking Jacinda for virtue signalling with her Māori cloak. Remember when Prime Ministers virtue signalled before Jacinda?
Read More →The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 23rd April 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Read More →Political Caption Competition
Has Farrar, Hosking or the AM Show claimed Clarke kneeling with the CHOGM spouses is a symbol of the emasculation and gelding of NZ males yet? Or do we have to wait till Monday for that?
Read More →The Daily Blog Open Mic – Sunday 22nd April 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Read More →Raw News feed View All →
Media Statement: Apology to Hon. Steven Joyce – Matthew Hooton
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APOLOGY TO HON. STEVEN JOYCE On 2 March 2018 a column I wrote was published in the print edition of the NBR and on the NBR’s website. It was titled: “Joyce sacking first test of Bridges’ leadership”. This article could reasonably be understood to suggest that the Hon. Steven Joyce had engaged in unethical, dishonest and/or corrupt […]
Read More →Economist Jeffrey Sachs Warns of Fraying Societies – Closing The Gap
According to renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs, the unravelling taking place in the United States shows why economic inequality is socially and morally unsustainable, a lesson the income equality group Closing the Gap believes New Zealand must urgently heed. Speaking on Radio New Zealand on Saturday, Professor Sachs said the United States was living through an […]
Read More →Over 10,000 sign against mega egg farm in Waikato – Direct Animal Action
A petition to Waikato District Council demanding they decline a proposed mega egg farm has reached over 10,000 signatures. New Zealand’s biggest egg producer, Mainland Poultry, want to build a massive industrial chicken egg laying farm at 64 Old Road, Orini, Waikato. The proposed mega farm would confine 400,000 egg laying hens to a new […]
Read More →NZ preventive detention violates human rights: UN experts
New Zealand violated its obligations under the International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights by keeping two men convicted of rape in exceptionally lengthy preventive detention after they had served their sentences, the UN Human Rights Committee found. New Zealand must immediately reconsider the continued detention of the men, and take steps to facilitate their […]
Read More →BAS’ Vision for Beneficiaries – Beneficiary Advisory Service
BAS’ Vision for Beneficiaries (part 1): Attitudes We have been noticing positive change recently in society’s attitude towards beneficiaries. This more positive view of the previously maligned group will lead to some much-needed changes in the benefit system. Things will only improve for beneficiaries with better laws, which, in turn, will only happen if they […]
Read More →Urgent action needed after report’s sobering wake up call – Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game has called for urgent government action on what it describes as a “sobering” official report showing wetlands, forests and waterways are coming under increasing pressure from unsustainable development. The Our Land Report 2018 has been jointly prepared by the Ministry for the Environment and Statistics New Zealand. The report says New Zealand […]
Read More →Wake up call on NZ land use – Greenpeace
The Ministry for the Environment has released Our Land 2018 which reveals that the large scale conversion and intensification of dairying is a key driver of environmental degradation. “This report should be a serious wake-up call,” says Greenpeace sustainable agriculture campaigner, Gen Toop. “There are too many cows. We urgently need to diversify and transition […]
Read More →NZNO members now vote whether or not to strike
The majority of NZNO DHB members, who are party to the DHB Nurses and Midwifery MECA, receive their strike ballot paper by post and email from Monday 23 April to vote on proposed strike action. The action will occur if the MECA impasse is not resolved through the Independent Panel Process. Industrial Services Manager Cee […]
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