The Daily Blog Open Mic Saturday 31st October 2015

1. Lost generation in Britain…Is NZ following under Jonkey Nact?

   ‘Young Britons face worst economic prospects in generations, human rights study finds’

   https://www.rt.com/uk/320148-youth-lost-generation-inequality/

   …”In a statement, Trade Union Congress (TUC) General Secretary Frances O’Grady said the government needs to tackle low-pay, housing costs and youth employment.

   “This report should be wake-up call to ministers. Hiking up university and college fees and excluding young people from the new higher minimum wage rate is not the way to build a fair and prosperous Britain. It is the blueprint for a lost generation,” she said.

   “Without better employment and training opportunities many young people will continue to be shut out of the recovery.”

   Questions:

   * What are the NZ Left’s policies for youth?

   * When are NZ youth going to start voting in block?

   * Question of the effectiveness of political and civics education taught to first and second and third year high school students, especially those most disadvantaged in NZ society…Maori and Pacifica youth

   ( http://thewireless.co.nz/themes/knowledge/the-state-of-civics-education

   …”we need to work to engage those who are disengaged, rather than waiting for them to engage in the existing model…civic disadvantage mirrors, in many ways, wider advantage and disadvantage – a disparity in experience that we’re not seeing a political will to address in a meaningful way. Until that wider disadvantage is addressed, we can expect our democracy to continue in its steady decay”…)

   *…Why arent NZ students ENROLLED to vote at high school?

   ( we are very keen to immunise them for everything at the behest of Big Pharma corporates. This jonkey nact government is also keen to send them off to war in the Middle East at the behest of the USA)

   *..When are NZ youth going to realise that their future is in their own hands ….and they themselves must organise and fight for free tertiary education, quality free state education, available and affordable housing for NZers, apprenticeships , internships, liveable wages… stop moaning about the baby boomers and get educated about neoliberalism …get ACTIVE , take to the streets in protest

   ( like the French students did in 1968…”Forty years after May-June, socialist commentator and 1968 participant Tariq Ali pointed out that the government which came after De Gaulle and Pompidou actually made a lot of concessions in terms of wages, working conditions and the conditions inside universities. So, in order to prevent revolution, it acceded to a number of the workers’ and students’ demands. He pointed out that the 1968 movement won the French working class a relatively high standard of living, and a number of the large movements have developed in response to attacks on those rights. http://links.org.au/node/491)

   * where is the NZ Labour Party on policies for youth ?…and other parties on the Left? It should be a priority . This is NZ’s future and our children’s future

2. stephen colbert on republican debate..(funny..!..) + op-ed..(i weave paul henry into this..)

   http://www.whoar.co.nz/2015/douchebag-says-what-stephen-colbert-unloads-on-cnbc-gop-crybabies-op-ed/

3. Petition to Human Rights Commission re Cameron Slater’s latest hateful outburst, urging to “kill Muslims before they kill us”!

   Sickening. The man needs to be stopped in his tracks!

   I signed it today.

   http://www.actionstation.org.nz/stand_up_to_bullies_and_racial_hatred_share

4. Epidemic of Crime: White Collar Bankster Financial Fraud!…How to prosecute a “protected species” (…and is this why investigative journalists have such trouble?)

   and

   Overseas ownership of housing used to launder crime money…this is happening in London, but it could be happening to a place near you!

   https://www.rt.com/shows/keiser-report/320022-episode-max-keiser-829/

   “Every week Max Keiser looks at all the scandals behind the financial news headlines.

   In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss the financial sector ‘black material’, where all light is absorbed so that all manner of fraud escapes basic understanding. In the second half, Max interviews former fraud squad detective, Rowan Bosworth-Davies, about the money laundering business in London.”

5. Chooky its the same all over the world ,criminals protected ,money laundered, and the money protects the money .
   John Key has all the praise for the All Blacks but is ruining the country that made them successful,shame on him.
   Just remember money dosnt give respect,they might own the money but the resources belong the country New Zealand,we will never give in and never give up,NZ is for all the people not the 1%

6. It looked like John Key got short shrift in the all blacks dressing room after the match,he shook Richie Mc Caw’s hand then Richie excused himself to go back to the rest of All Blacks,Key looked quite discomforted,poor soul.

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