Political Caption Competition
A new bedtime story book for right wing children
Year: 2017
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Saturday 22nd April 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Live stream of KFC, Pizza Hut, Carls Jr and Starbucks workers to strike 12pm today then Cannabis reform protest at 1pm
TDB will live stream the worker strike Auckland: KFC Balmoral, 511 Dominion Rd, at 12pm and then live stream the Cannabis protest at 1pm here live from our Twitter feed on the front page.
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“Better late than never, Jim!” – Bolger on the State of the Unions
JIM BOLGER’S IMPLIED CRITICISM of his own government’s assault on organised labour is astonishing. The Employment Contracts Act 1991 ranks as one of the most extreme examples of anti-union legislation in post-war history. Certainly, the equivalent statutes enacted in the USA, the UK, Canada and Australia pale in comparison. From the legislation introduced by Jim Bolger’s close friend and ally, Bill Birch, even the word “union” was excluded.
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Novel art trail and auction for asylum seekers
Today (April 22) marks the beginning of a novel online art auction to raise funds for the Asylum Seekers Support Trust, which runs an Auckland hostel for asylum seekers.
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Anti-immigration rhetoric blames the victim not the system
Instead of standing of the side of the cultural and capitalist oppressor and adopting its discourse of exclusion and the antagonism of difference, thinking workers of New Zealand, and elsewhere, should show solidarity with other workers and stand for better standards of living and workplace rights. Don’t blame the victim when the system itself is the problem.
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The real reason 5 Eyes are meeting in Queenstown
The truth is that the 5 Eyes spooks meet in NZ quite regularly and the surprise by the corporate media is more due to the lack of institutional knowledge now inside these news organisations.
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MUST READ: Migrant labour sytem is broken and needs radical change not tinkering
The recent government changes to how approvals are managed for permanent residents will do nothing to alter the system of exploitation of tens of thousands of workers here on temporary work visas.
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MSD responds to threats in Tauranga WINZ
The MSD have responded to TDBs question posed yesterday…
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Here’s how we can stop the kiwi pipeline – Action Station
Just imagine this 10-metre billboard truck parked outside Maggie Barry’s office next week. Chip in here to make it happen….