The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 6th November 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
This is the time for action. It is time to hold the new government to account through every avenue you have available.
Wouldn’t Helen Clark be a far greater ambassador to the US to protect NZs interests than Groser?
I’ve said it many times, this Government will be far more radical than the corporate mainstream media pundits are claiming. Having spoken to some of those who were part of the behind the scenes negotiations, I believe this Government is deadly serious about reforming and changing Capitalism in this country.
The new Government must demand far greater checks and balances over this because we can all clearly see where naming these activists as a threat is leading us to, an excuse to start mass surveillance against anyone these paranoid clowns perceive as a threat.
A Labour led Coalition with the Greens and NZF is a better option to yet another NACT regime, but only because it has promised to roll back marginally some of NACTs reactionary policies. If it succeeds in forming a stable government and delivering on some of these promises, this will generate even more hysteria on the right.
The TPPA is a brilliant stealth attack by the tech industry, often symbolised by the acronym GAFA (Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple). In recent years, they have massively increased their lobbying presence in the US. This year Google is the top corporate spender on lobbying in the US, dishing out US$6 million in just three months.
…let’s put aside the way the mainstream media have framed this as the creation of the greatest and most powerful opposition in history, the mocking of the fact that ‘Crusher’ Collins only crushed 3 cars misses the real point…
What Bill is threatening is to just run malicious interference for the next 3 years to slow down any way for the new Government to pass its agenda.
Moving to a taxed and regulated cannabis market would create jobs, tax revenue and a huge drop in prison and policing costs.