Foreign Minister called to act on arrests of peaceful demonstrators across Indonesia – West Papua Action Auckland
On 1 December peaceful demonstrations for West Papua’s freedom in many centres were met with a harsh crackdown by Indonesian…
Year: 2018
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Open letter to PM calls for addiction treatment funding boost – NZ Drug Foundation
Gaps in access to addiction treatment have prompted 30 organisations to issue an open letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern….
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MUST READ: New Zealand’s economy depends on Chinese mothers NOT breastfeeding their babies
How did it come to this?
New Zealand’s economy now depends on more Chinese mothers NOT breastfeeding their babies.
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – Prison Mail, Prison Van Ride Hell & Update of my censorship
Arthur Taylor is TDBs Prisoner Rights Blogger currently inside prison.
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – 540 000 Community Card Holders is a good start
I believe politics should be about making life easier for people, not more difficult. This Government is focused on achieving that and announcing Doctor’s visits will be $20-$30 cheaper for half a million of us, as well as extending free GP visits to under 14 year olds, is a step in that direction.
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GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – Toxic Trio, All Mates … Cartoon by Latuff
This ‘toxic trio’ cartoon, my labelling, should warn us about what a dangerous time we live in. The US, Israeli and Saudi regimes are close allies. This relationship began long before Trump. It’s not just those 3. The cartoon should refer to Brazil under its new president Bolsonaro. It should refer to the UK , a major exporter of weapons to Saudi Arabia.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 3rd December 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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GUEST BLOG: Barry Sheppard – Reflections on the Midterm Elections in the United States
In looking at elections in the United States, deeper trends in the population are difficult to discern, given that the choices are between two capitalist parties, both staunch defenders of capitalist rule and U.S. imperialism.
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West Papuan ‘independence day’ – nationalist militia attack rally in Surabaya
Police later raided Papuan student dormitories in the evening and detained 233 students in a day of human rights violations as Indonesian authorities cracked down on demonstrations marking December 1 – “independence day”, according to protesters.
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TVNZ POLL: Bad Christmas present for Jacinda, Greens slide into irrelevance & Judith will burn Bridges – it’s a shocker on the rocker!
…the horror take away is that despite all the madness inside National, New Zealanders still adore the National Party!
Despite China buying 2 MPs, despite the allegations of corruption, despite the internal meltdown, Kiwis desperately worship at the feet of the banal and the malicious in the hope their speculative property portfolios can soar in 2020.