The need for a Left Wing Hui before the election
I’ve been calling for the Progressive NZ Left to assemble before the election to put together a policy platform that we need to present to Labour and pressure for implementation.
Year: 2020
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The new Oranga Tamariki report highlights the horror of neoliberal welfare as social policy.
This isn’t social policy, it’s a grim dystopian satire.
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Fortress Aotearoa: What changes economically after the NZ pandemic?
There is a live streamed event occurring in July in Wellington bringing together the smartest voices on the Left to debate where NZ needs to go next.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – On NZ First’s new distance from Labour
As we slouch towards the election I note that NZ First are trying to distance themselves from Labour with Winston Peters reminding us that Labour governs at his party’s pleasure.
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MEDIA WATCH: Andrea Vance’s obituary to James Shaw is tender but misses the point
At no point does Vance seek to ask why the Greens are performing so badly and based on the answers Shaw gives in this interview, I don’t think Shaw knows why either.
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Political Caption Competition
If the Christian right in NZ were a colour, it would be ‘Cross Burning’
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday – 8th June 2020
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Sooooo, war with China? Discuss…
The tensions between China and America are now reaching a boiling point and at some stage NZ is going to have to choose.
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Toxic US politics, a brutal killing and the messengers become the target
Amid the chaos [of two weeks of #BlackLivesMatter protests in the US calling for justice for George Floyd] the savage treatment being meted out to the messengers was also unprecedented, with many media freedom watchdogs and news organisations condemning the attacks on reporters.
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TWITTER WATCH: Now they have Hooton, isn’t it time for National Party Stormtrooper Hamish Price to be banned from Twitter and the Party?
Isn’t it time for National Party Stormtrooper Hamish Price to be removed from Twitter and the Party? Here’s his attempt…