The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 17th July 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Author: The Daily Blog
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Addressing inequality the greatest test of governments – New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Key announcements from Labour and the Green Party in the last week deliver the foundations of a strong alternative government…
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Green Party welfare policy a welcome surprise – Auckland Action Against Poverty
AAAP welcomes the release of the Green Party’s welfare policy. This acknowledges that benefit rates must increase and the punitive…
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Green infrastructure plan welcome – New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Having a more assertive plan to address climate change should be coupled with initiatives to create opportunities for decent work…
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NZF Rail Link Bottom Line Welcome News For Northland Economic Development
This morning announcement on The Nation by New Zealand First leader Winston Peters that a rail link to Northport, near…
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G20 meeting highlights the crisis of capitalism
The self-selected ‘cabal’ of ‘Caesars’ meeting at the G20 represented 85% of the world’s GDP, had limited political mandate to make decisions, and excluded most of the ‘Global South’. They embodied the world’s richest elites making decisions affecting the world’s poorest, behind closed doors.
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The left and the elections – don’t mourn, organise
As the election gets closer, everyone has an opinion on what needs to be done for their party to be successful.
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Drinking river water – Tourism NZ puts visitors at risk
The current Minister of Tourism is Paula Bennett. The same Minister who once advocated contraception for beneficiaries as some kind of ‘cure’ for sole-parenting. A major aspect of Tourism NZ’s advertising campaign involves the “100% Pure” theme – a claim largely ridiculed and dismissed by most New Zealanders as a bad-taste joke;
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NZ Initiative – Bulk Funding Schools
On 6 July, the “NZ Initiative” – a re-branded right-wing think-tank previously known as the NZ Business Roundtable – released a propaganda-piece entitled, ‘Amplifying Excellence: Promoting Transparency, Professionalism and Support in Schools’. The so-called “report” advocated more sly “free market” forces unleashed onto our constantly-changing education system.
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Political Caption Competition
ACT Party election poster 2017