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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Wednesday 10th May 2017
5: The Most Toxic Nuclear Facility in the US Is in Lockdown
4: Trump’s FCC Chair Declares New War on Net Neutrality After 10-Year Battle for Free & Open Internet
3: US considers ‘boosting troop presence’ in Afghanistan
2: PUERTO RICO’S $123 BILLION BANKRUPTCY IS THE COST OF U.S. COLONIALISM
1: Net neutrality: why the next 10 days are so important in the fight for fair internet -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 10th May 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Forest & Bird calls for agency overhaul on eve of threatened species summit
On the eve of a government Threatened Species Summit, Forest & Bird is calling for an overhaul of key government…
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NZ civil society team heads to UN for nuclear weapons ban negotiations – New Zealand Peace Foundation
Four New Zealanders representing civil society will be at the United Nations in New York next month, to help negotiate…
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Call for UN Nation States to be Earth trustees – University of Auckland
An environmental law expert and academic from the University of Auckland is calling for the United Nations to adopt the…
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Non-religious group renews call for repeal of NZ’s outdated blasphemy law – Humanist Society
The Humanist Society today renewed calls to repeal New Zealand’s outdated blasphemy law. The group cites the blasphemy investigation by…
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Best Twitter Burn of the day – Andrea Vance vs Jordan Williams
Best Twitter Burn of the day – Andrea Vance vs Jordan Williams
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Yes We CAN? Labour launches its Community Action Network
PEOPLE ON THE LEFT bang on and on about “community”. It’s a nice safe word that allows Labour centrists to express ideas that are vaguely collective in nature, but without resorting to that awful, unspeakable word – class. That said, it is difficult to drive into an ageing state-house suburb like Otara, in Auckland, without the word “community” popping into your head.
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GUEST BLOG: Robin Westenra – The death of pure water in Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt, and especially Petone, has had some of the purest aquifer water anywhere in the world and people came from many miles around to fill their bottles at a communal tap. All that has disappeared, in an instant, as it were, and it doesn’t look as if we are ever going to get our pure water supply back. Clearly there are a lot of angry and upset people who are no longer able to access pure water, free of chemicals, for their families.