Tell Ben & Jerry’s: Stop Doing Business in Settlements
Today is ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day, and our member group Vermonters for Justice in Palestine…
Author: The Daily Blog
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – Housing crisis not helped by smug speculators
We need Government that uses its powers to rebalance the extremes of free market capitalism, and we need politicians who aren’t frightened to say words like free market capitalism.
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Letter to the editor – Bill English dives head first into the cover-up cess-pool
What did English expect, a full admission of wrong-doing by New Zealand forces in Tirgiran Valley? A written, signed confession?
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 5th April 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Medical Cannabis Rally & March today 1pm
‘We are marching to show Bill Engish that we do not condone his callous and inhumane attitude towards patients. We demand an immediate moratorium on prosecuting patients and supporters until this fiasco is resolved.”
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Not Worth The Effort: Decoding Bill English’s Response to “Operation Burnham”
What are we to draw from his willingness to turn his face from the inhabitants of the Tirgiran Valley who have spoken so movingly of the terror, pain and loss they experienced at the hands of SAS troopers and US helicopter gunships acting in our name? Doesn’t he want to make certain that New Zealand does not have blood on its hands? And if there are SAS personnel out there with grave misgivings about the orders they were obliged to follow on the night of 22 August 2010 – doesn’t he want them to be heard? Or are a handful of weather-beaten Afghan peasants, and their brats, not worth the effort?
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Political Caption Competition
What’s the bet Labour just rehashes this neoliberal bullshit every time they gain Government after this?
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Tuesday 4th April 2017
5: Trump Meets Egypt’s el-Sisi, Amid Wave of Repression, Jailings & Extrajudicial Killings in Egypt
4: St. Petersburg Subway Explosion Kills at Least Nine
3: Donald Trump says US is ‘very much behind’ Egypt’s Sisi
2: Brexit Off to Rocky Start With Rumors of War Over Gibraltar
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 4th April 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Hit and Run author responds to deeply disappointing Bill English decision on SAS raid
“In the past two weeks since Hit and Run was published there have been calls for an independent inquiry from New Zealanders from all sides on the political spectrum. It is disappointing and concerning that Bill English has refused.”