The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 19th October 2016
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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Community opposition to the November visit of US Warship USS Sampson is growing fast.
“There will be an on water flotilla to oppose the visit of the US warship and any other navies that…
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Minister Collins committed to building more crime – Just Speak
In the words of our Minister of Finance, Bill English, prison is a moral and fiscal failure. Five years later…
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Poll: 79% of Kiwis want PM John Key to speak out on abuses in Australian offshore detention – Amnesty International
Today Amnesty International has released new research conducted by UMR on the attitudes of New Zealanders towards the human rights…
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It’s Our Children’s Future Hikoi, Day 3
After months of organising, the Its Our Children’s Future Hikoi happily got underway on Saturday October 15th. “Our enthusiasm and…
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Open reply to Murray McCully – Palestine Human Rights Campaign NZ
Dear Mr McCully, Thank you for your reply of 16 October to our emails concerning the Women’s Boat to Gaza….
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – the most important constitutional law hearing to be held in over 25 years
Next week – 26 & 27 October, a Full Bench of 5 judges of the Court of Appeal will hear the Crown’s appeal against Justice Heath’s Decision on 24 July 2015 to grant a Declaration of Inconsistency on the Act of Parliament which bans prisoner voting. Top silk Victoria Casey QC represents the Speaker.
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GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – Who Were Those Women?
Poor Israel! A fearsome warship (well, small sailing boat really) was approaching her shores (well, the shores of Palestine under international law really). On board were dangerous terrorists armed to the teeth with all sorts of dangerous weapons.
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Australia’s regime of cruelty has turned Nauru into an open-air prison – Amnesty International
The horrific conditions that refugees and asylum seekers are forced to endure by the Australian Government inside Australia’s now notorious…
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Emotional Literacy
I was the first one in my family to be waylaid by a mental health speed wobble. Oh LaQuisha, she’s so crazy. But as the decades ticked over, the others started to fall too. This is when I realized I was the canary. The illness was in the family all along, it was just that I was that much closer to the psychic metal than the rest of them.