Political Caption Competition
Your two candidates for President are darkling shadow beings of self interest from another dimension
Author: The Daily Blog
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The Corporate Plutocracy and Mega Oligopolies are still plotting TPPA
Politically, the champions of neoliberal globalisation are under siege, not always in ways we would welcome. This is evident in the US presidential contest, the vote for Brexit and the re-election of Jeremy Corban as Labour leader, but also in the rise of racism and fascism in other parts of Europe, including in the imminent Austrian re-election, and the support for Donald Trump.
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Wednesday 28th September 2016
5: Syrian troops launch major ground assault for Aleppo
4: Beyond Sniffles and Sexism, What the Hell Was the Debate About?
3: Greenland’s receding icecap to expose top-secret US nuclear project
2: Loneliness Survey Finds Australians Are Very, Very Lonely
1: Outside First Presidential Debate, 24 Arrested at Protests & Jill Stein Escorted Away by Police -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 28th September 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Tasers Deployed at a Peaceful Protest by International Students
The international Indian students facing unfair deportations in New Zealand continue their fight for justice as they protest for the…
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AUSA statement on candidate fight
AUSA regrets the incident that occurred at the end of the Anti-Debate.
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Social Security Legislation Rewrite Bill – Carmel Sepuloni
From the get go, the process for considering the Social Security Legislation Rewrite Bill was flawed. This is a serious piece of legislation which is 454 pages long and therefore we expected that the maximum time available should have been given to the public to consider the detail and offer feedback. Instead the report back time was condensed to 4 months instead of the standard 6 months.
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Wellington Activist Sam Gribben says ‘Vote Chloe Swarbrick’
So it’s in the bag for Goff. And the whole thing could have been as boring as that. Until Chloe Swarbrick came along.
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Why National Is Really Looking To Sanctify Illegal Imprisonment And Deny Compensation
One of the fundamental instincts of the political conservative is to Punish. To ‘Protect’. To levy the superior powers of the state as a mechanism with which to push ‘down and out’ against perceived ‘undesirables’ who may be living in our society’s midst.
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Ummm, well a physical fight broke out between candidates on the floor of the debate and Chloe Swarbrick had to step in to break it up
After an hour of calm debate where those candidates the mainstream media ignore had an opportunity to explain their vision to University students, a physical altercation erupted between candidates Alezix Heneti and David Hay which Chloe Swarbrick had to jump in between to break it up.