John Key – we will not be held to ransom!
When news of the kidnapping of Australians and a New Zealand citizen in Nigeria hit our headlines, our esteemed Dear Leader’s response was unequivocal;
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The Brexit Vote: The Painful Price of Inequality
My Facebook home page is awash with post-Brexit expressions of disbelief and horror. So many people appear aghast at the stupidity of the Britons who voted for a possible mass economic suicide.
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GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – Controlling Water, Controlling Life
All water supplies are controlled by the Israelis, including West Bank mountain aquifer water which by international law should be a Palestinian resource. Practising ‘hydrological apartheid’ , control of water is used as weapon to drive Palestinians off the land, and if not to another country then into squeezed isolated miserable ‘bantustans’.
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Cannabis conversation at the Auckland Town Hall 7pm Monday June 27th
Cannabis is always in the news and it seems like we’ve been talking about cannabis law reform forever – to the point where the most interesting thing about cannabis is why the law wasn’t changed years ago.
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Daily Meme
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday – 27th June 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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OVERSEAS INVESTMENT OFFICE GOOD CHARACTER PROCESS REVIEW – CAFCA
What NZ Needs Is A Bouncer, Not A Doorman Land Information NZ released today the independent review of the Overseas…
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GUEST BLOG: David Cunliffe – BREXIT: WHAT, WHY AND WHAT NEXT?
The Brexit vote represents the current progressive paradox: the left should be able to represent the many marginalised by neo-liberal capitalism; but is struggling to connect with them in reality, particularly young people and males. The result is that extremist nationalist figures are converging far right and left wing dissatisfaction thinking under a nationalistic, populist banner.
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The Daily Blog Monthly Drinks – this Thursday, 7pm @ IKA
The Daily Blog monthly drinks this month are on Thursday, 30th at IKA, 2 Mt Eden Rd from 7pm. Mix and mingle with TDBs bloggers and friends and gossip about Politics.