John Minto

Sorry Nanaia – your tweet doesn’t cut the mustard – it addresses the symptoms but not the cause of violence…

Once again we urge you to speak out condemning Israel’s brutal aggression against the Palestinian people which is escalating in…

Auckland Grammar School is often in the news for the wrong reasons. It is a state school in central Auckland…

As a frequent harsh critic of the Labour government it’s a pleasure to  welcome Health Minister Andrew Little’s decision to restructure the health system.

We should speak clearly against human rights abuses wherever they occur. Ethics and morality should be the guiding principles we follow rather than sycophancy to the biggest schoolyard bullies.

There is no sign of such a law change on the horizon here in Aotearoa but as sure as night follows day police here will, sooner or later, want to replicate these laws as protests against inequality, climate change and mass extinction inevitably intensify.

Support for an industrial-scale state house building programme now extends far across the political spectrum from the progressive left to the hard right. 

Write a short submission on the Climate Commission’s draft report. The deadline is this Sunday 28 March. Here is the link.

So when you are next on a demonstration check the police on duty and speak up if you see tasers on a police belt. Doing so means you are acting in the public interest.