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.
We should all welcome last week’s International Criminal Court decision to formally open an investigation into allegations of Israeli war…
It is unacceptable to have Israel’s vaccination programme constantly misrepresented in the New Zealand media.
In response to Syd Jackson’s comment on ties: “I refuse to wear that white man’s noose around my neck” on my facebook page someone has replied “But it’s OK to get a white man’s vaccination in your body ????”.
A big bonus for Mike Hosking could be on its way – paid for by you and me!
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa says the Prime Minister should apply the ‘Middle East sniff test’ again. This time to a New Zealand government military deal with Israel.
In their desperation to defend Israel, they are actively pressuring government ministers, members of parliament, newspaper editors, editorial staff, editors of blogs and public officials of all sorts and using the threat of the label “anti-semitic” to encourage these groups to “self-censor” in their criticism of Israel.