The Free market revolution of the 1980s mutilated the domestic working classes of the West while woke middle class identity politics on social media alienated them enough to be manipulated by Neoliberal frauds like Trump, Boris & ScoMo who played to that resentment
There is one graph that illustrates the biggest lesson for the NZ Left from Corbyn’s defeat, it’s this one…
It’s the end of the year and it’s been a frenetic one politically. Jacinda promised transformation and clearly didn’t know…
2019 was year of pain and suffering with only tiny infant steps of progress but there were amongst us people who led fearlessly and with courage. If we are to seek meaning from the last 12 months around our Sun, let’s do that by saluting those of us who led by example and hope we can attempt to emulate their strength.
The modern rule of politics post Corbyn that easily intimidated Journalists frightened of invoking social media lynch mobs & desperate politicians trying to win need to appreciate: If it’s popular on woke Twitter, it’s electoral death.
God save the Queen, because tonight she can’t save the UK.
I’m just assuming Fairfax now donates to the NZ First Foundation.
Building a better motorway bridge for the homeless to sleep under isn’t much of a vision.
The structural reality of how National intend to make this the most negative election ever by playing directly to that negativity must be consistently pointed out and explained to our whanau so that they don’t get scammed into voting hatefully in 2020.
The 2019 child poverty monitor report makes for grim reading…
