Another Level 3 Lockdown – Winners & Losers
Another fucking week in fucking lockdown.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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Late Stage Capitalism Lockdown: Blaming sex workers, gang members, Maori & Pacifica – who we have become under Delta
The specter of a very Covid Christmas looms.
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Winston’s Covid Disinformation: Winners & Losers
Winston’s appalling meltdown over the weekend on The Nation has deep political ramifications.
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Arise the Socialist Wellington Central Labour WonkState monolith (minus any beauty or grace)
Labour didn’t expect to win 2017 and they didn’t expect to win an MMP majority in 2020 so they had…
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Andrew Little is either lying or grotesquely misinformed: How Labour failed the medicinal cannabis industry
How Labour failed the medicinal cannabis industry the way they failed us with the Supermarket duopoly
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If Goff stands down: The case for a Progressive Auckland Mayoralty Primary
Auckland is at a cross roads and unless Council starts making life radically easier for Aucklanders there won’t be a city worth governing.
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Winston’s epic fail using Gang friction to stir up hate is Winnie & the media at its worst
Right wing trolls on social media started bombarding anyone connected to the media on Friday that Gang Leader Harry Tam had toured the North Island with a Covid infected sex worker.
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Electoral Law Review: Why we should publicly fund elections
I say we should publicly fund elections!
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Electoral Law Review: Cancelling Coat tailing + enrolment bias hurts Māori politically
The MMP coat-tailing rule was a quirky feature that recognized regional political movements and allows for Minor Parties to build infrastructure. The inability for many minor parties to exist suggests it hasn’t been successful to date but doesn’t mean it should be removed!