Winston gasps for news oxygen and the Greens promise something something
Clearly NZ First and the Greens intend to bore the virus out of NZ.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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Next election fought on the economy, not identity politics – why that will hurt the Left
Bryce Edwards will have enraged the Wellington Twitteratti with his latest column in the Guardian arguing that identity politics won’t be the lens through which the NZ election will be fought…
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Let’s be brutally honest about the success of preventing the pandemic gaining a foothold in NZ (you won’t like it)
There are two reasons why NZ has successfully dodged the public health nightmare we are seeing erupt in America and Europe, and you won’t like them.
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I’m not going to crap on my fellow NZers for wanting a Big Mac or KFC
We have all suffered uniquely from this collective lockdown & if that is your joy, that is your joy
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Fortress Aotearoa: What changes politically after the NZ pandemic?
Yesterday I looked at this impact on culture, today politics.
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Fortress Aotearoa: What changes culturally after the NZ pandemic?
This pandemic is a universal shared experience, and with all universal shared experiences, it will have enormous unseen ramifications throughout our culture, politics and economy.
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The new spin lines Death Cult Capitalists are trying on Kiwis
That’s a blood sacrifice to the Free Market Gods on the Altar of Milton Friedman that would make your average South American Drug Cartel blush.
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Will Trump’s disinfectant injection advice inadvertently lead to war with China?
We could have war before the US Election.
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Uber Eats smack down an opportunity for Jacinda & Grant to show they mean business post-pandemic
Right now free market capitalism is dead.
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Ranking the Green Party List – and they still have a Left faction?
As Green members look at their voting papers over the weekend, here is the top 8 that I as a class leftist who believes a populist radical green movement is desperately needed would select.