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Today on The Lockdown I briefly introduce a video by the brilliant Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein.
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Today on The Lockdown I briefly introduce a video by the brilliant Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein.
Unquestionably, the virus has impacted severely on us all.
Do we want to go back to what was “normal” – or do we want to take this unexpected downtime to rethink our economy so we emerge from this terrible moment determined to create a fairer New Zealand for our children and grandchildren?
“Leaders in the United States Senate raced to unravel last-minute snags Wednesday and win passage of an unparalleled $2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and healthcare systems engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic.”
I don’t know whether it’s just me or not but in the last few days when people have greeted me with the traditional
“How are you?” I get the sense they actually mean it.
Divided many of our whanau will die.
It’s that simple.
Locking down the Far North
When a section of communities says, “I’ve got nothing to lose”?
That is when rebellion will break out.
As countries go into lockdown, markets plummet and unemployment begins to rise it’s easy to start feeling gloomy and helpless. The survival ‘trick’, if I can use that word, is to focus on the things in your life you CAN still control and by doing so you will help us all to get through this difficult time.
In the last few days we have seen our government turn from the Neoliberal economics of selfishness to the Keynesian economic solution of Government priming the economy with money in in order to keep the market movng and helping us over this difficult time.