GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – Prison Mail, Prison Van Ride Hell & Update of my censorship
Arthur Taylor is TDBs Prisoner Rights Blogger currently inside prison.
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – 540 000 Community Card Holders is a good start
I believe politics should be about making life easier for people, not more difficult. This Government is focused on achieving that and announcing Doctor’s visits will be $20-$30 cheaper for half a million of us, as well as extending free GP visits to under 14 year olds, is a step in that direction.
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GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – Toxic Trio, All Mates … Cartoon by Latuff
This ‘toxic trio’ cartoon, my labelling, should warn us about what a dangerous time we live in. The US, Israeli and Saudi regimes are close allies. This relationship began long before Trump. It’s not just those 3. The cartoon should refer to Brazil under its new president Bolsonaro. It should refer to the UK , a major exporter of weapons to Saudi Arabia.
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GUEST BLOG: Barry Sheppard – Reflections on the Midterm Elections in the United States
In looking at elections in the United States, deeper trends in the population are difficult to discern, given that the choices are between two capitalist parties, both staunch defenders of capitalist rule and U.S. imperialism.
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GUEST BLOG: Hadley Grace Robinson-Lewis – Social determinants of health.
I believe it’s highly unethical for an individual’s future prospects and education level to be dictated by the amount of money their parents earn, or the level of emotional and holistic support a child receives from their parents.
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GUEST BLOG: Jeanette Saxby – To the Editor of Stuff
Bob, has visited Colorado once he states, well, I have been visiting Colorado since the 1980s and can state that the sky did not fall in. A short history lesson, Mason Tvert successfully campaigned in Colorado for cannabis legalisation because it is less harm to public health than alcohol and won .
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GUEST BLOG: Dave Brownz – How to fight both US and China domination of Aotearoa
It’s good to see Chris Trotter recognising that NZ has always been a colony of UK and is now a colony of both the US and China. That is the economic reality that should guide our discussions. As a start that means that we see China and US as imperialist rivals for control of the NZ economy.
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – Crown Law chasing me for costs
In a letter from Daniel Perkins at the Crown Law Office on 20 November, Mr Perkins informs me Crown Law has spent $5,000 trying to get a security for costs order for $4600 against me in proceedings I have lodged in the High Court against the Dept of Corrections. CL’s motion was all in aid of stalling my proceedings, I believe .
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – Corrections duplicity over Waikeria radio network breakdown exposed
Here is a perfect example of how Corrections Dept deliberately misleads the public .
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Thunder rolled across my house this afternoon
Last month the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) delivered its 700-page report to the United Nations telling us that we have about 12 years left before we reach the point of no return and life will become brutal for our children and grand children