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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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
Here is a perfect example of how Corrections Dept deliberately misleads the public .
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
A high percentage of my fellow inmates are mentally ill, forcing officers and fellow inmates such as myself into a role for which we are unprepared. They made a mistake when they closed most of the mental hospitals.
It is outrageous that the so called ‘Taxpayer’s Union’, a right wing attack club fronted by Dirty Politics agent Jordan Williams, attacked the Māori custom of Koha this week as some sort of corrupt Ministerial bribe.