GUEST BLOG: Paul – Labour – an identity crisis.
The urban liberals who prioritise identity politics above seizing control of the economy for workers and citizens are the Labour supporters who don’t get hurt when National wins an election.
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – Why Labour for me and why now?
For nine years I have watched communities disintegrate while some in our beautiful country have advanced.
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EXCLUSIVE: Arthur Taylor – Prison Suicide Cover Up
Corrections NZ are hiding a surge in prison suicides – The Daily Blog’s Prisoner Rights Blogger and current inmate Arthur Taylor critiques the cover up.
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GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – PLEASE, NO MORE WAR
Around the end of January this year, a US Navy SEAL team , using armed Reaper drones for cover, carried out a commando raid in Yemen, attacking what the Americans said, was a compound harbouring officials of Al Qaeda .
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GUEST BLOG: Mathew Danaher – Dunne’s hypocrisy on The Spinoff
I will stand alongside anyone calling for fair treatment for refugees, but I’d like to ask Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne MP what he has done over the last two and a half years to make a real difference to the poorest and most vulnerable in his own neck of the woods?
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GUEST BLOG: Comrade Dave Brownz – How (not) to smash fascism
There is a lot of crying out now about ‘fascism’ with the ascension of Trump. Trump may be a crypto-,…
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GUEST BLOG: Maire Leadbeater – Indonesian Military Sensitivity revealing
Earlier this month, the touchy Indonesian military commander in chief, Gatot Nurmantyo, set off a mini diplomatic storm with Australia. He took offence at teaching materials in use at a Perth military base where some of his officers were being trained.
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GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – More to the Azaria Story
Superficially much media coverage is being given to Israeli soldier Elor Azaria’s being found guilty of manslaughter, after shooting a 21-year old Palestinian who posed no threat.
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – Xmas mail, New Serco allegations, and Peter Leitch
I am reliably informed that the I.D.U. rate (positive drug test results) at SERCO Wiri is at least 25%….i.e. one quarter of the prisoners have tested positive for drug use
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GUEST BLOG: Comrade Dave Brownz – 1917-2017: Happy Bolshevik New Year!
New Years celebrations are bitter sweet, reflecting past failures and future hopes. Except New Year today has lost its significance. It is a cultural hangover alienated from its origins as the celebration of mid-winter. While observing Matariki (literally the ‘eyes of god’) in Aotearoa celebrates the mid-winter as recognition of the renewal of life, it is as a cultural ritual detached from economic reality.