Kieran Kelly – The Empire Paradox: More Power is More Weakness
In response to my recent article on US imperial wars some people objected to my characterisation of the US empire.
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Dave Brownz – Youth Suicide in Aoteroa: Who Killed Yellow Ribbon?
January next year will mark 10 years since the suicide of our son Bruno, who was never hospitalised for his depression, but which left us with may questions about why young people are patronised by the state rather than empowered to fight suicide among their peers.
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Dave Macpherson – There’s a fair bit of money to be made in mental health (or how the system is designed to defeat the ‘little people’)….
As the various lawyers and other legal types have jostled over the preliminaries ahead of the inquest into our son’s death while in the care of Waikato DHB 18 months ago, I’ve reflected on what a lucrative business mental health can be – for some.
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Lois Griffiths – WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD, IN SOLIDARITY
A population of 1.8 million is facing ‘slow motion genocide’, thanks to the illegal siege imposed by Israel. The siege, as Amira Hass tries to remind the world, began in 1991, long before the 2006 election of Hamas.
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GUEST BLOG: Mike Lee – The Unitary Plan – it’s about profits for the big developers not decent housing for all Aucklanders
The Unitary Plan is the finally and critical element of the ‘Super City’ amalgamation project, which like the Super City itself has been imposed on Auckland.
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Kieran Robert Kelly – US Wars are for Empire, Not for Profit
The idea that “war is a racket” and that wars are fought to line the pockets of profiteers is part of a tradition that comes out of an ideological consensus that is so widespread as to be nearly invisible.
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Mike Lee – Dumb and dumber – NZTA and AT decide to exclude trains to the airport
Deliberately excluding route protection for future rail to the airport is one of the most irresponsible planning decisions I have witnessed during my time in Auckland local government.
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Sian Robertson: Child poverty linked to tertiary education policy in recent report
“The issue of student debt is often cited as a deterrent, but perhaps a greater barrier to tertiary education is the immediate financial hardship while undertaking study.”
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Martin Griffiths – Dear Minister McCully,
There are currently many thousands of Palestinian prisoners, men, women and children in Israeli jails. Some 750 are in prison under ‘administrative detention’ which means no charges, no lawyers, no trial.
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Dave Macpherson – An MP discovers the mental health system is broken
During last week, Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis was reported in both mainstream and social media as having had a text and phone ‘encounter’ with a severely depressed man who had harmed himself and was contacting Davis to say “goodbye”.