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Merry Christmas Comrades
From the TDB whanau to you and yours.
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The problem with Jacinda continued…
Back in early 2016 I wrote a blog called “The problem with Jacinda…” at the time she was the Labour candidate for Mt Albert in the byelection created by the resignation of David Shearer.
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Waatea News Column: The 5 big political issues for Maori in 2019
2019 was a difficult year politically with the promise of much but the delivery of little.
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Apocalypse 2020
As I look ahead to the future, visibility is poor. The haze of Australian bush fires and the blather of…
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Dr Liz Gordon: Has there ever been a year like it (since the 1930s anyway)?
What a way to end the extraordinary year of 2019, with the report that Sir Ron Brierley, the corporate raider, greed is good, mate of Roger Douglas, who shot to fame as a role model at the very beginning of the neo-liberal capture of Aotearoa in the 1980s, has been arrested with a laptop full of child abuse images on his way to Fiji, and has freely admitted liking young Thai girls.
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GUEST BLOG: Mike Lee – Group of 10 former Auckland civic leaders slam proposed “expropriation” of publicly-owned port of Auckland
A group of former Auckland civic leaders* has expressed alarm and dismay at the proposed plan to “move” Auckland’s port to Whangarei.
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PSNA welcomes the International Criminal Court decision to investigate Israeli war crimes and celebrates New Zealand’s special connection to the ICC action
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa is delighted at yesterday’s decision by the International Criminal Court to begin the process of opening an investigation into Israeli war crimes against the Palestinian people of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza strip.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday – 26th December 2019
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Dear Everyone, 66-year-old Canterbury bricklayer Colin Wilson has every right to his activism – don’t fall for the trap
…comparing your book being turned around to witch burnings, segregated voting rights and domestic violence manages to make Trump sound modest and Prince Andrew look well grounded.