The Daily Blog Open Mic – Sunday 28th January 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Most Recent Blogs
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Why the vacant optimism of the ‘Humanity Star’ perfectly sums up the vanity of modern neoliberal NZ
The sheer audacity of this self-deceiving sophistry manages to sum up all the vacant aspiration and vanity of modern neoliberal New Zealand in a way that would make John Key (who best represented this cultural mutation), blush with lust.
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UN critics join global outrage over Duterte’s Rappler ‘free press’ attack
Media freedom advocates claim that the Philippines is facing its worst free expression and security crisis since the Marcos dictatorship, with The New York Times denouncing the “ruthlessness” and “viciousness” of President Rodrigo Duterte’s disdain for democracy in his bid to close the critical Rappler.
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The Liberal Agenda – Last Chance Environment Court and Sun Kissed Picnic
Court Appeal Last Chance for Waiheke Community Group to Save Island’s Treasured Environment and Culture From Destructive Marina Development Kennedy…
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MPs to vote on the Greens’ Medicinal Cannabis Bill next Wednesday 31st Jan
The Greens’ Medicinal Cannabis Bill will have it’s first vote in Parliament next Wednesday 31st Jan. This is sooner than we expected, so it’s really important to hit that keyboard and urge your MP to support the bill.
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Yawn – toothless employment law as meaningless as 2030 carbon free but not as counter-productive as $50per week student allowance increase
Unions must demand more, the right to strike, a worker levy and open Union membership are ideas they need to build and push if the pathetic union membership rates are ever to be expanded and real inequality challenged.
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UPDATE: Our watchdogs are so underfunded they can’t afford teeth
…the Human Rights Review Tribunal is the only mechanism open to citizens of NZ to hold the Police (and the State) to account for their abuses of power. The Independent Police Conduct Authority only has the power to recommend or suggest resolutions, the HRRT can force the Police to comply.
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The proposed employment law changes
While these changes will make the unions job a little bit easier it will not significantly enhance workers power.
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Politcal Caption Competition
Trump’s early
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 26th January 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.