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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Saturday 10th June 2017
5: How Politics’ Biggest Self-Own Played Out On the UK’s Screens
4: US anti-fascists take on alt-right fight squads
3: After Election Setback, Theresa May Clings to Power in U.K. Thanks to Ulster Extremists
2: Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn Rides Progressive Tide in U.K. Election in Rebuke of Austerity & Conservatives
1: Corbyn team at Labour party HQ ‘stunned’ by exit polls on election night -
National continues to panic on housing crisis as election day looms
National’s “grand plans” for 220 new social and transitional places remains woefully short of the 1,138 houses that National sold off to IHC’s Accessible Properties at the end of March. It is also unclear what is meant by ” transitional places”. Are these actual houses? Or motel units, à la Auckland-style;
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British Election Results are a Moral Victory for Corbyn’s Alternative Political Possibilities
The loss of Theresa May’s clear Conservative majority has already rocked conventional assumptions, agendas and elites. The realm of the politically possible has been blasted open – because the electoral support for Corbyn doesn’t just reflect a resurgence for British Labour, it has allowed a publicly popular discussion about a whole different political economy.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Saturday 10th June 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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UN requires NZ Government to fully investigate 2010 Afghan raid – Amnesty International
The United Nations Committee Against Torture has asked the New Zealand Government to report on what measures it has put…
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How All New Zealanders can build a fairer world through Fairtrade
World Day Against Child Labour is a chance for Kiwis to think about how their everyday actions can help build…
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BREAKING: UN ask NZ to investigate Hit & Run War Crime Allegations
Bill English can’t hide any longer.
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For ACT, euthanasia is a free market solution to health – why I will always oppose euthanasia in NZ
In a country with a mental health system as horrifically underfunded as ours, euthanasia would simply become a tread mill by faceless Wellington bureaucrats for cost cutting purposes on the most vulnerable.
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Green Party Bill on medical cannabis as pointless as Dunne’s meaningless reform
Julie Anne Genter had her medical cannabis reform members bill pulled out at the same time as David Seymour’s Euthanasia Bill. It would see an amendment to the Misuse of Drugs Act that would allow cannabis supply for medical users.