The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 21st March 2017
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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GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – Now You See It, Now You Don’t
In mid-March, a report commissioned by the UN Agency ESCWA (Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia) was released, that concluded unequivocally that Israel practises Apartheid policy. It saw official daylight for two days. The UN pulled the report and removed it from the UN website, after intense pressure from the US and Israel.
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New Nicky Hager Book Launch live streamed 5pm from Wellington on The Daily Blog
The Daily Blog is proud to live stream the launch of Nicky Hager’s latest book, 5pm today live from Unity Bookshop in Wellington.
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“Once Was Enough, Gareth.” – Why I won’t be voting for TOP
Fuck it, I’ve seen enough. Morgan’s shown himself to be just another latter-day Procrustes*. If the TOP man has his way, New Zealand and New Zealanders will, once again, be “restructured” to fit the ideologically-determined dimensions of Morgan’s Procrustean bed.
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Dave Macpherson – Why isn’t this country talking about suicide?
In the last week, high profile mainstream media personalities have raised the issue of suicide and mental illnesses that can lead to it, mainly on the back of the suicide of a friend of one particular personality, Jono Pryor.
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TDB International Documentary Film Festival picks
The International Documentary Film Festival is about to kick off, and here are our picks for 2017…
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E tū urges change to tax on redundancy pay
E tū says if the government wants to help the Cadbury workers who have lost their jobs, they should abolish…
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Malcolm Evans – yes but can he bat?
Malcolm Evans – yes but can he bat?
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The Rise and Rise of Daddy State: MSD blackmails NGOs for private data
To date, New Zealanders have been mostly apathetic as the government build up it’s ability to spy and store personal information on us. Most of the government’s “targets” have been so-called “terrorists”, immigrants, criminals, student-debt defaulters, and those on welfare benefits or living in state houses.
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Shocking new revelations about CIA breaking 1951 Union Waterfront lock out – so why are we ramming through a new Intelligence and Security Bill for America?
…so the bloody CIA intervened directly in our domestic affairs to break an Industrial dispute that was caused by a Government intent on damaging the Unions.
It kinda makes the accusations that Russia interfered in the most recent US Election look quaint.