The Daily Blog Open Mic – Sunday 11th December 2016
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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MUST READ: Charter Schools in a Post-Truth Era
For many on the neo-liberal Right, education is a business not a public good and therefore should be no different to electricity supply (semi-privatised); Air New Zealand (semi-privatised – again); or a whole host of other services and assets that were once owned by the tax-payer but have been sold off over the last thirty years.
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English makes his first mistake as PM – having Paula Bennett as Deputy
The die is cast and Prime Minister English has made his first mistake which will deform the next 10 political months.
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Political Caption Competition
Seven Sharp is to Journalism what vomit is to romance
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Saturday 10th December 2016
5: Alabama inmate appears conscious for 13 minutes during execution procedure
4: Hundreds of men from east Aleppo go ‘missing’
3: Trump’s Labor Pick, Fast-Food CEO Andrew Puzder, Opposes Minimum Wage Increase & Paid Sick Leave
2: Election hacking: Obama orders ‘full review’ of Russia interference
1:A Clinton Fan Manufactured Fake News That MSNBC Personalities Spread to Discredit WikiLeaks Docs -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Saturday 10th December 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Investigation into woman’s death proof Work and Income’s toxic culture is lethal – Auckland Action Against Poverty
The Ministry of Social Development are being accused in an investigation into the death of Wendy Shoebridge for having monthly…
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After John Key – what next?
We must build existing unions and form new ones that are able to struggle much more effectively that we have. We need to forge allies with everyone in the community being exploited and abused. We need community organisations willing to fight as allies.
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2002/2016 Tunnel Vision. What People Are Missing When They Dismiss Bill English Due To His 20.9%
The Left are a pretty optimistic bunch. And with good cause – after eight successive years of grueling hard-neoliberal governance, and having to watch National’s number of seats only grow regardless, you pretty much have to be. It’s either that, or give up in despair.
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Political Caption Competition
National 2017 – A Blighted Future