The meaning of Jeremy Corbyn’s epic victory for the new, progressive politics
For anyone pessimistic about the possibility of progressive change, Jeremy Corbyn’s epic victory should be a confidence boost.
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GUEST BLOG: Ben Peterson – Corbyn, the threat is real
Ben Peterson is a Unite Union Organiser and is TDBs correspondent in Britain covering the fight and fallout of the British Labour Party Leadership contest.
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GUEST BLOG: Kieran Robert Kelly – The 2016 US Presidential Election Will Not Take Place
From the beginning, we knew that this election would never happen. An election of representatives for any office involves the…
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Political Caption Competition
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Monday 26th September 2016
5: Sen. Warren Calls for Wells Fargo CEO to Resign & Face Investigation Amid Growing Scandal
4: Charlotte Police Video of Keith Scott’s Killing Released
3: Jeremy Corbyn: most Labour MPs should not fear deselection
2: A Famous Palestinian Activist Could Be Sent to Israel Prison for His Years of Nonviolent Protest
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 26th September 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Millennials, Gen Xers and Baby Boomers
As older generations struggle to deal with the untarnished manner in which younger generations can use social media to tell them how much they hate them, larger fracture lines are starting to emerge between Baby Boomers, Gen Xers and Millennials.
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Megamansion development in Devonport vs 1 million NZers locked out of homeownership
There have been remarkable juxtapositions last week in NZ that seem to show the two worlds we have split into, one where the reality of life is grim and one where privilege blinds us to that grim reality.
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What stops Key’s Fourth Term?
National voters know the system they are profiting from is hurting their fellow citizens, they just don’t care. This is what 30 years of neoliberalism has produced. There’s a dark streak of anti-intellectualism in NZ, a negative egalitarianism, that embraces Keys nonchalant ignorance with the passion of a junkie to their dealer.
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You won’t believe what Talley’s are doing to their workers now
…Talley’s claims this over the top reaction was because they are so focused on safety which is hilarious when you consider they had no problem sending workers into fishing ships to get poisoned or their lax attitude towards decapitation.