The Daily Blog Open Mic – Saturday – 2nd July 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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Bill English admits he lied about cost to stop increasing paid parental leave
Sue Moroney, the Labour Party MP who has tirelessly pushed for an increase to 26 weeks paid parental leave has a majority in Parliament to get the Bill passed, and yet the Government have managed to claim that because the law will cost too much, they can shut it down regardless of the Opposition managing to get a majority.
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Wow, it only took 2 years for Key to take NZ from 1 to 10 in the global social progress rankings
…if you voted National, this is on you now. This inequality and poverty is on you. This Government who don’t give a damn is on you. This Government who are more focused on smearing people actually working on the housing crisis than deal with the housing crisis is on you.
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Waatea 5th Estate – Shewan tax haven report
Join Andrew Little, Winston Peters and James Shaw to discuss the tax haven report
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‘Out of touch’ Government blocks Easter trading petition in Parliament
The union representing retail workers is warning that the Government is out of touch with working people after…
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The horror of inequality in an egalitarian nation
…the top 10% own half the wealth while the bottom 40% hold less than 3% of the wealth. How this horror story has been allowed to occur in a nation that once prided itself on its egalitarianism is the real issue here, this is the true legacy of 30 years of neoliberalism.
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A Socialist perspective on Brexit, the European Union and the Coup against Corbyn
Socialist Aotearoa presents a public forum on the UK exit from the EU (Brexit), a Marxist critique of the European Union, and the very British coup against Jeremy Corbyn.
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GUEST BLOG: Carmel Sepuloni – Food insecurity in NZ on the rise
Food insecurity, a housing crisis and a welfare system that now has so many gaps in it that it resembles more of a giant hula hoop than a safety net are three of the many gifts that eight years of a National Government have given us
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Winston’s Bottom Lines – What Do They Mean For 2017
Due to the obvious importance of New Zealand First to either side forming a government in 2017, from now til the next Election there will be an absolutely huge quantity of political pontification from pundits, politicians, and assorted other somewhat self-important talking heads as to what Winston – or, more properly, NZF as a whole – might do.
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Rally for Palestine 2pm Saturday July 2nd
The Palestine Human Rights Campaign Aotearoa/New Zealand (PHRC) works to raise public awareness of the Palestinian people’s struggle to resist Israeli military occupation and Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip.