Nothing sums up the denial of our homelessness crisis quite like the panel on The Nation last weekend. Political Editor of the terribly elitist Spinoff blog Toby Manhire and some Rich Prick from the Rich Prick association sat next to Sue Bradford debating homelessness.
The growing concern around the rise in numbers of families sleeping in cars and garages has inspired a group of…
For them, it was all about enabling their privilege as employers, their right to sack anyone they like who doesn’t fit in, who is a bit too lippy, who isn’t a trembling broken frightened worker who will do everything they are told.
What ‘stop the hate’ is really about is the privilege that has been eroded in gatekeepers like the NZ Herald, suddenly their pundits and mouth pieces of the powerful have to face the derision and anger of the people their policies and news narratives impact
The fear Hone has caused by just announcing he is back is a reminder of how terrified the establishment are that the poor could gain genuine political representation. It’s a reminder of just how damaged our current political system is.
The case manager looks her straight in the face and says “you don’t look blind to me” then pulls out a piece of paper from her drawer and asks my aunty to read it, as proof that she’s visually impaired. About to explode with rage I sit there allowing my dear Samoan aunty to handle this despicable situation, with the case manager sitting behind her desk, arms folded with that ‘well, go on prove me wrong look’.
Big ups for New Plymouth mayor Andrew Judd who last week led a hikoi from New Plymouth to Parihaka to help local Pakeha get a better understanding of Te Ao Maori.
I believe it is impossible to seriously critique the terrible miscarriage of justice against Teina Pora without revealing the naked structural racism still at the heart of our colonial justice system.
The US labour movement and US politics more generally are undergoing a profound transformation. Titanic battles are brewing, between the working class majority and the one percent, and between radicalising political forces on the right and left. The future of life on the planet may well hang on how this battle is resolved.