The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday – 30th May 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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Innovation expedition to Israel “politically naïve” – Palestine Solidarity Network
New Zealand’s so termed innovation expedition to Israel is ‘politically naïve and economically desperate’ according to Palestine Solidarity Network spokesperson…
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Waikato support workers to hold further strikes over “poverty” wages
More than 200 specialist support workers at Community Living Limited will take more industrial action, after employers refused to make…
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1700 Suicides in New Zealand per year? What has happened to Aotearoa?
The reason we can’t talk about suicide is because we can’t stand to talk about the dark treacle of self hate and loneliness at the core of consumer culture. We don’t dare confront the hollowness of our existence on these far flung crags of rock for fear of what we will reveal about ourselves.
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Bribing the homeless to leave, punishing the poor with P – Why we need a Political Revolution
It is unacceptable that the power of the state be malformed into feudalism. It is unacceptable that public services be so underfunded that privatisation is seen as a solution. It is unacceptable to build surpluses on the backs of the poor and then borrow for billions in tax cuts.
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Māori Water Rights are Human Rights are NZ rights
The issue to be addressed in respect of water is the extent of customary interests or native title that Māori have in the rivers and lakes.
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Home ownership a national obsession
In New Zealand we have a broken attitude to renting and an unhealthy obsession with property ownership. According to IMF statistics, NZ has the fastest increasing house-price-to-income ratio in the world.
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Budget 2016: Did Bill English try to pull a swiftie on ‘The Nation’?
On TV3’s “The Nation”, Lisa Owen asked Finance Minister Bill English if funding for health and education had been cut on a per-capita basis. The response from English was jaw-dropping;
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Sunday – 29th May 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.