Democracy And Daily Life
IS DEMOCRACY still the guiding force of New Zealand society? In how many institutions do democratic principles still inform decision-making?…
Setting the Agenda
Political analysis and commentary shaping the progressive debate in Aotearoa New Zealand, focused on power, policy, and accountability.
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Tu Ingrate Vireta! Stabbing The Green Caesar
WHAT ARE THE GREENS telling us when they allow 29 people to overrule the wishes of 71 people? In essence,…
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Class and Race: we are still getting things the wrong way round
It’s impossible to read any media outlet today without an academic report being discussed which points out the disparities in…
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Who’s paying big money for big political favours?
The incompetence of the Serious Fraud Office is breath-taking. Faced with a simple case of electoral donation abuses by the…
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A warning from Bloomberg to Aotearoa: ” Hottest Property Market Cools – NZ Canary in Coal Mine”
The world’s frothiest housing market is getting a reality check — and it may be a harbinger for the rest…
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Growing call for an end to Israeli impunity
In a joint statement released on 13 July, the Foreign Ministries of nine countries, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy,…
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TDB Late Stage Capitalism Report: The world is erupting against capitalist austerity
Just looking back at the past week or so. Britain faces a summer of strikes as historic inflation and falling…
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‘Doorstops’ at the Pacific Forum – why no tough questions on West Papua?
Where were the hard media questions in Suva — whether “western or Pacific-style” — about West Papua and Indonesian human rights abuses against a Melanesian neighbour? Surely here was a prime case in favour of doorstopping with a fresh outbreak of violations by Indonesian security forces – an estimated 21,000 troops are now deployed in Papua and West Papua provinces — in the news coinciding with the Forum unfolding last week.
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Fighting Inflation – What Would A Democratic-Socialist Government Do?
CONFRONTED WITH THE CHALLENGE of a worsening cost-of-living crisis, what would a democratic-socialist government do? Right now, answering that question…
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Conspiracies Against The Truth
THE UNITED STATES OF CONSPIRACY is a Frontline documentary by Michael Kirk, Mike Wiser, Jim Gilmore and Philip Bennett. It…