Another warning from the Financial Times
The Financial Times is one those papers that speaks the plain truth to the bosses. This is from their July…
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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“Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor”
Across Christchurch last night many bottles of champagne would have been uncorked by business leaders, rugby bosses and right-wing councillors…
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John Minto: From Raglan to Palestine – let our voice be heard
During World War I, the New Zealand Government took a big area of land at Raglan from the local Tainui…
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Performative Caring
SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA has reformulated Jacinda Ardern’s championing of “kindness” as “performative caring”. While the network has long displayed a…
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The Strange Case Of The De-Selected Professor
DAVID FISHER’S EXCELLENT ARTICLE in the NZ Herald, “PM’s terrorism, extremism expert Prof Richard Jackson hired then dropped” raises a…
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Propaganda.
“If it bleeds, it leads” is an old newsroom aphorism which acknowledges that the more horrific the story the more…
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The Void
FROM THE SAME box of old papers I wrote about last week comes another set of lyrics. This time for…
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Bankers to the Mob
The City of London and London are not the same thing. Essentially, there are two Londons: Greater London and the…
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How “New” Is Our Democracy?
The face of New Zealand and democracy has changed dramatically in the past few years and we need to reflect…
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Islamophobic tweet taken down
PSNA is pleased the Israel Institute has remove an Islamophobic tweet from their Twitter account. We wrote to the Institutes…