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…
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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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…
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Here is what must happen in child poverty before the end of this year
The Salvation Army wonders whatever happened to the Accommodation Supplement review. What is up with the policy process in Wellington?…
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Imagine
But for its failure to quickly secure Russia’s oil fields at Baku and the Caucuses, Germany was within a hair’s…