Are We Heading For A “Comical Ali” Situation As Applies (Social) Media Sentiment Upon Ukraine?
Something which many have observed is that there is a bit of a .. dysjunction between what we might tactfully…
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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On Recent Unwarranted Excitement About Estimated Russian Losses In Ukraine
Earlier today I saw some excitement from people in response to a US DoD assessment that the Russian military in Ukraine…
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Thank you Rawiri!
Speaking in parliament on the bill to sanction Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi…
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2023: The One To Lose
BRYCE EDWARDS, in this morning’s (10/3/22) edition of his excellent NZ Politics Daily, writes: “There is still a chance that…
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New drug-driving law ignores science, targets poor
The effects of a new drug-driving law passed by Parliament yesterday, which ignores the science around testing for impairment, will…
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Reports Of Labour’s Death …
THIS IS FROM one of Jacinda Ardern’s staunchest allies, The Daily Blog’s editor, Martyn Bradbury. He is not a happy…
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Why I oppose social insurance
It will probably be a surprise that someone whose day job is as a union advocate will oppose the proposed…
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Selective outrage
On 16 December 2021, the United Nations tabled Resolution A/RES/75/169, calling for ‘combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices…
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Buchanan + Manning – The Big Picture Behind Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning deep dive into the big picture that hangs over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. That big picture has many aspects to it, and as such any resolution to the atrocities being committed in Ukraine will likely be weighed against what is a challenge to the International law and rules-based order.
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Demanding the government adopt an industrial-scale state house building programme
Housing groups are building a campaign to push the government into adopting an industrial-scale state house building programme. It follows…