Reality and the Left – A Bitter Divorce
WHERE IS REALITY HIDING amidst all these claims and counter-claims concerning the protest encampment in Parliament Grounds? In an excruciatingly…
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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PODCAST: Buchanan + Manning on What Putin wants from a negotiated diplo-solution
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will deep-dive into the latest events emerging from the Russia/Ukraine crisis, and they will consider: What does Russia’s Vladimir Putin want from NATO and the US in a negotiated diplomatic solution to the Ukraine issue?
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Resolving the Wellington protest and two proposals to reduce misinformation on social media
Sometimes a politician does something venal and stupid which has the opposite effect they intend. Parliament’s speaker Trevor Mallard’s childish…
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20 years ago I fought the Law – And I won!
Twenty years ago, as Parliament last investigated the legal status of cannabis, I was arrested and put on trial for…
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On The Impending Media Push To Present Parliamentary Protesters As Ordinary
The excerpt in the image below comes from part of the lead story in the weekend’s Sunday Star Times. It…
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Damien O’Connor moves from “keep politics out of sport” to “keep politics out of agriculture”
Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor is scheduled to speak at an online summit this week helping to develop “strategic partnerships…
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Relax everyone – we are reaping what successive governments have sown
It’s disturbing but not surprising to see so many progressive people who support liberal democracy calling for strong arm police…
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Move The Anti-Vaxxers On – Now.
IT IS DIFFICULT to understand the Police tactics on display today (10/2/22) outside Parliament. What is the objective of the…
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PODCAST: Buchanan + Manning on Foreign Affairs – What does 2022 hold in store?
https://youtu.be/YGTgSH7JGg8 A View from Afar: In this the first episode for 2022 Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss what…
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Proceeding Without The People: Labour’s Gift To The Right.
BY THE SECOND HALF of 2022 the right-wing assault on the Treaty policies of the Left will be raging. At…