From A Smug Hermit Kingdom
Wishing all the readers of The Daily Blog a very Merry Christmas and a Happy (Covid-free) New Year! – Chris Trotter.
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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Decisive Action
THE FALL OF AMERICA would unleash hell: economically, diplomatically, militarily, culturally; the whole world would be rocked to its foundations….
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Trusting The People: Chile Elects A Far-Left President
I WONDER IF JACINDA will befriend the new President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, with the same enthusiasm that she befriended…
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Thought for the coming year
On 22 October, the Israeli Defence Ministry declared Defence for Children International–Palestine (DCIP) to be a “terrorist organisation”. This was…
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LONG-FORM REPORT: Creating the citizen economy
Taxation is the mechanism for redistribution of wealth to combat inequality and for redirecting resources to build a society. But our current tax principles though largely hidden or not understood by ordinary people, lie at the root of all our current inequality and struggling economy. Struggling at least for ordinary people. This article shows our current tax principles are central to our economic problems. Understand and fix tax and we are on a path to greater economic security and wealth for all, a ‘citizens economy’.
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MUST READ: Labour’s betrayal of low-income New Zealanders
Don’t just read this blog – get involved in a campaign to force the government to adopt an industrial-scale state house building programme. The first step for everyone – individuals and organisations – is to sign the petition here https://www.alternativeaotearoa.nz/petition
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Afternoon Briefing: Not A True Story
LIVIA HATED THESE ASSIGNMENTS, she hadn’t joined the DPMC to sit at the feet of spooks. But, here she was,…
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Progress, Or Restoration? Which Way For The Left?
Progress or Restoration? That struck me as a particularly interesting question.
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How Propaganda Seduced Ewen Mee
Wars are the offspring of Propaganda, and right now the forever fercund mother of so many, is very pregnant – again.
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There’s Something Happening Here – Again
ONE OF THE BENEFITS of getting older is that you get a feel for when something really bad is happening….