Should the Left have left the Labour Party?
I’M NOT QUITE SURE that I agree with Matt McCarten. He takes the view that, with the benefit of hindsight,…
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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Mā’ohi Nui’s search for nuclear justice – the French ‘reset’ button still to be reset
By Ena Manuireva and Tony Fala on David Robie’s blog Cafe Pacific: Members of the Tahitian community living in Auckland will add their voices and feet to support their countrymen/women in Tahiti and rally in a show of solidarity on Sunday, July 18. This rally acknowledges that Ma’ohi Nui communities have fought for redress from France over the nuclear issue for long decades.
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The Choice: Giving Up, Or Keeping Hope Alive? The neoliberal spin at The Spinoff
DECIDING whether Bernard Hickey or Megan Woods deserves a big fat raspberry is the task I’ve set myself. To understand…
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PODCAST: Buchanan and Manning on Afghanistan – What Will Happen Once the USA Withdraws
https://eveningreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/AVFA_July_01_2021.m4a https://youtu.be/S6kjnfoFaWI A View from Afar: Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, where…
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We’re Too Scared To Stop Them.
LIZ GORDON deserves our thanks. Not only for her most recent posting on the shocking findings of the Christchurch Girls…
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EXCLUSIVE: Dr Liz Gordon – Sexual harassment: silence and power
For the past couple of months I have been researching and reporting on claims of sexual harassment by students at Christchurch Girls’ High School. In an anonymous and confidential survey, they were asked about their experiences of sexual harassment.
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Of Commoners And Kings: Steve Bannon’s New Traditionalism
CONSERVATIVE POLITICS in New Zealand is running out of puff.
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Dave Macpherson: Don’t sound so surprised that sweet f— all has happened with mental health, Andrew!
Seeing Health Minister Andrew Little claim he’s “extraordinarily frustrated” that almost nothing has happened to date with the $1.9B allocated…
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Challenging hate speech – yes but let’s adapt our existing legislation
I recall feeling pleased back in 1971 when the government passed the Race Relations Act and appointed the first Race…
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An awakening
World awakening to the injustice and misery perpetrated by the enforcers of Israel’s criminal founding ideology is growing fast. The…