International women’s day? How are the worst off mothers and their kids doing?
So today is International womens day. Before we celebrate, spare a thought for the mothers stuck under the lowest of all povery lines.
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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The beginning of the end to Israel’s impunity for war crimes against Palestinians?
We should all welcome last week’s International Criminal Court decision to formally open an investigation into allegations of Israeli war…
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The Man in The Iron Masquerade
Still top of the Propaganda Pops after thirty weeks in the Media’s hit parade is Russian lawyer, activist and political…
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Sadistic inhumanity – shameless silence
On Wednesday, 3 March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, confirmed the “initiation of an investigation respecting the…
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The Revolution All Around Us.
The clearest description of this revolution and its ultimate objectives that I have read so far is contained in a tweet posted in the name of Maori Party co-leader, Rawiri Waititi. To describe the tweet as jarring would be something of an understatement:
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Dr Liz Gordon: Gloriavale: the sequel
I have been going on about Gloriavale for years. When I launched a campaign a few years ago to force…
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When It Comes to Covid, the “Little People” Cast a Big Shadow.
The moment kindness stops working, the world will be amazed at how cruel ordinary New Zealanders can be.
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MUST READ: How to end race and class inequalities destroying working people’s lives
We have to take a long, hard look at why the system has failed Maori despite three decades of progress in certain areas. There has been a significant growth in professional and middle-class layers amongst Maori which is a good thing. There has been an expansion in Maori-run businesses and assets under Maori control that deliver services directly to Maori people.
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The Long March From The Bottom To The Top.
Real left-wingers, today, emulating the real left-wingers of the 1980s, would require those advocating top-down revolution to first obtain a bottom-up mandate.
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On Cultural Communication Amidst The Current Covid Cluster Management
I have seen a few comments about the place concerning Case M etc. – asking if maybe the Government didn’t do enough to communicate with the person (and family) in question in culturally relevant ways or a language he could understand.