2021 Will Be About Brown Poverty And White Guilt.
IN THE COMING YEAR New Zealand politics will be driven by two inter-related forces: brown poverty and white guilt. Jacinda…
Setting the Agenda
Political analysis and commentary shaping the progressive debate in Aotearoa New Zealand, focused on power, policy, and accountability.
-
-
We are a little people
Most commentators are talking about 2020 as the year we are glad to put behind us. They say it has been a tough year for business with uncertainty about the economy alongside lockdowns, quarantine isolation and no overseas travel.
-
Dr Liz Gordon: How I won the election (in the voice of Donald Trump)
The following is an absolutely truthful account of the systems Trump has used (and will use) to try and secure…
-
On Damien Grant On Damien Grant On Covid-19, Hindsight, And Playing Russian Roulette With A Semi-Automatic Aimed At One’s Own Foot
Like a diminishing quotient of New Zealanders, I have the occasional expectation of finding something enthusing and enlightening in my Sunday newspaper. I also expect there is Damien Grant.
-
Signs and Portents: Is Middle New Zealand Really Less Racist Than It Used To be?
THERE ARE SIGNS and there are portents – if you know how to read them. Fifteen years ago it was…
-
Understanding The State We’re In
“If that many people suffered, and so many people knew they were suffering, then why wasn’t it stopped?”
-
Dr Liz Gordon: Can’t bear the gloom? An alternative 2021
I know you old cynics (and young ones) are rolling your eyes. But all of this is possible, if we unlock our own self-imposed political stalemates and start thinking about how to move forward in the world.
-
Be Careful What You Wish For.
THERE’S A CURIOUS disconnect between the Left’s support for the Muslim community and its deep-seated mistrust of the security services.
-
Dr Liz Gordon: NZ Initiative runs faster than the speed of light from its Chief Editor
Mark Daadlar reported that Smith had interests in anti-Semitism (the Jews are to blame!), Islamaphobia (Muslims are to blame!) and debunking Covid. He also was, creepily, an Incel person.
-
Jacinda Ardern is in her happy place
Ardern’s happy place is one without vision, courage, guts, determination, direction or even aspiration. Her political life has never involved heavy policy lifting – that’s for others while she trolls the Women’s Weekly covers.