The Last Thing Working-Class New Zealanders Need is “Stability and Certainty”.
THERE IS SOMETHING quite seriously out-of-kilter with the universe when I find myself agreeing with Richard Prebble.
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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On National’s Unsafe Attitude Towards Drug Testing
Earlier this week, the Government announced that it was going to pick up one of the loose threads from the previous Parliamentary term – and pass measures to allow the testing of drugs at music festivals and the like, so as to reduce the risk of … well, serious harm occurring.
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Temporary migration system is broken – time for a reset with a path to residency
Employers in the agriculture sector who are screaming for help to pick their crops deserve to suffer a bit of pain.
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Palestinian rights and the IHRA definition of antisemitism
I don’t include the full text of anything in a blogpost but I’m making an exception here
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To Apologise For Your Country’s History, Is To Admit You Do Not Understand It.
THE DECISION BY STUFF to publish an all-purpose mea culpa for its racism towards Maori will be regretted.
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Dr Liz Gordon: Reform Parliament now!
I noticed there was a significant amount of quite patronising racism in the response to the co-leaders, which is pretty typical. Whenever Māori speak up from their cultural perspective, there is an unfortunate tendency to label them as ignorant, or troublemakers, or not understanding protocol or blah blah blah.
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Why An Iranian Nuclear Scientist Was Really Just Assassinated
By now, news of the assassination of the project-head of Iran’s nuclear weapons effort, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, has gone around the world. What is less clear, however, is the identity of the perpetrators – and why they would undertake such a move.
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The Second Term (With apologies to William Butler Yeats)
Yearning and yearning for a comforting liar
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In Riposte To A Journalist’s Outrage At Sanskrit Being Uttered In Our Nation’s Parliamen
Late yesterday evening, I noticed something strange on Twitter. ‘Sanskrit’ was trending – in New Zealand. Finding this rather unexpected,…
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Jewish and Palestinian solidarity
This Sunday, 29 November, the United Nations Organisation and human rights supporters globally commemorate an annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, established in 1977.