RCEP – A Wake Up Call To Rethink The Failed Hyperglobalisation Model
Professor Kelsey notes that the usually ebullient Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) is even downplaying the deal, admitting that it failed to achieve its objectives.
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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Bernard Hickey says it all…
Bernard Hickey’s view, worth highlighting this quote…
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If Only We Had a Minister of Broadcasting Worthy Of The Title.
Given the Minister’s evident uninterest in the classic Reithian principles of public broadcasting – i.e. to educate, elevate and entertain the people – any review of Faafoi’s motivations for rolling-up TVNZ and RNZ into a single, state-owned broadcasting entity, leaves one fearing the worst.
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Dr Liz Gordon: Options for Christmas and beyond
We all know, and have known for years, that the ‘Ruthanasia’ slashing of benefits by one-third in the 1991 budget was the most pernicious and harmful policy of the whole generation of neo-liberal policies.
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A foul and ugly witch-hunt against Corbyn
The hate-filled and indefensible attacks, waged by the Zionist lobby and its hangers-on to silence critics, relies utterly on falsehoods and the suppression of truth.
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MUST READ: Jacinda 2.0 is “Licenced to Govern” – But not by, or for, us.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED to Jacinda Ardern?
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On Rational Economic Decision-Making In The Age Of Covid-19 Following Our Latest Community Transmission
Earlier this week, we had ourselves some chilling news. A new case of Covid-19 community transmission – without a clear link to a quarantine or isolation facility. Worse, it turned out that the worker in question had gone to work whilst infectious.
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Thousands sign petition for a “Pathways to residency”
In just a few days thousands of Kiwis have signed a petition to give migrants stuck in New Zealand who had made New Zealand their home a pathway to residency.
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Trump’s Pinochet Moment ?
Something which occurred to me in light of the American Presidential electoral results … is that Trump is having a Pinochet moment.
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Revolution Postponed
THE THIRD AMERICAN REVOLUTION has been postponed, but it has not been cancelled.