JAMES SHAW APOLOGISES TO ROD DONALD AND JEANETTE FITZSIMONS
(To the tune of Paul McCartney’s “Uncle Albert – Admiral Halsey”)
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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Shifting Sands
IT’S THE PERFECT PARABLE for capitalism. Set in Morocco, it’s about the sand that’s fast disappearing from the country’s tourist beaches.
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Dr Liz Gordon: The first shake, ten years on
I was awakened by a shuddering, crunching shaking quite different from the gentle rolling of the deep North Island earthquakes I had experienced in the past.
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Emergency steps towards a Green New Deal in the 21st Century
The government should develop a national strategy to transition beyond the current system of commodity production for profit to a system based on the needs of working people and the planet.
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NZ should not buy into Trump’s tech war with China
If we are worried about social media companies intruding on our privacy, then Facebook should be a bigger target than TikTok.
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What Just Didn’t Happen?
WHAT JUST HAPPENED? Over the course of the past 72 hours something changed. Exactly what isn’t clear, not yet, but something has. New Zealanders feel it in their bones, in their hearts, and they’re scared.
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A Cannabis ‘Yes’ Vote, Policy Development Fit For Our Times
While political parties are conservative, cautious, and economically neo-liberal more than they are socially liberal, New Zealanders have a chance to drive policy directly.
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Dr Liz Gordon: A change of Covid policy: from elimination to containment
So that’s my understanding. It is a grave turn of events which will almost certainly lead to more Covid deaths in Aotearoa
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Dreaded news – Covid 19 has broken out in Gaza – Urgent appeal for the government to speak ou
The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has renewed its call for the government to act urgently after the dreaded news this week that Covid 19 has broken out in the densely-packed community.
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The Making of the Mosque Murderer
As long as our Government is guided by a brand of political pragmatism, measured only by the test of what best serves our economic interest, and not by one based on the principle that recognizes we are all one on this little planet, then how can we ever really consider ourselves kind?