Beware the Zombie Apolitics
Labour came into office talking about transformation. Since then, the whole country has indeed been transformed.
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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Don’t condemn Covid conspiracy theorists – show some respect!
It’s very fashionable for the middle class to roll their eyes and shake their heads at the lunatic ideas out there about Covid 19 and the local expression of conspiracy theories about the virus through the New Zealand Public Party.
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On The Demands That National Be More Involved In Covid-19 Crisis Response
Over the next few days, you are going to see an escalating tide of “I think National should be part of the Government” as applies health decisions, because people “don’t want playing politics” with the crisis-response.
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Is Billy TK Shouting “Fire” In A Crowded Theatre?
These are inflammatory claims, prompting the question as to whether or not Mr Te Kahika is guilty of “falsely shouting ‘Fire’ in a theatre and causing a panic”?
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A crisis of the system that no amount of spending can fix
In the words of Rosa Luxemburg, it is “Socialism or Barbarism”
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The future starts here!
Below is the final report of the Alternative Aotearoa Seminar held in Wellington on 25 July 2020
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Dr Liz Gordon: The virus is back
In my last blog I speculated that a breakout of community infection of the Covid virus was the one thing that could harm Labour’s chances at the election.
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The “Childish Brutality” Of The National Party
IF YOU’RE THINKING that, lately, something strange has happened to the National Party, then, clearly, you don’t know the Nats! Just read the following passage from Bill Sutch’s incomparable history, The Quest For Security In New Zealand 1840 to 1966:
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Dr Liz Gordon: The Covid election
So it has come to pass that this election has been anointed, by our great leader, the Covid election.
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National Debacle Over Stripper Allegations Shows Trajectory Party Is On
There are bad news cycles, there are poor news weeks lacking in cut-through – and then there’s whatever’s happening with the Opposition. Wherein they’ve transcended mere mediocrity to start showing their true colours in the most inadvertent and unintentional of ways, splashed across our headlines.