Alternative Aotearoa Election 2020 Seminar update
The day is shaping up extremely well with all the key positions/roles sorted and just waiting to hear back from some organisations to confirm their speakers.
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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Dr Liz Gordon – Up your nose
So now I want to think about 71 people, as reported on Friday by the Herald:
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Depths of Iniquity
From 10-23 June, inclusive, there was one Palestinian Gaza ceasefire violation in which a missile was fired across the Green Line. Israeli ceasefire violations over the same period numbered 30, including an air strike on Rafah and three incursions. Fifteen minors, aged 14 to 17, were abducted by Israeli soldiers. Several homes were destroyed and there were 64 raids, with homes invaded, many of them at night.
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MUST READ: Election Campaign Looms: Is It Time For Labour To Abandon NZF?
With the New Zealand General Election campaign looming, parties in the Labour-led coalition government are openly parading their differences (rather than common-ground) before the voting public.
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Sack Him, Jacinda. Sack Him Now!
IF DAVID CLARK hasn’t been sacked by the time you read this, then Jacinda isn’t doing her job. His point-blank refusal to accept responsibility for the multiple institutional failures of his Health portfolio more than justifies Clark’s dismissal.
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A Brief Timeline Of Events Pertaining To Schrodinger’s Homeless Man
1. Michael Woodhouse alleges Government has inadvertently housed the homeless 2. Government carries out full-scale investigation to determine whether they…
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The Emerging Five Eyes Military Alliance
Is this really the sort of neo-imperialist company New Zealand wants to be seen keeping?
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Dr Liz Gordon – Todd Muller: no more Mr Nice Guy
When Todd Muller burst onto the political scene a few weeks ago like, as Bomber put it, a loaf of stale white bread, he promised to be a different kind of leader than Bridges. No criticism for criticism’s sake and all that.
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Peters criticism of Israeli annexation plan ‘all gums and no teeth’
As Nobel Peace prize winner and South African Archbishop, Desmond Tutu, says “we should name it apartheid and boycott”
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Can Labour Still Win?
Saint Ashley has had his angel’s wings ripped bloodily from his back. Unfair? Of course it’s unfair! But that’s the whole nature of the political game, isn’t it?