Absent Friends – Labour knows what needs to be done to win, but not how to make it happen
Never was the old saying more true: “Now is the time for every good person to come to the aid of the party.” Especially those with democratic socialist ideas!
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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Contracting out Foreign Affairs to New Zealand First is an embarrassing copout
While the world is speaking out in condemnation of Israeli plans to annex vast swathes of Palestinian land in the Occupied Palestinian Territories the New Zealand government’s silence is deafening.
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On The Seattle Commune
So for the past day or so, I’ve been watching developments in the Seattle “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone”. It’s kinda amazing.
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Taking Back Our Eyes
WHY IS AUSTRALIA so keen to bring the finance ministers of the “Five Eyes” together? Since when did the intelligence…
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Dr Liz Gordon – Now let’s eliminate racism (and other isms too, why not?)
Let’s get organised then, for the next generational fight for change. It is not far away.
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The Cost Of Compromise
IF THE GREENS are to survive 19 September, they’ll need to draw inspiration from – of all people – the Nazis.
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A Tsunami of layoffs will happen – the government must respond
Working people in Aotearoa New Zealand will be hit by a Tsunami of layoffs over the next few months like has never been seen before in this country.
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Toxic US politics, a brutal killing and the messengers become the target
Amid the chaos [of two weeks of #BlackLivesMatter protests in the US calling for justice for George Floyd] the savage treatment being meted out to the messengers was also unprecedented, with many media freedom watchdogs and news organisations condemning the attacks on reporters.
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The cancer of racism is bad for all of us
I often get caught by surprise at the depth of racism in our society.
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Crisis, Disintegration and Hope: Where to for New Zealand’s News Media?
How many media analysts predicted this course of events? Twenty two months after Australian television network Nine Entertainment absorbs Fairfax…