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This month, up until 13 April, the Israeli Army had committed 54 Gaza ceasefire violations, including seven damaging incursions (the Israeli Army invades Gaza as and when it pleases), 15 attacks on Palestinian fishing boats, disabling one vessel and wounding three crew members.
SO FAR, SO BLOODY FANTASTIC!
In the midst of this coronavirus lockdown, it was easy to miss that New Zealand’s new medicinal cannabis scheme has gone live. Regulations took effect on 1 April so now any doctor can prescribe cannabis products to any patient.
How is this possible when the company is already 51% owned by the government?
April 16: Day 22 of living in lock-down…
In the words of the Plan-B-Boys’ advance guardsman, Matthew Hooton, opining in the NZ Herald of Saturday, 4 April 2020:
We will try and use this process to find out the truth behind these corporate thieves to at least expose their criminal behaviour.
April 15: Day 21 of living in lock-down…
April 14: Day 20 of living in lock-down…
The crisis we are facing is a crisis of the system of production and reproduction that has dominated the earth for 150 years.