7pm tonight NZ’s first on-line protest – End the blockade of Gaza
The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa is organising New Zealand’s first on-line protest – complete with speakers, placards and even some chants – this Sunday at 7pm.
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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How the ‘chief covidiot’ has blocked world health unity with WHO freeze
Pushed into the background by the relentless sad statistics and pandemic doomsday stories around the globe are some other stories in the Pacific that normally struggle to get an airing in mainstream media.
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MUST READ: What is to become of our housing post Covid-19?
Amidst such speculation two things are certain to me – our Government is spending up a storm and capitalism will prevail. These two certainties suggest to me a number of implications which might guide us in where we might be in a year or two from now.
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Life in Lock Down: Day 23
April 17: Day 23 of living in lock-down…
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Biodiversity and hope for our planet flourish in defiant Palestine
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.
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MUST READ: “Pandemic” – The Movie, Has Only Just Begun.
SO FAR, SO BLOODY FANTASTIC!
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NZ’s medicinal cannabis scheme – here’s what it means for you
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.
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US airline bailout protects jobs better than NZ government does for Air NZ. Why?
How is this possible when the company is already 51% owned by the government?
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Life in Lock Down: Day 22 – Is that a light at the end of a four week long tunnel?!
April 16: Day 22 of living in lock-down…
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Responding to Death Cult Capitalism’s “Plan B” – Pitching The Devil’s Bargain To Generation X
In the words of the Plan-B-Boys’ advance guardsman, Matthew Hooton, opining in the NZ Herald of Saturday, 4 April 2020: