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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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Life in Lock Down: Day 3
March 28: First day of the first weekend in Lock Down. It feels like it’s been weeks since only Level 3 was declared last Tuesday, only four days ago.
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The mandate for revolutionary restructuring has never been stronger
Vladimir Lenin said “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen” – and it definitely feels like events in time are speeding up.
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Life in Lock Down: Day 1
Day one of the Level 4 nationwide lock-down (or, DefCon 4 as I sometimes cheekily call it) started at 11.59PM on 25 March. For a moment, most of the nation held it’s collective breath. In that brief moment, as the countdown moved to one minute to midnight, everything changed.
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How Do You Feel? What Do You Think?
NEW ZEALAND POLITICS under the Lockdown will be played out in two locations. The Beehive: where Jacinda Ardern and her key ministers and advisers will oversee the national effort to eradicate the Covid-19 virus. Parliament Buildings: where the Epidemic Response Committee, chaired by Simon Bridges, will hold the Prime Minister, her government, and the country’s leading public servants to account.
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Dr Liz Gordon: Mr No-Name pleads guilty
So ‘he who will not be named’ had pleaded guilty and will not face a trial. Those involved are very relieved but also very slightly cheated. But he would have been mad to testify, so really there is little they missed out on.
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Action for Planet Earth – input sought for a draft global call
With the COVID-19 pandemic now forcefully reminding the human family of our closeness, connectivity and interdependence, the Palestinian scientist and author, Mazin Qumsiyeh, has issued an appeal to the world.
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It’s Time For Disaster Socialism
The disaster of the Great Depression was transformed into a new and fairer society by the democratic socialism of the First Labour Government. The disaster of the Covid-19 Pandemic offers a similar transformative possibility to the Labour-NZ First-Green Government.
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Dr Liz Gordon: And it is with some relief…
And a sigh, all tasks about complete, the pantry stocked, that we sink into our little bubble.
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A Call to do Better By Nature
2020 started with an existential bang. Catastrophic bushfires, drought, international undiplomatic brinkmanship and now Covid-19, it’s felt like we’ve ticked off the full apocalyptic list.