Dr Liz Gordon: The right for women to stand for Parliament
Happy 100 years, parliamentary women!
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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Pissing-Off The Israelis Is A High-Risk Strategy
Ever since the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the British Labour Party, the Israelis have sanctioned, funded and organised one of their most shameless interventions, ever, in the domestic affairs of a sovereign nation.
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Winston Peters urged to condemn Israeli plans to annex vast tracts of Palestinian land
The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has written to Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters today urging that New Zealand condemn the Israeli Prime Minister’s planned annexation of vast tracts of the occupied West Bank of Palestine.
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Why Simon Bridges’ Enthusiasm For The Chinese Communist Party Is Utterly Unsurprising
So in the wake of a recent Newshub piece that quotes National’s Simon Bridges enthusiastically talking up the Chinese Communist Party – not, you know, the People’s Republic of China, but the Communist Party *itself*, various portions of my newsfeed have understandably been understandably just a little surprised and more than a little bemused that Blue is apparently The New Red
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Dave Macpherson: World Suicide Prevention Day – PM sidelines Health Minister and announces suicide prevention action
Forgive my cynicism, but perhaps not that of the many social media commenters whose families have come through the agony of losing a loved one, and not only received no support from officialdom, but very often opposition from the Ministry of Health and their DHBs.
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Dr Liz Gordon: In the pool with white supremacy
I met a white supremacist while I was out for my swim last week.
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Warning! Warning! Danger Jacinda Ardern! Danger Marama Davidson! Warning!
IF THE SEXUAL ASSAULT scandal engulfing the Prime Minister’s office hasn’t been properly dealt with by the time you read this, Labour’s in big trouble.
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Council’s callous indifference to East Christchurch
It was the ninth anniversary of the September 2010 earthquake last week, the first of the two big earthquakes to hit the city, but driving through some parts of East Christchurch you might think the earthquake was last week.
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The Abigail Article and My Response
As a blogger, I will continue to write for those who are marginalised, attacked, scorned, and powerless. I will continue to support Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Transpeople to be included in our society and to have the same rights and privileges straight cis people take for granted.
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Nu Zilind Gothic – Primary Sector Privilege Needs to End
They will never admit it, but the cowboys of New Zealand’s raw resource extractive economy are privileged.