“Sanction Israel for genocide” – nationwide protests continue in 2025
While the stench of decaying morality hangs over the coalition government and its MPs after 15 months of complicity with…
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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Protest against Israeli tennis player at the ASB Tennis Classic
PSNA supports the protest at the ASB Tennis Classic to express outrage at the participation of Israeli tennis player Lina…
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Palestine protest group condemns NZ’s ‘normalisation of apartheid’ – Israeli tennis player’s match disrupted
A Palestine solidarity group has protested over the participation of Israeli tennis player Lina Glushko in New Zealand’s ASB Tennis Classic in Auckland today, saying such competition raises serious concerns about the normalisation of systemic oppression and apartheid. Protesters disrupted the match and Glushko was defeated.
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Merry Christmas Comrades – Peace on Earth and goodwill to all pronouns from the Team at The Daily Blog
Kia ora Comrades, Merry Christmas to you and your whanau. Good will and peace to all. Remember- It’s not Christmas…
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Eugene Doyle: Christ wasn’t born in a stable so that Palestinians could be born in tents
Wellington writer and columnist Eugene Doyle contributes this Christmas message: “The Babe Jesus isn’t the only baby we should be caring about this Christmas. All people of goodwill need to oppose this Gaza genocide and crimes against humanity and do all we can to bring to a close Israel’s war on Palestinians.”
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Submission on the Treaty Principles Bill
Make a submission against this nasty piece of legislation. The closing date for submissions is 11.59pm Tuesday, 07 January 2025…
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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update: Japan, Australia and US plan trilateral training
In mid-November, Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles, Japanese Defence Minister Gen Nakatani and US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin met in…
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Poor economic policy: history repeats, but a tiny bright light in the Budget Policy Statement 2025
I was proud to take a stand with 14 other economists, led by Ganesh Nana against current fiscal policies that…
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2024 review + 2025 predictions
Before my review of the year a few predictions for 2025: TV in 2025: Freeview as a platform for free-to-air…
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BEN MORGAN: Trump fires the first shots in possible negotiations, is the end-game starting?
Strategically, it feels like the end game is starting President Trump opening negotiation, via social media on Sunday 8 December….