Grenfell Tower – an Epitaph to Epic Failure
Only when inequality, deregulation, austerity and privatisation are reversed, will justice be done for the Grenfell dead.
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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Danger! The economic bubble is bursting
Statistics NZ figures released this week have confirmed that New Zealand is in recession on a per capita basis as the economy has declined for two-quarters when measured on this basis.
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Trumpwatch – How Elon Musk can overcome Trump’s climate-change obstinacy
Ironically, big corporations have parted company with Trump and the American Right, siding instead with the science community;
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The Scalise Shooting: this solves nothing!
. . A few days ago; Congressman Steve Scalise, the No. 3 Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, was…
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Aftermath of Israel’s 1967 war
On 8 June 2017, Amnesty International launched an urgent appeal to the international community to support BDS and fully boycott…
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Only Thing “Rancid” About Butter Chicken Comment Is Shane Jones
There are a few things to be said in response to Shane Jones’ recent declaration that New Zealand’s immigration policy…
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NZ’s cowardly apology to Israel over settlements
When challenged directly on Morning Report, Brownlee wouldn’t criticise Israel’s settlement building policy, saying it was a matter for the parties concerned. Why bother to have a foreign policy if everything is just a matter for the parties concerned – despite, in this case, one having all the power over the other. The theft of Palestinian land is backed by Israel’s huge military machine.
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5 lessons we learnt from the British election result
Tony Blair`s dismissal of Labour`s election chances was entirely misplaced. Jeremy Corbyn increased Labour`s vote share by more than any leader since 1945. Labour received more votes in England than in Tony Blair`s landslide win of 1997. The success of Labour`s campaign slogan `For the many not the few` retrospectively exposed the vacuity of Tony Blair`s `third way` ideology.
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Letter to the editor – Bill English admits immigration driving economy
On 16 June last year, then-Finance Minister, Bill English attributed our growth to “other sectors” of the economy;
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“Oh Snap” – Storming Into The New And Excellently Populist World Post-UK General Election
At the time of writing, we are perhaps a mere forty-eight hours after the results of the UK’s General Election came in. And already, it seems like an entire Amazonian forest of trees, and a fairly literal Black Sea of ink have already been spilled in attempting to make sense of what has happened.