Last day of Mt Albert by-election – WHAT PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT STAND FOR:
What people before profit stands for…
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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New sanctions for migrant exploitation useful but much more needed
The new sanctions involving banning employers temporarily from sponsoring visas to import labour to New Zealand is a useful, but very small step, given the scale of the migrant labour exploitation that exists in New Zealand
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Labour’s Not Burning Crosses – It’s Gathering Votes
If Jackson’s recruitment encourages other Maori to speak out in similarly blunt terms about the true agenda of the Maori Party and the Iwi Leadership Group, then the electoral dividend for Labour will be substantial.
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Corporate Welfare – Whose rules rule?
The new data on inequality from Oxfam shows an even more obscene disparity than previous reports – 8 billionaires owning more than half the world’s population and two billionaires in New Zealand owning more than the poorest 30% of New Zealanders. This is not inevitable. It results from rules that favour the rich and penalise the poor.
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David Macpherson – Nicky Stevens’ care was of a “good standard” – Yeah, Right.
For this Blog, I am writing primarily about how the Waikato DHB has handled the death of my son, Nicky Stevens, while a patient under compulsory care in their mental health unit, some 2 years ago.
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Tax cuts in store but what is Joyce thinking?
We are beginning to see the colour of Steven Joyce’s eyes. Some insights into his views about who deserves tax cuts can be gleaned from this Herald piece: Economy Hub: About those tax cuts… Steven Joyce, the big interview
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Little’s “Broad Church” Widens Labour’s Appeal
The question that cannot be avoided, however, is as straightforward as it is disconcerting: How many more percentage points might Labour have advanced in the Colmar Brunton poll had “discontented party activists” not spent the week prior to its execution demonstrating rank disunity and ideological extremism?
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Election ’17 Countdown: Joyce – let the lolly scramble begin!
You can tell it’s election year; the lolly-scramble (aka, hint of tax cuts) has begun;
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Why I’d Be Voting For Joe Carolan In The Mt Albert By-Election
I want Labour to run ‘to the left’ of where they were in 2014 – both because I’m sick of quasi-center-right warmed-over neoliberalism masquerading as progressive economic policy … but also because I genuinely believe that moving to the left will help Labour’s prospects later this year in September.
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The Wrong Sisterhood: Forgotten Lessons of the 1984 Women’s Forums
Sisterhood is, indeed, powerful – but only when your sisters can be relied upon to vote the right way.