The Rise of Great Leader Trump
Whatever policies Trump intends to enact during his presidential term is unknown.
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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Promise Or Threat? How Is Labour’s Future Of Work Exercise Likely To Be Received?
Worthy and future-focused though it may be, FoW is unlikely to exert a positive influence over the voting behaviour of working-class New Zealanders. There have been far too many reports about what ordinary working people must do to make themselves employable in the labour markets of the future.
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An earthquake separates John Key and ‘The Iron Lady’, Margaret Thatcher
Only people, working collectively for the greater good, can achieve mutual support – quite often for no personal benefit or gain.
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Tamaki’s ‘post-truth’ hate speech a cynical MO
Tamaki’s attitudes are so outdated and narrow minded they have no place in civil society. Who actually believes that shit? and who in their right mind takes it seriously. But there’s a worry that the media attention helps his cause. It’s exposure Tamaki probably enjoys. He’s certainly unrepentant.
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The real fight should be to save the planet we love – not a war on Procrastination
If you want to tell the University of Auckland that the real fight is supposed to be to save the planet we love, instead of being a war on procrastination, please do. After all, it’s supposed to be a fight for all our futures.
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Mental health with Dave McPherson: Some lessons we ought to be learning from the USA….
Mental health bureaucrats and ‘professionals’ in NZ have collectively followed the same path, and even those seeing the problems the community sees every day are slow to voice concerns, timid in their approach, and usually supremely arrogant in thinking only they have the ability to make any changes.
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A high five for the protestors!
The so-called “defence industry” with their war-mongering expo on at the same time is an affront to all of humanity. Their profiteering from human misery, death and destruction makes them arguably the most depraved human beings of all.
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Is This The Right Time To Protest Against An American Warship?
Some would say that bearing witness against the horrors of war and calling to account arms manufacturers is, unquestionably, a good thing to do. Others would argue that this is a quasi-religious position which takes no account of public opinion and is, therefore, both apolitical and unhelpful.
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TrumpMania: the demise of literacy and the rise of political spectacle
Anyone who is surprised by the result of the recent US presidential election should take a close look at WrestleMania, an annual sport entertainment event created by the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The show’s content and its format explain a lot about Trump’s triumph in the US presidential election.
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Secessionists, Demonstrationists, and Defenestrationists: The Unchanging Character Of US Responses To Their New Presidents
This Presidential outcome is so singularly sui-generis in sadness and in suicidality that some radical actions are more called for now than they were previously