Why the pundits got it wrong in Michigan
The mainstream media pundits just don’t get it. They don’t get it that the Bernie Sanders campaign has never been about “politics as usual”. Rather, it is “the politics of the unusual”.
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Political analysis and commentary shaping the progressive debate in Aotearoa New Zealand, focused on power, policy, and accountability.
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MUST READ – Blurred Vision: Why Labour Isn’t Trusted To Govern New Zealand
It is the privilege of historians to pinpoint the causes of an institution’s malaise, even when they have little to offer by way of immediate solutions.
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Palestine – misery without end yet resistance without waver
When the history of the 20th and 21st centuries is written by future historians they will remark on the astonishing steadfastness of the Palestinian people in the face of the relentless brutality and oppression they are suffering at the hands of the Israeli army.
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Govt majority on TPPA committee shows hearings are a farce
National’s majority on the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade committee has refused to extend the deadline for submissions on the…
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Israel – censured yet never restrained
With less than nine months left to make a difference at the Security Council, New Zealand’s leaders must be persuaded to act. Confront their consciences. Allow them no excuses and make the Security Council live up to its name.
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Need to raise goal in minimum wage fight
Current CTU policy is for a minimum wage of two-thirds of the average wage and for that level to be indexed in law. The law protects National Superannuation payments which are indexed so that the couple rate is at least 66% of the net average wage. There is no reason economically why the minimum wage could not be returned to that two-thirds of the average wage level.
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Clinton sweeps the south, but Sanders still has momentum in the north
After Hillary Clinton won so big in the South, Bernie Sanders faces an uphill struggle for the nomination.
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Crystal Crusher Collins’ Meth-Attack Is Strung-Out Scare Politics
Meth use and addiction is a serious issue. And, as with all serious issues, it remains disappointing to see it trivialized by a pavonine politician in pursuit of a self-aggrandizing headline.
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Odd alignments in the flag debate
Two years ago I welcomed John Key’s promise to hold a flag referendum. At last we could get rid of the Union Jack from our flag and have one that didn’t look like Australia’s. Many on the left had long argued for a flag change and now we had some significant support from the right.
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Obituary: Ranginui Walker 1932-2016
The rain sheets weeping over Opotiki. Tears for a fallen chief. The kohu descends. I ran to cover, turned on the radio. Twitter. Ranginui Walker has died. He will stay in Auckland.