Appeasement and Impunity
On 18 January 2016, US Ambassador Daniel Shapiro told a conference, attended by Israeli politicians and military officials, that Israel needs to halt settlement expansion and control settler violence.
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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Making It Stop: Taking stock of 4 February 2016, with some thoughts about the way forward
SOME TRIBUTES FIRST, then an apology
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Low Interest Rates, House Prices and Public Finance
Negative interest rates – as in Europe and Japan – stabilise the debt accumulation process that gave us, for example, the 2008 global financial crisis.
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For Independence and Freedom: March against the TPPA!
If protecting our national sovereignty and defending our democracy become the battle-cries of the 2017 General Election, then the entire neoliberal project will be threatened.
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Sanders campaign over the first big hurdle
Bernie Sanders’ campaign for the US President is well and truly launched. The media are now treating him as a serious challenger after he held Hillary Clinton to a draw in Iowa yesterday.
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New US visa restriction a sop to Iran deal opponents
I watched 2015’s last Republican Party presidential debate and counted, in absolute amazement, as the word ‘Iran’ was mentioned about 25 times while the word ‘economy’ was mentioned only 9 times. ISIS was mentioned a staggering 108 times!
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What can be done to fight inequality?
The explosion in information available about the extent of inequality in the world naturally raises the next question – what can be done to combat it.
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“Show Me The Money!” Filling the hole in Labour’s policy framework
This is why it is strategically vital for Labour to set out its fiscal policies openly and honestly before releasing its key policies relating to education, health and housing. The party first needs to settle upon a revenue target, and then upon the fiscal instruments it will use to achieve it.
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Labour targets the under-sevens with its tertiary education fees policy
This means only those children aged under seven now will get the maximum three years fully funded tertiary education when they leave school in 2025.
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Citizens present petition at Governor General’s gate
NZ, Wellington, 30 January – Several hundred people met at Wellington’s Waitangi Park, to vent their opposition at the impending signing and ratification of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA);