Information wars: Gaza as “the last taboo”, the threat of mass surveillance and the spirit of dissidence
“When the truth is replaced with silence” wrote the soviet dissident Yevgeni Yevtushenko, “the silence is a lie.”
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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“Now the work of movements begins”: government corruption, media bias, youth voting and the role of revolutionaries
I am so tired of the dirty politics of the National government, aren’t you?
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Green Pasifika candidates
If the Greens and Labour are going to be a coalition thats truly representative of the ideals and values they espouse, then the Greens cant just rely on Labour to be the partner that brings Pacific people into the coalition tent.
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Revenge porn, consent and why people need to stop victim blaming Jennifer Lawrence
We live in a culture that endlessly blames women for other people’s violence and violations against them. We live in a culture that fears a women’s sexuality, but teaches us it is the only real currency of value.
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Manukau East – the next Coalition in action
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of opening Voice Up – a youth forum run by young people in Otara. I had been asked as Chair of the Local Board to set the scene, encouraging young people to take part in the democratic process by casting a vote.
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“You just have to keep on fighting” – an interview with Metiria Turei
“At the end of the day no government ever paid attention to the people I’ve cared about”.
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Cameron Slater: Zionist and political pundit
As New Zealanders begin to learn the full extent of Slater’s corruptions, smear campaigns and how much he and his Whale Oil blog have influenced elections in the last six years, he is being paid, as I type this, to also pedal Israeli propaganda.
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Show me what democracy looks like: 6 activists for Palestine #Occupy the NZ Super Fund Office
At around 12pm yesterday Nadia Filistin, who has been a major organiser in the Auckland protests against Israel’s ongoing assaults in Gaza over the last 6 weeks which has killed over 1900 Palestinians and injured thousands, updated her Facebook status with this…
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Why Hillary Clinton is not ‘a beacon of female empowerment’
Clinton is being held up by many social commentators as some kind of vision of ‘female empowerment’ – after all, she has smashed glass ceiling after glass ceiling, and she is a proud self-declared feminist. Hell, maybe she is even a ‘feminist icon’.
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Politics beyond the veil
This is the lousy state of Māori politics. The highest value and the only end is sitting “at the table of government”.