We must counter the Government’s efforts to restrict voting
As Election 2026 approaches, the Government is quietly tightening the rules around enrolment and late voting — not to improve…
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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Deployment of the National Guard in Minnesota
Can we rely on any section of the State to defend our democratic rights? The scary thing here with the…
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The Daily Blog relaunch for Election 26
Comrades, welcome to The Daily Blog Election 2026! Last year we had 800,000 readers and 7 million page views. This…
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Landlords are parasites, using extortion to take money from tenants
Now that the election date has been set, I look forward to seeing policies being issued by parties on the…
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BEN MORGAN – Greenland, Davos and the rules-based order
The weeks preceding the 2026 World Economic Forum Meeting in Davos, Switzerland were turbulent. The US flexing its military ‘muscle’…
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Was that a state of the nation speech or just a badly written National Party political broadcast?
Luxon’s speech this week chose to ignore the current pressing realities of the nation. These include rampant homelessness, chronic unemployment…
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The Western World Is Governed by Intellectual Pigmies
I’ve been around the sun a frightening number of times in my life and so have seen many western leaders…
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BEN MORGAN – Is Pokrovsk Putin’s fatal mistake?
Putin has thrown everything he has at Pokrovsk. Glide bombs, armoured vehicles and hundreds of thousands of infantry soldiers –…
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BEN MORGAN – Considering US tactical supremacy in Venezuela
Operation Absolute Resolve was a complex combined arms operation that demonstrated several unique capabilities of the US military. Information about…
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In election year let’s dump the complexity and support a single goal of reducing child poverty
Who has the faintest idea how Working for Families (WFF) works? More importantly, why it fails to achieve either of…
