Fabricated claims of anti-semitism from the pro-Israel lobby
It’s mischievous at best for the New Zealand Jewish Council to make claims of anti-semitism with the graffiti spraypainted on…
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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“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”
It’s astonishing that the deep-seated racists in the pro-Israel lobby can have the media and MPs rushing around to see…
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Gaza in 2023 and the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943 are two sides of the same coin
The destruction Israel is now raining down on Gaza, in retaliation for the Oct 7 uprising Palestinians launched earlier, has…
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Marijuana Media: Police trial drones to hunt cannabis; Sungrown NZ bud available on prescription; First CBD medicine approved
It’s drones and cones this week on 95bFM’s Marijuana Media with Chris Fowlie from NORML and Jonny & Corey from…
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Awaiting the finals: Media pundits election forecasts and Winston’s scenario setting
As we await the torturously and unnecessarily delayed final results from last month’s (!) general election and ponder the possible…
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Gaza, and the realities you won’t see in mainstream media
“If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people…
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A game of two halves
With the same shared history of tests behind them and after weeks of build-up, finally the big day came. Close-up…
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Marijuana Media: Police & helicopters; Mushies for meth; CBD in the Cooks; and which National Minister-in-Waiting has cannabis shares?
A former Thames cop recalls theft of cannabis from station lockup, NZ’s first licence granted to cultivate magic mushrooms, it…
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How the nastiest bits of history have a way of reinventing themselves
With the All Blacks Vs Springboks World Rugby Cup final just a few days away its worthwhile remembering the torrid…
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In Wartime truth is so precious
Complied by Malcolm Evans Two weeks after the Hamas breakout assault on Israel on 7 October, Robert Inlakesh, reporting for…