Why Marx was right about capitalism needing to have periodic crises (Part 2 of 3)
Last week I began this three-part series to help understand what is happening to the world economy today and why pro-capitalist…
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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Hundreds of millions in state house land sold by Labour in the middle of a housing catastrophe for people on low and middle incomes
Behind the headline “$200m boost for new homes” is a sordid tale of a government demolishing state houses, selling most…
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The Treaty of Waitangi and 3 waters Co-governance
Following my article of a few days ago the comments section was so full of hyperbolic ill informed comments from…
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Co-Governance is our democracy
Chris Trotter on 3 November wrote ‘David Parker rejects Co-Governance’. It’s more likely that Mr Parker is just following up…
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Much Worse Than It Looks
THE REID RESEARCH POLL is much worse than it looks. Twelve months from now, when the actual voting papers, as…
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Why Marx was right about capitalism needing to have periodic crises
The National Business Review reported a comment by New Zealand’s then National Party government minister of finance Bill English on…
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WHAT THE HELL IS THIS! Gerald stared at the words on the screen as if, somehow, he could make them…
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Why don’t we treat Pasifika the same as Australians when they want to visit Aotearoa New Zealand?
Thanks to TVNZ for putting the spotlight on the government racist immigration policies which discriminate again and again against our…
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Farewell Filep Karma, the revered West Papuan leader who could have ushered in unity
A tragic day of mourning. Thousands thronged the West Papuan funeral cortège for human rights leader Filep Karma as the banned Morning Star led the way in defiance of the Indonesian military.
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PODCAST: Buchanan and Manning on Trumpism Beyond Trump – Brazil, USA, Israel
In this, the 21st episode of A View from Afar for 2022 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning analyse the notion, and perhaps the reality, of Trumpism beyond Trump. And they do so through framing the results of Brazil’s election; the approaching US midterm elections, and the coalition shifts toward the far right in the wake of Israel’s elections.