GET CHARGED UP FOR THE AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL BUSKERS FESTIVAL THIS LONG WEEKEND!
SUMMER IN THE SQUARE
Free in Aotea Square
On now until 19 February
The Liberal Agenda
Commentary examining neoliberalism, economic inequality, and the political forces shaping modern New Zealand society.
-
-
Andrew Little’s State of the Nation 1pm Sunday Albert Park, Auckland
Little is announcing a new initiative and fresh from refusing to the TPPA deserves some support from the progressive whanau.
-
TPPA Free Zone: Peoples Protestival in Auckland 31st Sunday
You are invited to participate in a FREE protest festival, run by the people, for the people, in protest of the upcoming signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement!
-
The Cost of Living: A review of Thomas Owen’s ‘Patents, Pills and the Press’
Hidden within the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement is a longstanding conflict between pharmaceutical corporations and health activists over the availability of generic medicines.
-
GUEST BLOG: Kevin Hester – Public seminar to discuss Copout 21 and the threat of Methane
Renowned climate scientist and ominously, Nuclear Power advocate ( watch this space for John Key advocating nuclear) James E Hansen described Cop21( Copout21) as “a Fraud” .
-
5 Broken cameras filmmaker in NZ in February
Nominated for an Oscar, 5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal first-hand account of life and nonviolent resistance in Bil’in, a West Bank village where Israel is extending its apartheid wall/ security fence.
-
BRACE YOURSELF FOR AN R18 BONANZA OF SOCIAL CRITICISM, SEXUAL POLITICS AND HAPPY-GO-LUCKY FUN!
Brought To You By The Letter ‘U’ For Un-Pc And ‘O’ For Offensive!
-
TPPA – DON’T SIGN protest 4th February
February 4th will see trade ministers from around the Pacific Rim converge on Auckland to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).
-
Academy Awards respects The Revenant – but watch the sneering in 1973
It is good that the movie gets respect and that Native Americans are shown in a light that goes beyond the whitewashed history America clings to. The genocide, lies, murder and butchery committed against the first nation of America is still a crime the US has never paid for.
-
With Peter Jackson’s history, will remaking ‘The NeverEnding Story’ become a 7 hour trilogy?
After the shlock of The Hobbit and the never ending Lord of the Rings, I’m not sure we want Peter Jackson remaking a movie called ‘The NeverEnding Story’.