Palestinian Prisoners Justice Call From NZ Forum
More than 9,000 Palestinians detained — many without trial. The call isn’t just for awareness anymore. It’s for action.
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Pacific civil society groups condemn ‘heavy-handed’ French crackdown over Kanaky unrest
Pacific civil society and solidarity groups today stepped up their pressure on the French government, accusing it of a “heavy-handed” crackdown on indigenous Kanak protest in New Caledonia, comparing it to Indonesian security forces crushing West Papuan dissent.
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Why NZ desperately needs a Bernie Sanders political revolution to hack the State (no really)
We need to hack the State so that these welfare agencies are actually looking after the welfare of those needing their services and not pushing counter productive policies that actually end up hurting those people.
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Where were you when we needed you?
As unions struggled to organise workers over the last 25 years governments de-regulated the labour market or sat back and watched organised labour fall apart. The art of civil society is to organise for the common good whereas the art of politicians is to compromise, for their own good.