GUEST BLOG: Ross Meurant – THANKS RUSSIA! FUEL PRICES CRASH.
Yeah right m8. ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE. Russia rescues the proletariat from excessive fuel prices during a period most people…
Yeah right m8. ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE. Russia rescues the proletariat from excessive fuel prices during a period most people…
Can we acknowledge this is dangerous yet or will I get cancelled for suggesting this isn’t a bloody identity politics issue but a public health threat and economic crisis?
National out of power are showing us that free of the responsibilities of Government, they still can’t get their fucking act together!
If this is how the country is dealing with a mere 5 cases confirmed, what happens when it becomes a pandemic?
Monday the 9th of March is the 5th anniversary of our son Nicky’s death. It’s a very difficult time for our whanau.
RIP Jeanette Fitzsimons: a lovely, gentle, and yet determined person who never gave up her vision for, and work towards, environmental change.
180 years ago this year, Māori across Aotearoa signed the Treaty of Waitangi. The nation building moment that saw 2000 non-Māori come together to negotiate with over 100,000 Māori. Māori held the upper hand at the signing of the treaty and our sovereignty was never ceded away.
We need a Green New Deal that prioritises people and the planet above the pursuit of profit by the 1% class of private owners of the monopoly corporations that dominate all economic life. A Green New Deal can be the step towards the new system we need. It already has a name.
The human consequences are, and will be, substantial. Countries and regions with weak, underfunded health infrastructures may be overwhelmed. National and community health campaigns involving quarantines, hygiene initiatives and communication updates will be less available to poor populations with little media access. In New Zealand, the virus should be manageable, if the spread is not too rapid, and if the fatality rate does not spike because of biological mutation.
…we should be ashamed a Casino banned a philosopher from speaking because free speech is now defined by the Invisible Council of Enlightened Outrage!