Hosking’s attack on Unions text book right wing narrative construction
It’s a reminder that the Union movement will continue to be National’s go to target for their own political agenda.
New Zealand Politics
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50 Shades of Blue: The only thing National could build in 9 years was a tax haven, mouldy hospitals & 41 000 homeless
The way National can simply pretend they haven’t built this problem would be bad enough, that the right wing media simply parrot that narrative is insult to injury.
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Huge Human Rights Review Tribunal win not just for Kim Dotcom but for all NZers
Our Democracy is only as strong as the checks and balances placed upon Executive power and this entire fiasco against Dotcom has highlighted the terrifying lack of accountability to that Executive power.
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Labour’s 4000 Mt Albert Kiwibuild a huge win for new Government
…what this shows is that this Government is focused on cutting deals that will see them actively step in to be the lender of last resort in ensuring people can buy the houses. It is a realisation that the State must be far more active in the house building process than the joke free market situation National allowed to create their speculative property bubble.
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Time to take on Oil industry, Tax big sugar, end intensive farming, restrict booze & crack down on pokies
Jacinda needs to show courage and make some huge calls that put the people first and the not the corporate interests of the vice industries be they oil or booze, sugar or gambling. Self-regulation is a joke and an excuse to do nothing, Jacinda must ask herself if the State is there to protect the interests of people or the vice pimps.
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If only the NZ media could focus on War Crimes the way they focus on golf games and cheating cricket
…I am so embarrassed by our media sometimes.
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Dave Macpherson: What can happen to self-entitled health sector bureaucrats, or what goes round comes round….
Three years ago the stars of four men who had responsibility for the care of our son – and a lot of other people – were in the ascendency: ‘Dr’ Nigel Murray the well-fed DHB CEO; Bob Simcock the laid-back DHB Board Chair; Chai Chuah the bean-counting Health Ministry boss; and ‘Dr’ Jonathan Coleman the ‘all care, no responsibility’ Health Minister.
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – Corrections Is Cramming Them in Tighter Than Sardines!
Corrections is dealing with the muster crisis by double bunking in cells that were not designed to hold more than one prisoner. They have not done this to date because they had legal advice and know that putting two prisoners in cell so small they barely have room for one is a recipe for disaster and may very well contravene section 23 (5) of the Bill of Rights Act which mandates prisoners be treated humanely and with respect for their dignity.
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GUEST BLOG: Dave Brownz – Labour fails 100 days test
We take a look at the promises from the Labour party when campaigning and on taking office – what will these really deliver for working people? As we argued in previous issues of Class Struggle, Labour forming a Coalition with openly capitalist parties means it cannot claim anymore to be a party that represents workers.
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Billions owed in leave – Why are we waiting?
Three years ago Unite wrote to all our big employers telling them that they had been miscalculating annual leave payments to their employees for years and they needed to fix it.