The new Government are failing to stop the war on beneficiaries and the poor
We all know Jacinda is busy juggling motherhood and the country, but the poor are being failed.
New Zealand Politics
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As the planet melts – The Greens decide to ‘reclaim’ the C-word
Look, I’m sure this type of feminist reclaiming of empowerment (#empowerment #girlpower) goes down well like a bag of strap-ons at an anti-heteronormative patriarchy coven kink munch meeting, but sweet Christ, you can’t seriously be considering reclaiming the word ‘cunt’ as a party political position can you?
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MUST READ: Trade for All is a lie
It has taken almost a year for the not-so-new Labour-led government to act on its promise of an inclusive and progressive new trade strategy. Only, ‘act’ a far too generous description. It’s too little, too late. The terms of reference signed off by the Cabinet are not going to explore the real reasons why Kiwis, among many others around the world, have turned their backs on these agreements.
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The new Government in NZ need to stop seeing the slump in business confidence as some snarky micro-aggression sub-tweet by Employers
The bosses will attempt to claim a living wage and slightly better Union protection for workers is what has spooked them, but that’s bullshit, the real reasons for a downturn in confidence however are worth looking at.
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The madness of Judith Collin’s fake news tweet
It’s a dumb thing to do, and on the surface of it, Judith’s retweet of a fake news story is more embarrassing than sinister, but when given the opportunity to back down and acknowledge she screwed up, Judith has doubled down…
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Understanding Legal Hate Speech
I think part of the problem with the Brash, Molyneux and Southern debate is that there is a large amount of confusion over what ‘Hate Speech’ legally amounts to.
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The grim reality of climate change is still not dawning
Are we all through with calling everyone Nazis for supporting free speech? If we are, the planet is melting and if you think being carbon neutral by 2050 is meaningful, you are part of the problem.
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By banning Don Brash, the Woke Left strike another blow for recruiting fascists
This isn’t about hate speech, this is about the Orwellian power of being able to decide what can & can’t be said. This is about creating trigger free safe spaces with petting zoos for emotional support peacocks while the rest of us are forced to accept it or get accused of Nazism.
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How The New Zealand Left Transformed Southern And Molyneux From Unknown Rightists Into Free Speech Heroes
The debate stirred up by the repeated denial of both public and private stages to the pair on account of threats and intimidation has placed the issue of free speech squarely on New Zealand’s political agenda. The Left will find it much harder, now, to sell its arguments in favour of limiting New Zealanders right to free expression that would have been the case if Southern and Molyneux had simply been allowed to come and go without incident.
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An Open Letter To Winston Peters
It was with some personal disappointment that despite several letters from my friends and colleagues, there appeared to be no action by the New Zealand government to protest the hijacking of the boat I was travelling on, Al Awda, and from which I was kidnapped and detained by the Israeli military from international waters on Sunday, July 29.