What every single mainstream media pundit seems to have missed in the Boomer vs Gen X vs Millennial debate
To ignore neoliberalism when trying to understand the generational differences is like trying to see a rainbow in only black and white.
New Zealand Politics
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Why is the Neoliberal Establishment so Pissed-Off with Bill English?
IT’S DIFFICULT TO AVOID THE IMPRESSION that the neoliberal establishment is very pissed-off with Bill English. His handling of the NZ Superannuation issue has been an unmitigated disaster from beginning to end. The media wasn’t briefed. National’s surrogates in academia and the business community weren’t primed. The public was not prepared.
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Your NZ Police at work – tasering a man to death
The thing that is most concerning about all this abuse using tasers is that the rules on taser use are incredibly clear, a Police Officer can only use a taser if a person has a weapon on them and are threatening use of it against the Police or other people.
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Inter-Generation Collaboration, Not Age-Based Warfare Needed To Defeat Neoliberal Scourge
Earlier this week, several minorly amazing things happened. National decided to breach its nine-year commitment to leave the retirement age untampered with; Labour found itself with an MP in a leadership position whom the public actually seem to like; and I caught myself red-handed agreeing with David Seymour.
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NZ Politician Celebrates International Women’s Day by complaining about female MPs clothing
David Seymour, the Leader of the hard right political party ACT, chose to celebrate International Women’s Day in NZs Parliament in an interesting manner…
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Jan Logie reminds NZ what Parliament can be used for – serving the people
Congratulations to Jan Logie and the Green Party for getting their law to give domestic violence survivors and whanau paid and unpaid leave for domestic violence through to its first stage in Parliament.
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How latest CIA Wikileaks impacts NZ as we prepare to give GCSB & SIS even more powers
Surely the NZ Government has to assure us the people that the surveillance powers they are about to grant the GCSB and the SIS can’t be misused by foreign spy powers, otherwise everything they are gathering is effectively intelligence for the Americans.
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Your Voice Election 2017 – Ann Johns* experience of how CYFs killed her son
The CYF workers did absolutely nothing right, I blame them the most for the death of my son. They refused to engage with me on any level and I was, not only his mother, but a guardian. They ignored all that. I have pages and pages of their incompetence and uselessness.
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5 things to take away from Marama Davidson’s remarkable journey on Women’s boat to Gaza
On Monday night, clad in a traditional Palestinian dress, which was presented to her by a Palestinian woman, Green MP Marama Davidson addressed a packed audience at Workers’ Educational Association in Christchurch.
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What the National Party does best – social vandalism
Even National’s $25 per week benefit increase last year pales into insignificance with the news that reductions in the real value of Working for Families payments since National took office have taken a cumulative $2 billion from the homes of families on low incomes.