Goodbye David Shearer – we barely knew you
For me, that was the final straw. To tell us to our face that he aligned with our values and concerns while secretly meeting Key to try and get the spying powers past was a total betrayal.
New Zealand Politics
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Of course there is exploitation of migrant workers – why are Kiwi’s so easily led?
We have a corrupt work and student visa system in place bringing in 250 000 migrant workers/students on top of record immigration of 70 000+ each year. We have a Government who are doing this because it keeps their property bubble high and it pushes down labour demands.
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High Court sides with the government over the sale of state houses in Tauranga
This clear detriment to social housing in Tauranga has in our view not come with any discernible other improvements and delivery by Accessible Properties. For all intents and purposes they will slot into the same role as HNZ in being a landlord providing social housing for MSD.
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Sam Lotu-liga finally does honourable thing & what msm isn’t saying about our corrupt prison nightmare
We have a corrupt corporation running prisons which are producing men and women more damaged when they come out than when they went in. We have allowed anger to influence social policy and that social policy is merely creating an ocean of spite.
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Thoughts on Wellington’s ‘Free the nipple’ protest
Now, as a cis white male who benefits from the patriarchy (despite not supporting it), I have to check my privilege and not start mansplaining (as if explaining ones thoughts on an issue is a bad thing) because free the nipple protests seem to me to be identity politics at its most elitist, middle class and alienating.
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GUEST BLOG: Damon Rusden – The psychology of Trump’s victory
Psychology tells us we have huge, indomitable confirmation bias. We find rational arguments to justify our intuitive position. Is it so hard to believe, when a candidate like triggers ALL of the modules in our morality matrix, that he won? That in a polarised election the one who ticks all the morale boxes was going to lose?
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The Dangers of Political Adrenalin
I’VE ONLY EVER MET ONE serving agent of the Central Intelligence Agency. As far as most of us lefties knew he was a liberal American academic; friendly, generous, with a fund of interesting stories to tell. Outwardly, at least, the man seemed harmless.
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THE FIGHT TO SAVE CITY CARE IS NOT OVER YET! – Keep Our Assets Canterbury
KOA Will Be At Christchurch City Council Meeting This Thursday, December 15th The Christchurch City Council finally saw sense and…
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After John Key – what next?
We must build existing unions and form new ones that are able to struggle much more effectively that we have. We need to forge allies with everyone in the community being exploited and abused. We need community organisations willing to fight as allies.
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2002/2016 Tunnel Vision. What People Are Missing When They Dismiss Bill English Due To His 20.9%
The Left are a pretty optimistic bunch. And with good cause – after eight successive years of grueling hard-neoliberal governance, and having to watch National’s number of seats only grow regardless, you pretty much have to be. It’s either that, or give up in despair.