Journalism, Media & Democracy 2016 Media Ownership Report live stream December 1st
TDB is proud to present the Journalism, Media & Democracy 2016 Media Ownership Report live streamed exclusively on The Daily Blog, December 1st.
politics
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Brian Tamaki and his homosexual hating earthquakes
Of all the people God could talk to, why would it be a shallow fart like Tamaki? Why isn’t God having conversations with Stephen Hawking, Michelle Obama or the new Pope?
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Is This The Right Time To Protest Against An American Warship?
Some would say that bearing witness against the horrors of war and calling to account arms manufacturers is, unquestionably, a good thing to do. Others would argue that this is a quasi-religious position which takes no account of public opinion and is, therefore, both apolitical and unhelpful.
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TrumpMania: the demise of literacy and the rise of political spectacle
Anyone who is surprised by the result of the recent US presidential election should take a close look at WrestleMania, an annual sport entertainment event created by the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The show’s content and its format explain a lot about Trump’s triumph in the US presidential election.
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Secessionists, Demonstrationists, and Defenestrationists: The Unchanging Character Of US Responses To Their New Presidents
This Presidential outcome is so singularly sui-generis in sadness and in suicidality that some radical actions are more called for now than they were previously
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International Civil Society Movements Succeed in Burying the TPP
Washington, DC – Civil society movements across Asia, Latin America, Oceania, and North America – united internationally to fight the…
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EXCLUSIVE: Jane Kelsey – What Trump means to the TPPA
We will have a better idea next week when the political leaders of the TPPA countries meet on the side of the APEC leaders’ summit in Peru, one of Obama’s last appearances as president on the global stage. There will be lots of brave rhetoric, so we will have to decipher the noise from behind the scenes.
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Who’s The “Lesser Evil” Now?
Donald Trump is, unquestionably, the most morbid symptom of the current political crisis gripping the capitalist West – but he is not the only one. Of almost equal concern is the toxic combination of ignorance and viciousness on display in the commentary threads of political blogs and websites.
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GUEST BLOG: Ben Peterson – What politicians don’t want you to know about immigration
Immigration is not a central cause of unemployment, and not the key driver of the explosion in housing prices. Even dramatic reductions in immigration numbers will have little impact.
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Why Clintonistas Desperately Want You To Stop Talking About Bernie
It’s been interesting watching the shift in discourse about Bernie Sanders from some of the local #ImWithHer crowd (and, presumably, those further afield/closer to the action).