GUEST BLOG: Doug Renwick – A Discourse on Corporate Propaganda Part 3: The Mass Media on welfare and crime
When it comes to disciplining the general population there aren’t too many different deceptions you can use to do it.
politics
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“Old Lefties” – WTF! Simon Wilson hosts “Table Talk” at the Ika Seafood Bar and Grill
“LABOUR – WTF?” The question said it all. And the packed-out restaurant confirmed its aptness. Laila Harré has good instincts for the mood of the Auckland Left, and “WTF?” sums up its assessment of the current state of the Labour Party with earthy directness.
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Top 10 examples of how deeply rotten New Zealand has become under National
Here are 10 examples of just how rotten to the core our hollow democracy has become.
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The shocking truth behind why Correction’s rehabilitation rates are failing
The shocking truth behind why Correction’s rehabilitation rates are failing is a case study in how ‘get-tough-on-crime’ rhetoric and a lynch mob electorate more focused on punishment are creating horrifically counter productive ends for our wider society.
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P, Ngaruawahia, government indifference and community vigilantes
P is a huge concern in low-income areas and has been for a long time. But it was only when middle-class kids were effected that we saw action.
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Poto Williams – Seclusion Rooms in Schools a disturbing symptom of Education’s tragic legacy under National
What was even more disturbing was learning that the Minister of Education had known about this for two months and appears not to lifted a finger until she was outed by Autism New Zealand and concerned parents.
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If only the NZ media could focus on Key lying about SAS in combat the way they have over an Australian Rugby Coach spitting the dummy
We are allowing the cult of Rugby to over shadow civic issues far larger than an Ozzie Coach having a rant!
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GUEST BLOG: Dr David Small – NZ Spy Agencies – Holding Them To Account 3 part Special – Part 2
In this series of three articles, I outline why I think this Bill represents the most disturbing attack to date on the rights and freedoms of New Zealanders. Part two traces two decades of intelligence and security legislation from 1996 to 2016.
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The Herald’s weird moralistic rant about Millennials, misplaced Tinder angst and toxic individualism
Focusing on the supposed morality in all of this eclipses what I really think the Wright/Tostee story confronts us with.
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Aiding Israel’s profitable expansionism
Next month, from 14-20 November the USS Sampson will attend the Royal New Zealand Navy’s International Naval Review, which just happens to coincide with a Weapons Conference & Expo sponsored by the NZ Defence Industry Association (NZDIA), 16-20 November.