Last nights TPPA meeting
There’s nothing in this deal that benefits anyone other than the already wealthy. It locks NZ into being a garden for America’s food chain, which is fine for Farmers and the National Party, but kinda screws the rest of us.
TPPA
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TPPA Live stream exclusive to TDB from Auckland Town Hall at 7pm tonight
A political panel will tell us why they oppose the signing of the TPPA: Grant Robertson, Labour; Metiria Turie, Greens; Marama Fox, Maori Party; and Fletcher Tabuteau, NZ First.
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A “Menu” Of Protest: Confronting Riot Police shouldn’t be the only protest option on 4 February
Some consideration should, nevertheless, be given to the problem created by the Police’s announcement that it has been engaged for some time in “Public Order Training” – a.k.a. Riot Control.
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TPPA:Don’t Sign – Fill the Auckland Town Hall tomorrow (Tues) 7pm
Help us to fill the Auckland Town Hall tomorrow, Tuesday 26th at 7pm in the first TPPA: Don’t Sign public meetings.
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Why National voters are angry with Key over TPPA signing
It’s not just activists, Maori, Unions, environmentalists or workers who are furious at Key signing the TPPA, it’s Key’s middle ground voters as well.
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Dear NZ Police – about the TPPA 4th February protest
Which side are you on boys?
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I have a dream
When I take to the streets on 4 February to exercise my right to peaceful protest, I too will be marching for Jobs and Freedom. I will be marching for our civil rights: that our vote counts, irrespective of our wealth or race or religion and that we are all subject to equal treatment under the law.
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EXCLUSIVE: An open invitation
Now is the time to get out there and be visible in your opposition. WE NEED YOU THERE TO FILL THE TOWN HALL and show the government and corporate beneficiaries we don’t want a bar of their TPPA!
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If Key and the Police want a riot at TPPA – they’ll create one
Muldoon green lighted the Springbok tour in part to divide the country and harden his support base, by agreeing to a signing 2 days before Waitangi Day, Key is playing the same divide and rule politics.
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Let’s Not Lose Our Tempers: If John Key wants a riot outside Sky City – don’t give him one
I’m suspicious. Because John Key is not prone to making tactical blunders. Which raises the worrying possibility that the readily predictable consequences of his decision – mass protest action outside Sky City, with a high probability of violence and property damage – may be exactly what he wants to happen.