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English taunts students

Anthony R0bins — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:58:08 +0000

Taunting the young people who are getting the shitty end of the economic stick - does it get any more arrogant than that?

McCarten: Waging war on working class

The Standard — Mon, 21 May 2012 21:09:56 +0000

Matt McCarten's latest column is a must read. There is something nasty going on...

Why we should save TVNZ7

Guest post — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:19:34 +0000

TVNZ7, in its current form, will stop broadcasting on the 30th of June and will be changed to a plus one channel along the same lines as TV3 Plus One. Now I don’t know about you, but I could live without seeing another repeat of Come Dine with Me.

10,000+ at Auckland anti-MOM protest

lprent — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:14:56 +0000

Lots of people… get down to Britomart.. Mind you Britomart is filling up rapidly. They need a few more megaphones by the look of the crowd. Penny Bright sucks at chants. Slowly moving off. This is mining protest levels… A lot of people… Seriously slow. Walked 50 metres. Really good humoured and highly social. Lots ...

Intro for International Organisation for a Participatory Society

Bill — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:51:41 +0000

Revolution in Springfield ;-)

Woka Woka Wharfie Fundraiser – Akl tonight

Julie Fairey — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:15:24 +0000

Something to do in Auckland tonight: What: Special screening of The Muppets Where: Hoyts Sylvia Park, Mt Wellington When: Tonight, April 3rd, 6.10pm to 8.30pm Don’t let those muppets at the Ports of Auckland get you down, come laugh at the real Muppets instead! Some door sales will be available, or you can email julie.fairey@gmail.com ...

Earth Hour

The Standard — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 07:24:56 +0000

OK - so we're a bit late with this - but it's Earth Hour, 8:30 - 9:30pm NZ time.

The courage of their convictions

Anthony R0bins — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:21:25 +0000

While most of us talk about "saving the world" some people act.

Support MUNZ workers in port dispute

Guest post — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:05:44 +0000

Show your support for the MUNZ workers in the Ports of Auckland dispute, including a picket today from 10am.

A call to arms for all coders

Guest post — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:33:22 +0000

The Global Square "aims to be the first massive decentralized social network in the history of the Internet". Can you help?

Key runs from Waitangi

Anthony R0bins — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:36:55 +0000

National's honeymoon with Maori is well and truly over, as Key beats a hasty retreat from Waitangi.

The year of the protest

Anthony R0bins — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:44:12 +0000

If that was the year of "The Protestor", what did it accomplish? Is effective protest no longer possible in today's world?

Epsom voters: Please kill Act – you know you want to…

lprent — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:45:05 +0000

For the sake of your neighbors in Auckland and your extended family throughout New Zealand, could the voters of Epsom please terminate the twitching corpse of the Act party. Once they may have had a purpose. Now they just have John Banks and that other failed politician. Let us look forward into the sunset without this zombie party being maintained by the misplaced charity of the voters of Epsom.

Solidarity with Egypt

Guest post — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:56:02 +0000

The Arab Spring hangs in balance, as protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square and in other cities in Egypt battle the riot police of the ruling Egyptian military junta.

Wall St Occupation evicted

Anthony R0bins — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:27:11 +0000

As has been widely reported, the Wall Street occupation at Zuccotti Park was evicted in an overnight raid yesterday. By refocusing media attention on the Occupation, will this eviction only make them stronger?