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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?

Evicting Occupy Dunedin

Anthony R0bins — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:01:36 +0000

Yesterday was a dramatic day for Occupy Dunedin. A trespass eviction deadline of 8pm came and went, but after a big show of public support, the Occupation is still there. Dunedin North Labour candidate David Clark lends his support to the movement.

One citizen. One dollar. One vote.

Anthony R0bins — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:38:19 +0000

A second message is emerging from the Occupation movement: "One citizen. One dollar. One vote."

An Occupation Occupied. What’s Next?

Bill — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:31:29 +0000

Last week, several occupations ‘popped up’ around New Zealand. Well, they didn’t exactly pop up, did they? They weren’t more or less spontaneous, as in numerous countries in the Middle East, N. Africa, Europe and more recently, in Wall Street.

In New Zealand, there was, and is, no general out-pouring of anger or frustration from across large sectors of society. In New Zealand, the Occupations are contrived…pre-planned and organised.

Wasting Police time

Zetetic — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:50:27 +0000

Anyone noticed the sudden overbearing presence of Police at peaceful protests? Bugging Greenpeace and intimidating lawful activists. 25 Police at a 150-strong anti-deepsea drilling protest in Tauranga. 12 officers at a 60 worker picket at CMP Rangitikei. Are they just hyper because of the Cup or is it about shielding businesses from people exercising their democratic right to protest?

A global test of non-violent protest

Anthony R0bins — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:07:11 +0000

The Occupation movement has bankers worried. So far, however, the protests have been peaceful. In fact, the Occupation is quickly shaping up as the biggest ever, world wide test of the efficacy of non-violent protest.

Angry marine

The Standard — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:39:41 +0000

Marine Corps. Sgt. Shamar Thomas speaks his mind to some New York police. A bit repetitive, but he gets his point across!

Over or Into The Wall?

Bill — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:11:52 +0000

Will the protests around the world hit the brick wall of ingrained habits? Or will we manage to get over, around or beneath that particular barrier to progress?

Occupation showdown

Anthony R0bins — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:15:43 +0000

By the time this post appears a showdown will have taken place in New York. Check out the morning media, there should be plenty of coverage of events as they unfold.

Petard, meet hoist

the sprout — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:02:03 +0000

Attentive readers may recall some time back, when talk about illegal police video surveillance was to the fore, that there was also mention of the existence of video surveillance of a politician having an affair with a P user. Now of course having an affair isn’t particularly dreadful by today’s standards, even if the person ...

Election flyers: Wage drop

The Standard — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:30:32 +0000

Can we afford 3 more years of falling real wages under Key?