The main focus of the discussion was free speech as it was hosted by the Free Speech Union.
Thanks Weka for posting this. Kathleen was a delight to interview. Her book is very readable and really lays out the arguments lucidly. It's available online for $17. She said an audible version will be out soon too. The print edition will be in NZ ...
This is absolutely about global inequalities. What I find astounding is the author of this article thinks offering to take 150 people is generous! New Zealand takes very very few refugees and is ranked 110th in the world, per capita, adjusted for GDP. ...
Thats right Labour has tried to dress up its immigration package by saying they’ll double the refugee quota. Next year the refugee quota goes up from a tiny 750 to 1000 people. So Labour is looking at taking 2000 refugees. How does New Zealand stack-up on ...
For some clarity on the real issues surrounding the retirement age check this out: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/pensions-and-the-retirement-age-the-problem-is-capitalism-not-an-aging-population/
There are a range of Redline articles on Pike river here: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2016/11/14/pike-river-tragedy-without-end/
Today Labour MP – now mayor of Auckland - Phil Goff has appointed a National Party guy as deputy mayor. That came just weeks after John Key had vigorously supported Helen Clark for the top UN job. Yet again we see National and Labour complement each other ...
Interesting to see how keen Key is on Clark's bid for the top UN job. The government is even funding her bid for the job. Clearly there are no significant political difference between Key and Clark. https://rdln.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/helen-clarks-un-bid...
The trend to longer working hours - and also working harder and faster - is now well-entrenched in capitalism. Since the end of the long postwar boom (late 1940s to early 1970s), there has been no new, sustained boom and theer is no sign of one emerging. ...
Useful collection of articles on the state of the working class in New Zealand today: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2015/12/16/the-state-of-the-working-class-in-new-zealand-today/
Union membership numbers in NZ are continuing to decline according to Victoria University's annual report. Here's an interesting discussion by veteran shopfloor union activist Don Franks on the way forward for workers and unions. https://rdln.wordpress.com...
In 1949 the first Labour government introduced peacetime conscription, as part of its Cold War alliance with the United States. Here is a fascinating account by veteran left activist Murray Horton of the campaign against peacetime conscription led by ...
Isn't it time we faced the fact that national borders and immigration control are simply barbaric? That detention centers are the one of the most brutal expressions of this barbarism? And, no, the victims here are not New Zealand's parliamentarians. https...
The great strength of the wharfies is that they have old fashioned rank and file style unionism. The members attend the monthly stop work meetings and there is real engagement with the the decision making. There's a consciousness that they aren't just ...
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