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Will Key read the GCSB report?

Written By: Eddie - Date published: 7:06 am, September 26th, 2012 - 75 comments

Key has said we all have to wait and see what is in the Neazor Report on the GCSB spies’ illegal spying on Kim Dotcom.* He won’t even answer basic questions like: ‘what section of the law did the GCSB breach?’ Funny that Key’s so keen for us to wait to read this report. But will he read it? Or will it be like the Banks Police Report, which he won’t read? And when will anyone get to read Banks’ statement?

Key plays the “don’t read, don’t care” card again

Written By: James Henderson - Date published: 11:40 am, September 25th, 2012 - 19 comments

A couple of days before it was surely all going to come out – very messily and very publicly – in the Dotcom court case, Key has revealed that his spies illegally spied on Kim Dotcom. But, beyond that, Key won’t tell us anything apart from that he signed no warrant for spying on Dotcom (such a warrant would have been illegal anyway). Key has chosen not to find out more so that he wouldn’t have to answer questions.

Cynical Key

Written By: Bunji - Date published: 11:31 pm, September 24th, 2012 - 134 comments

So Key knew about the GCSB’s ‘unlawful’ actions for a week before he bothered to tell us. He happened to know that this Monday state owned companies would be announcing they were causing the loss of 500-600 jobs. Only one story would get its full due of airtime.

Community ‘March for Work’ in Greymouth tomorrow

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 12:21 pm, September 3rd, 2012 - 33 comments

Spring Creek miners and their families will lead a community March for Work in Greymouth tomorrow calling on Solid Energy and the Government to secure the future of the town and ensure the mine stays open.

Living Wage event

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 11:27 am, August 27th, 2012 - 2 comments

The Living Wage campaign is holding an event in Wellington on Thursday.

Gear change Labour

Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 9:32 am, August 21st, 2012 - 56 comments

It was standing room only in Auckland last night with over 200 people packed into the Polish Society clubrooms to hear David Parker deliver a very positive message on Labour’s economic policy. Labour’s Auckland organisation is also getting into good shape. And there is more to come. Watch this space.

Advice to Labour: Fair, inclusive, positive

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 10:09 am, August 18th, 2012 - 69 comments

Hey Labour – here’s three words for you. Fair, inclusive, positive. You’ll win the next election, and the two after that.

Two little Pagis squeal and squeak

Written By: the sprout - Date published: 9:25 pm, August 16th, 2012 - 179 comments

It seems the Standard is off the Paganis’ Christmas list. John Pagani tells the Listener that he much prefers Kiwiblog because it “has a more reasonable tone than, say, the left blog the Standard, whose idea of political is embittered and angry and it’s therefore hard to read.” Now that’s tragic and moronic, but hardly surprising. […]

The wrong conversation

Written By: Jimmy Reid - Date published: 9:57 am, August 15th, 2012 - 78 comments

There has been a lot of discussion on the direction Labour is heading and the direction it should go. There have been some very valuable contributions by Mike Smith, Rob Salmond, Jordan Carter and Josie Pagani. I don’t have much to add to this other than, I think, they are having the wrong conversation. There […]

Bad behaviour puts Labour activists off

Written By: Jenny Michie - Date published: 10:18 pm, August 13th, 2012 - 83 comments

I have spent the better part of 17 years – eight of those as a paid organiser for the Labour Party – practicing the ancient art of alchemy; turning supporters into volunteers, volunteers into members and members into activists. I have recruited hundreds of union and Labour Party members. I have mentored and trained, supported […]

Why I’m In – a response to the disillusioned

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:39 am, August 10th, 2012 - 143 comments

A somewhat meandering and personal response to the disillusioned, prompted by Scott Yorke’s recent “Why I’m Out”.

Protests then and now

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 9:02 am, July 24th, 2012 - 19 comments

Looks like we should conclude that opposition to National in 2012 is much stronger and more vociferous than opposition to Labour in 2008.

Nat conference protests

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 9:57 am, July 21st, 2012 - 58 comments

This weekend the National Party is holding its annual conference at SkyCity (how appropriate) in Auckland. Protests are planned. Be careful, keep it peaceful.

Day of action against asset sales

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 3:46 pm, July 14th, 2012 - 126 comments

17 year old Kiwi addresses the UN Earth Summit

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 10:44 am, July 7th, 2012 - 1 comment

Well said. What a tragedy that they heard, but did not listen.

Dunedin asset sales protest

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 2:28 pm, June 16th, 2012 - 12 comments

Between 1 and 2 thousand people turned out in Dunedin today to march in protest at the National government’s plan to sell our assets.

25 years nuke free

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 8:56 am, June 10th, 2012 - 46 comments

Police Liaison = Police Trap

Written By: rocky - Date published: 3:16 pm, June 8th, 2012 - 45 comments

Last week I wrote about how the mass arrest of protesters last week was planned by police from the beginning. A couple of days later I was told that 10 minutes before the march a Police Liaison Officer spoke to protest organisers and stated that police were only there to facilitate the march. I have now managed to track down the video of this conversation.

While I have your attention class…

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 11:25 am, June 8th, 2012 - 6 comments

While the public’s attention is focused on educational issues, use the platform to press for change on the Nats other damaging educational initiatives, national standards and charter schools.

Protest in the smartphone age

Written By: Michael Valley - Date published: 1:34 pm, June 2nd, 2012 - 31 comments

There’s a lot of analogy between how a guerrilla movement succeeds against a superpower or a state in the era of mass communication and how protest movements can do the same. Unable to win head-on, losing becomes winning as long as the cameras are rolling. It’s about being seen as having a legitimate cause and just as importantly being seen as the victims of disproportionate force and abuse of power.

Police fail to incite riot

Written By: rocky - Date published: 12:14 pm, June 2nd, 2012 - 142 comments

The police have a number of different strategies for dealing with protest marches. Each has its own known likely result and the police choose their strategy depending on the desired outcome. Yesterday’s mass arrests were not the police responding to something they did not expect to happen. They went into it with a plan to […]

Lessons from Greece

Written By: rocky - Date published: 4:21 pm, June 1st, 2012 - 229 comments

Update 6.45pm: One of lawyers acting for those arrested has just been told by police that everyone arrested will be released without charge in the next couple of hours. That excludes 4 people who have refused to cooperate, presumably by refusing to give their details to police.

Update 9:09pm: John Darroch’s photos from today.

The beam in your eye

Written By: James Henderson - Date published: 11:39 am, June 1st, 2012 - 53 comments

A tattered few on the Right are attempting to stir up an issue over the Greens using a bit of their leaders’ office budget on the citizens’-initiated referendum petition. The use of the $78,000 is completely within the rules and approved by the Speaker. The Greens, and the coalition, are helping us to keep our assets. Meanwhile, the Nats have budgeted $120 million to sell them. Who’s in the wrong?

English taunts students

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 9:58 am, May 26th, 2012 - 65 comments

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

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 9:09 am, May 22nd, 2012 - 11 comments

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

Why we should save TVNZ7

Written By: Guest post - Date published: 10:19 am, May 16th, 2012 - 36 comments

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

Written By: lprent - Date published: 3:14 pm, April 28th, 2012 - 87 comments

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. […]

Intro for International Organisation for a Participatory Society

Written By: Bill - Date published: 8:51 am, April 10th, 2012 - 98 comments

Revolution in Springfield 😉

Woka Woka Wharfie Fundraiser – Akl tonight

Written By: Julie Fairey - Date published: 12:15 pm, April 3rd, 2012 - 10 comments

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 […]