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The current rise of populism challenges the way we think about people’s relationship to the economy.We seem to be entering an era of populism, in which leadership in a democracy is based on preferences of the population which do not seem entirely rational nor serving their longer interests. ...
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“Please delete me…”
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/may/04/peter-dutton-photo-goes-global-after-he-demands-it-be-deleted-from-internet
“Today, Peter Dutton [Aus immigration minister] was accused of presiding over a murderous policy and being in a funny photo. He complained about the photo.”
Big fire in Alberta, a town of 80,000 under mandatory evacuation (although I’m seeing reports of 20,000 and 60,000 being evacuated). Town is cut off to the south, the only other route out is north to the oil sands camps.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/03/wildfire-alberta-canada-fort-mcmurray-evacuation
Obviously very hard on the people having to leave their homes. From this distance I’m wondering more about what mass fires will do to the atmosphere in coming years. It’s Spring in Alberta, they’re already very dry and have a total fire ban on, 30 fires are burning in the province.
Yes, the increasing waves of climate change refugees across the planet, now including within the US: http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/americas-first-climate-refugees-entire-community-to-be-relocated-as-louisiana-island-sinks-into-the-sea
And the govt is paying a climate resilience grant for resettlement for the first time. Things are changing.
And the situation is made worse by the global water shortages: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/03/climate-change-water-shortage-middle-east-asia-africa-world-bank
Probably time we started prioritising water for people and the environment over economies.
Yes – totally agree Weka. People in the north here are very worried about how multi-corps or big biz can just walk in and take out resource approvals for taking springs water – no public notification, no consultation with local hapu – someone is doing under the table deals !
Onto another matter – blatant distraction politics going on at the moment – at a big cost to the Govt’s budget. $50 million into Pharmac for melanoma and other essential drugs just as the Witney, Key, McClay debacle is unravelling nicely. Will it work for the govt ? will it take the Witney thingy off the public mind ?
We’ll see tomorrow ….. and the next day !
If National get another term (and I don’t think they will), I think our only option left is active protest and civil disobedience. If we get a centre left govt, I’m not sure what will happen tbh. Maybe something real, maybe just tinkering. We need a strategy.
If we get a centre left govt, I’m not sure what will happen tbh. Maybe something real, maybe just tinkering.
Probably somewhere between the two weka and that will be the result of NZ First’s influence.
qft.
and…..
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/03/the-time-has-come-to-turn-up-the-heat-on-those-who-are-wrecking-planet-earth
From Climate Central The impact of Climate Change and El Nino on the Fort Mc Murray Wild Fire
Thanks Macro. In the things I looked at yesterday, not a mention of CC.
Obama on TPP: ‘Other countries should play by rules set by US & partners, not the other way round’
That’s what “hegemony”smells like.
Even the way they appropriate the name “America” cf “USA” is an example of hedgemony.
It’s a pity so many outside USA also refer to the US as America.
Empire
W h aaaaaaaaaaaaa t ! bloddy cheek !
Friend of mine got a QSM in the New Years List unfortunately this sort of thing taints them all.
Hillary Clinton – “Her so-called foreign policy ‘experience’ has been to support every war demanded by the US deep security state …”
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/05/03/hillary-clintons-foreign-policy-resume-what-the-record-shows/
Also see … http://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n03/jackson-lears/we-came-we-saw-he-died
And … http://www.thenation.com/article/left-ought-worry-about-hillary-clinton-hawk-and-militarist-2016/
Clinton and Kissinger … http://www.thenation.com/article/henry-kissinger-hillary-clintons-tutor-in-war-and-peace/
Yep! She is no dove..
HC’s policy stance is even more hawkish than Obama’s and he hasn’t been slow in bombing and droning and putting a bit of stick about – despite all his rhetoric to the contrary.
She’s not a neocon, but like Obama, she is very neocon friendly.