The Coming Oil Crisis

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Date published: 9:21 am, January 13th, 2024 - 21 comments

An expanding Middle East war that puts the Red Sea and Suez tanker route at risk is a major risk to us because it could hit the global price of oil.

Open mike 13/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 13th, 2024 - 141 comments

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Open mike 12/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 12th, 2024 - 118 comments

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Dirty Politics 2024?

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Date published: 12:50 pm, January 11th, 2024 - 89 comments

Some of the usual suspects… how would we know what is really going on?

Our Resistance

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Date published: 8:55 am, January 11th, 2024 - 7 comments

There are still groups of people in New Zealand who can and do organise to resist the damage of the right.

Open mike 11/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 11th, 2024 - 74 comments

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Open mike 10/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 10th, 2024 - 174 comments

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Open mike 09/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 9th, 2024 - 68 comments

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Open mike 08/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 8th, 2024 - 11 comments

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Genocide in Gaza

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Date published: 8:49 pm, January 7th, 2024 - 57 comments

South Africa has taken a case that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza to the International Court of Justice. A group of prominent New Zealand lawyers have asked the New Zealand Government to join South Africa in support of their application. I think we should.

Atlas smirked

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Date published: 12:15 pm, January 7th, 2024 - 115 comments

A George Monbiot article in the Guardian made me wonder what effect the Atlas Network is having on New Zealand politics through the Taxpayer’s Union. Publicly available information suggests considerable funding is being made available and that the current Government’s priorities are precisely those that the Atlas Network would approve of.

Open mike 07/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 7th, 2024 - 46 comments

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Open mike 06/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 6th, 2024 - 191 comments

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Darkness Towards Peace

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Date published: 10:51 am, January 5th, 2024 - 39 comments

Can Israel lose a moral battle in Gaza and yet still win?

Open mike 05/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 5th, 2024 - 76 comments

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Open mike 04/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 4th, 2024 - 61 comments

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Corbyn was right about Palestine

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Date published: 10:44 am, January 3rd, 2024 - 106 comments

In the United Kingdom Keir Starmer’s refusal to call for a cease fire in Gaza and his claim that holding back food and water for Gaza was justified has put him increasingly at odds with Labour members and MPs. Meanwhile Jeremy Corbyn’s expulsion as a Labour MP is puzzling, particularly given that his stance on Palestine is increasingly justified.

Open mike 03/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 3rd, 2024 - 18 comments

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John Pilger, RIP

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Date published: 8:43 am, January 2nd, 2024 - 8 comments

A bright star in the firmament of justice has gone out.   One of the greatest journalists of our era has passed away. John Pilger was always on the side of the oppressed.

Open mike 02/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 2nd, 2024 - 16 comments

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New Year’s Resolution

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Date published: 10:25 am, January 1st, 2024 - 8 comments

With the left out of power, one of the most useful things we can do in 2024 is simply let people know where they can join in and do good.

Open mike 01/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 1st, 2024 - 40 comments

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The Useful Rich

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Date published: 9:03 am, December 31st, 2023 - 64 comments

New Zealand’s rich are endlessly fascinating, but as wealth concentrates ever tighter we are poorer.

Open mike 31/12/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 31st, 2023 - 38 comments

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Open mike 30/12/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 30th, 2023 - 46 comments

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Repealing the Tax Principles Reporting Act is performative nonsense

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Date published: 7:30 am, December 29th, 2023 - 29 comments

National’s 100 days of action is frankly performative nonsense. But it did not include the repeal of the Tax Principles Reporting Act which National smashed through under urgency in the last sitting day of Parliament. What was it trying to hide?

Open mike 29/12/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 29th, 2023 - 39 comments

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Wanaka Has No Crime

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Date published: 5:06 pm, December 28th, 2023 - 47 comments

The purpose of everyone in New Zealand is to keep Wanaka pure.

Open mike 28/12/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 28th, 2023 - 85 comments

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Open mike 27/12/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 27th, 2023 - 16 comments

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Open mike 26/12/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 26th, 2023 - 64 comments

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