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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The Pogues wrote the best Christmas song ever
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Date published: 8:53 am, December 25th, 2023 - 4 comments
It is Christmas time and the eternal debate about who wrote the best Christmas song ever is being debated yet again. For me there is only one possible contender.
Open mike 25/12/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 25th, 2023 - 20 comments
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National wants to hide huge potential rates rises caused by canning of Three Waters
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Date published: 9:23 am, December 24th, 2023 - 20 comments
Someone should tell the Taxpayer’s Union. Some Local Councils are planning to put rates up by double digit figures. And the Government is planning on exempting them from discussing this with ratepayers.
Open mike 24/12/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 24th, 2023 - 74 comments
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NZ policy is consistent about Russian invasion
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Date published: 10:18 pm, December 23rd, 2023 - 118 comments
Unlike Mike Smith and other noisy members of the imperialist cohort, I applaud that NZ foreign policy has remained consistent in upholding UN and ICC policies against invasions and forced annexations. Ardern, Hipkins and now Luxon have all said the same thing.Supporting the UN charter has massively reduced war casualties over the last 70 years. Clearly the Russian Federation finds this constraining.
Peak NZ Liberal
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Date published: 9:13 am, December 23rd, 2023 - 69 comments
As National dismantles with speed some of the institutional reforms made by the last Labour Government the concern is that we may have witnessed the peak in progressive influence.
Open mike 23/12/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 23rd, 2023 - 56 comments
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Luxon’s values on show re Zelensky
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Date published: 9:35 pm, December 22nd, 2023 - 32 comments
It is not clear exactly who persuaded Luxon to put Zelensky on his Xmas calling list. It might have been Albo or MFAT, no doubt on orders from the US, who are desperate to keep the illusion of victory alive until after the US Presidential election.
Daily review 22/12/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 22nd, 2023 - 21 comments
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