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Open mike 11/10/2015
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Climate and Trade
In thinking of the TPP, I’m reminded of a scene from the film ‘My Name is Joe’ where a hapless kid sits in the corner of a snooker hall, crying at the lose/lose situation he’s been put in. While the local heavies socialise at the…
capitalism class war climate change Economy energy Environment exports global warming Globalisation manufacturing trade
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TPP aims to kill filesharing
Today Wikileaks has released what is believed to be the final version of the intellectual property (IP) chapter of the TPP. It is out to kill file sharing: Internet Providers Would Be Forced to Block Filesharing Sites Under TPP Digital rights advocates’ worst fears were…
capitalism copyright Globalisation internet telecommunications trade
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Film review: The Martian
Space in the 1970s, in the words of Captain James T. Kirk of the starship Enterprise, was 'the final frontier'. Star Trek's cocky command showed the beast of developmental modernism raging for an imagined elsewhere after our earth had been largely tamed for unimpeded development.…
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What happened to Mike Sabin’s bill?
In March of this year National recycled a private member's bill that Mike Sabin originally championed. The bill if enacted would have permitted a Judge to draw an adverse inference from a defendant facing child sex abuse charges exercising the right to silence. The bill…
national same old national spin you couldn't make this shit up
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Auckland march of solidarity for refugees
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Open mike 10/10/2015
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Daily Review 09/10/2015
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Auckland Council debates the TPPA
The Regional Strategy and Policy Committee of Auckland Council debated the TPPA yesterday. The debate was somewhat long and fractious with a great deal of discussion about such strange things as whether or not the minor changing of the words of the resolution was appropriate. Conservative…
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Nats endorse Goff for mayor?
The NBR reckons the Nats are tacitly endorsing Phil Goff for mayor of Auckland. Text (from the image below) reads: Ms Simpson is the chair woman of the right-leaning Orakei board and is active in the community. It is believed she and Mr Goff would…
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Obama says “sorry” but…
Obama called Médecins Sans Frontières and said sorry for killing Twelve Doctors Without Borders staff and seven patients, including three children... And for injuring; Another 37 others : 19 staff members, including five in critical condition, and 18 patients and caretakers. He explained that he is authorising US…
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More charter school hypocrisy
Remember back in the day when National announced increases in class sizes, and argued that it wouldn't damage educational outcomes? Bollocks of course. When it turned out that Key sent his kids to private schools because of the smaller classes that was pretty much the…
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Open mike 09/10/2015
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Daily Review 08/10/2015
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Even Catherine Isaac thinks Parata has no idea
According to a release from the Labour Party today, even that doyen of Charter Schools, Catherine Isaac, thinks Parata's decision to not allow a comparison between Charter Schools and State Schools is baffling. So baffling she wrote to Parata urging her to include it. And…
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Caption Contest
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Go well Helen Kelly
Helen Kelly was made the first life member of the new E tū union yesterday. Helen is standing down from her role as President of the CTU due to health reasons (lung cancer), but will remain active supporting union causes. Thank you Helen. If the…
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Clinton opposes TPP
https://twitter.com/AP/status/651848075162611712 https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/651882008239542272
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Let’s send Renée Rose Annan to Paris to counter Tim Groser
The Paris Climate Change Conference is an important gathering of human beings in the face of the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced. Some think it is too late and civilisation is stuffed, others think that without immediate corrective action civilisation is doomed, a…
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NRT: An empty strategy
I/S at No Right Turn on the government's National Statement of Science Investment . (Meant to repost this earlier in the week!) An empty strategy The government finally released its National Statement of Science Investment today, more than a year after releasing the draft. Its…
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Gould on the TPP
Yet another excellent discussion of the TPP yesterday: Bryan Gould: Dairy tariffs still in place - why did we sign TPP? Now that we are at last allowed to know a little more about the TPPA negotiated in our name, it is clear that the…
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Open mike 08/10/2015
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Daily Review 07/10/2015
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Greetings E Tū Union
https://twitter.com/EtuUnion/status/651526624001703936 E Tū Union has been formally launched. Congratulations to all involved. The website is here. Faceook page is here. Twitter is here. And a special congratulations to Standard Author Helen Kelly who is the union's first life member.
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Labour to defy TPP on property ownership?
If this report is accurate it opens an interesting can of worms! Labour threatens to defy TPP property provision The Labour Party is threatening to defy a key provision of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) if it becomes the next government. The agreement prohibits current and…
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TPP roundup
Here's some of the best analysis of and reaction to the TPP. Starting with the indefatigable Jane Kelsy: National government betrays NZers in TPPA deal ‘This deal is a travesty of democracy’, said Professor Jane Kelsey about the conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)…
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Open mike 07/10/2015
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Daily Review 06/10/2015
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The (gradual?) decline of American empire
No empire lasts for more than a handful of centuries. Most, far less. Think French, Spanish, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, British. The concept of the United States as an empire in decline is neither new nor novel. I first came across the idea via Dmitry Orlov's unique…
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Launch of New Zealand’s largest private sector trade union
From the EPMU Next week marks an historic moment for the union movement in New Zealand, with the launch of the new union formed from the merger of the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union and the Service and Food Workers’ Union. The new union’s name…