Open mike 26/12/2009 to 31/12/2009
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Open mike 23/12/2009 to 25/12/2009
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Rising temperatures – what impact on armed conflict?
Reproduced with permission from Kotare – The Strategist This is the unspoken issue with climate change. What are the human impacts of climate […]
Climate Change arguments in a GIF
Information is Beautiful recently produced the image below summarizing the various arguments between about climate change. Click on the image to see the […]
Time to up the pressure on our leaders
Greenpeace executive director Kumi Naidoo makes the case that the failure of our leaders at Copenhagen means the time has come to intensify […]
Open mike 21/12/2009 to 22/12/2009
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Today’s climate protest in Wgtn
Two protests today successfully highlighted the role of New Zealand’s agricutural industry and business community in contributing to climate change. The first protest […]
Open mike 20/12/2009
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Open mike 19/12/2009
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All that glitters
Brilliant piece from Stephen Colbert on the nutty American Right’s new obsession with gold. Sure, it’s billed as a survivalist thing – preparing for the […]
Open mike 18/12/2009
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Open mike 17/12/2009
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Open mike 16/12/2009
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Open mike 15/12/2009
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Open mike 14/12/2009
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Open mike 13/12/2009
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Open mike 12/12/2009
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Open mike 11/12/2009
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Open mike 10/12/2009
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Open mike 09/12/2009
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The Copenhagen editorial
Yesterday 56 newspapers in 45 countries published a “global editorial” – the same joint statement – most of them on their front page. […]
Open mike 08/12/2009
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Open mike 07/12/2009
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Open mike 06/12/2009
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In a land of plenty
Alister Barry’s other classic documentary on the effects of the Right’s neoliberal revolution on every day New Zealanders, In a Land of Plenty, […]
Open mike 05/12/2009
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What the government wants to dig up
[Post reproduced with permission from No Right Turn] This is a picture of the north-western part of Mount Aspiring National Park, which the […]
Open mike 04/12/2009
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Open mike 03/12/09
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Open mike 02/12/09
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Open mike 01/12/09
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Someone Else’s Country
As the same old faces of the Right roll out the same old failed neoliberal ideas in new packaging, it’s a useful time […]
Open mike 30/11/09
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Open mike 29/11/09
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Open mike 28/11/09
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Rally: Lift the freeze on low pay
Just a reminder, thousands of hospital support staff, school support staff and other low-paid public sector workers are rallying in 27 centres nationwide […]