Subsidizing polluting industries costs taxpayers directly
An excellent post from Idiot Savant (reproduced with permission) on the cost to taxpayers of subsidizing polluting industries. I haven’t noticed the mainstream […]
notices and features
New union blog
Service & Food Workers Union national secretary John Ryall has a new blog. His first post takes aim at the claim by Ngai […]
Unemployment hits 6%
Stats NZ has just released the unemployment figures for the June Quarter. Unemployment has hit 6%. That’s 138,000 people out of work. We’re […]
DL Dannevirke (I kid you not)
The Drinking Liberally empire keeps on growing. Tomorrow there’s an event in Wellington, and Dannevirke, the newest chapter, has its first event on […]
DL Wellington with David Cunliffe
Drinking Liberally is on again in Wellington this Thursday (that’s tomorrow), with guest speaker David Cunliffe on the opposition’s inquiry into bank profiteering. […]
Anarcho-syndicalist peasants
An old favourite.
What are we fighting for?
A reader sent through this article from the Guardian by Malalai Joya, who was the youngest woman to enter the Afghan parliament before […]
DL Wgtn and Palmy tonight
No Right Turn reminds us: Drinking Liberally is happening tonight in both Wellington and Palmerston North. In Wellington, the guest speaker will be […]
Back to the future
New union blog
Public Sector Eye. A new blog from the PSA written by the union’s two national secretaries, Brenda Pilott and Richard Wagstaff. Finsec’s been […]
Gordon Campbell on Treasury and the resurrection of Brash
Gordon Campbell has a great piece over at Scoop about Treasury’s latest ideological outburst and the resurrection of Don Brash. He points out […]
DL Wgtn this Thursday
Short notice, but just got this in from the Drinking Liberally Wellington crew: This week Drinking Liberally is hosting Geoff Keey from Greenpeace. […]
Keith Locke on tasers
Green MP Keith Locke investigates the claims of safety for tasers, and finds that other countries are concerned that the devices are not […]
Drinking Liberally Palmy
Drinking Liberally Palmy’s having their first event of the year at the Brewers Apprentice bar on July 23. Head over, have a pint […]
Gordon Campbell on PPPs
Gordon Campbell has a great piece up at Scoop on the pitfalls of Public Private Partnerships, something we’re going to be hearing a […]
F*ck you, the NZ collaboration
Kick arse: Hat tip: Russell Brown
Beginning of the end
American news report from 1981 about the coming age of “newspapers by computer”. Classic.
Greenpeace to Obama: Show some leadership
From Greenpeace USA: Greenpeace climbers hung a banner on Mount Rushmore challenging President Obama to show real leadership on global warming. The banner […]
Should a…
www.should-a.com, a website “created for the express purpose of openly mocking the citizen’s initiated referendum aimed at The Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment […]
Drinking Liberally Wgtn
Just received this from Drinking Liberally Wellington: We hope you’ve enjoyed our unannounced winter break. We’re back this Thursday, at 5:30 at the […]
40 by 2020
Great new video from 350.org.nz calling on the Government to back a 40% reduction in emissions by 2020. Current National Party policy is […]
Pay equity video
A short video from the NZEI from Tuesday’s pay equity rally at Parliament. There are also a bunch of photos on flickr from […]
Go the Yanks!
So we’ve got a government of incompetents, ideologues, and sloths. At least things are going better in America. The Democrats now have a […]
100,000th comment
Our first comment was on our second day, August 17th 2007 “Where will it lead? ” by trythisone on our third post… who […]
They put a bus lane through my heart
This goes out to all the dispossessed emos of Manners Mall, the forgotten victims of Wellington City Council’s new bus lane: [Hat tip: […]
Pay equity protest TODAY
It’s pissing down with rain here in Wellington but the pay equity protest is going ahead. Grab your workmates and head down to […]
Libertarian laughs
[Hat tip: onegoodmove]
Reminder
No Right Turn reminds us that submissions on the government’s election funding issues paper are due in tomorrow. It doesn’t have to go […]
Roger Award nominations open
Nominations are now open for the 2009 Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand, which is organised the Campaign […]
Moreu on the Jobs Summit
McJobs
John Key, 20 May 2007: My legacy will be a strong New Zealand economy with higher wages, lower taxes and greater competitiveness. My […]
Protest for pay equity
Earlier this year the National/ACT government announced it would be closing the Department of Labour’s Pay and Employment Equity Unit, which was set […]
“I got the sucker”
Obama kills a fly with his bare hands. Awesome.
Answers still needed from Key
For some reason, Tracey Watkins’ blog is hidden away deep within the Stuff website, far from the other blogs. Which is a pity […]
‘Supercity’ Select Committee Submissions Workshop
The University of Auckland’s Political Studies Department is hosting a free public workshop presented by Rob Thomas to assist people interested in making submissions to […]
350.org
This is the latest YouTube clip from 350.org, the international movement planning a worldwide day of protest on October 24 to demand our […]