Citizen journalism
Evidently just as fed up as I am with main-stream-media “news” – which increasingly seems to consist of shallow, sensationalist stories broken up […]
Politics
activism
Left needs to unite in Supercity race
A UMR poll out yesterday suggests that Len Brown, currently mayor of Manukau, would be the Left candidate with the best chance of winning […]
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. […]
OpenLeft
Launched last weekend in the UK: OpenLeft. Open Left is about rediscovering the Left’s idealism, pluralism and appetite for radical ideas. It starts […]
YL video: Join the opposition
Not to be outshone by their leader’s latest efforts, looks like Young Labour have been busy with a little video project of their […]
So whatcha gonna to do about it then?
I reckon there’s a mood developing. People are getting sick and tired of what feels like a government that’s got the country in […]
Lost in translation
Dear Labour I’ll be the first to admit that sometimes my attention span isn’t the greatest. Between Twitter and Facebook and texting it’s […]
Nats attack workers’ right to protest
I am outraged to learn that the Department of Labour told its employees they were not allowed attend the pay equity rally at […]
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 […]
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 […]
Electoral finance part deux: have your say!
Guest post by Rob Salmond It is almost time for you to send your submissions on the government’s issues document on electoral finance. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Marxism, whoo!
All going according to plan, I’ll be there. Hungover in the back row.
Fight for Auckland’s local democracy
Red Alert, the Labour MPs’ blog, has a list of upcoming meetings on the supercity. Mt Albert – 5.30pm Tuesday 9 June, Owairaka […]
I wish to complain…
It turns out that Phil Goff was aware of an allegation about Richard Worth weeks ago that may relate to the current investigation. […]
Resistance Photography
Some great photos from yesterday’s hikoi from Squirrel. Click the thumbnails below to view photos, or see the whole set at the Resistance […]
Reader photos
Thanks to a reader for sending in these photos from today’s hikoi: If anyone else has photos or youtube send them in and […]
Hikoi video
The Herald Online has some great video from today’s hikoi here and here, and some photos here. The videos really are worth a […]
Can’t you play off to one side?
Last year a small number of truck companies held the ‘truck strike’, they got 4000 trucks to jam the CBDs of every major […]
On Auckland and Leningrad
The modern blitzkrieg [lightning war] was first tested in the Spanish civil war, refined in the invasions of European states that marked the beginning of WWII, […]
Hikoi route
Tumeke has put together this handy map of tomorrow’s hikoi with the meeting places across Auckland. You can view the full size version […]
The crisis of credit visuali[s]ed
I just came across this. It’s the first part of a video by a US organisation called A New Way Forward. They’re organising […]
Join the Super City hikoi
IHI Aotearoa has put out the call for Aucklanders to join their hikoi against the Government’s undemocratic Super City proposal on Monday, May […]
Direct action against SH20 motorway begins
Protesters calling for the Government to abandon its plans to drive an above-ground motorway through the middle of Mt Albert disrupted the opening […]
Bake a cake for the LWR workers
A great initiative from the National Distribution Union: With the bank (Westpac) leaving Lane Walker Rudkin workers out in the cold without their […]
Drinking Liberally WTGN tonight
Just in from the Wellington DL crew: For our next Drinking Liberally we are honoured to have Prof. Philippa Howden-Chapman speaking on “Healthy […]
Clean Start rally – Thursday
If you’re in Auckland on Thursday pop along to this in your lunch hour and help support low-paid cleaners: Hat tip: The Hand […]
International Workers’ Day
If you’re in Auckland tonight get along for the annual May Day march up Queen Street. Poster below. More events, including for other […]
Meeting tonight on Super City
From Just Left: Tonight – Freemans Bay Community Centre – the Western Bays Community Board is holding a meeting from 6.30pm to discuss […]
Finsec petition: Make jobs a condition of bank guarantees
Does it strike anyone else as odd that at a time when taxpayers are guaranteeing the banking system with public funds, banks have […]
Reminder: Drinking Liberally Wgtn
Drinking Liberally with Sue Bradford Where: Southern Cross Bar, Abel Smtih St, Wellington When: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 from 5:30pm. That’s tomorrow. Green […]
G20 updates
The Guardian has excellent video of the G20 protests. Gives you a real feeling of what things are like in the ground. So […]
Submit!
From No Right Turn. The Law and Order Committee has called for submissions on the Corrections (Contract Management of Prisons) Amendment Bill. Two […]
G20 protests
Tens of thousands of people protested yesterday April 1st in London at the G20 summit. The protest is made up of a multitude […]