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Greenpeace activism
Herald columnist Paul Little has done some good stuff in the past, but today’s effort on Greenpeace is a disgrace. Nothing but ill-informed prejudice on parade.
The TV3 boycott
Boycotts are a two-edged sword. The call to boycott TV3 is not a simple matter.
Is this progress?
Richard Harman has broken a story about the formation of a Blairite third way think tank within the Labour Party. Those involved include Stuart Nash, Phil Quin, Josie Pagani and Nick Legget.
NRT: Rubberstamping surveillance
I/S at No Right Turn on the “poor job the courts are doing of overseeing surveillance”.
Voices of the people on emissions targets and climate change
A record of the Dunedin consultation meeting on NZ’s emission targets. It was an extraordinary evening. So many people spoke with concern, with intelligence, with anger, with compassion, with emotion. Some spoke with hope, some without.
Please – make a written submission before Wednesday.
White Man Behind a Desk
Quiet Sunday morning? Check out White Man Behind a Desk.
Make a submission – Generation Zero video
Stop TPPA – clever placement
Full marks to these folk for clever protest placement.
Standfornz – when social media goes bad
The site www.standfor.co.nz is supposed to get us all excited about the flag distraction. It’s not turning out the way the Nats intended.
‘Forgot’ NSA spying
Well who among us hasn’t forgotten a massive illegal domestic spying programme?
NSA bulk collection ruled illegal
In the US a federal appeals court has just ruled the NSA’s bulk collection of phone records is illegal.
GCSB and fabricating the ‘truth’
Someone is trying to fabricate the ‘truth’, but it isn’t Snowden and the people reporting him.
Campbell Live – Day of Action
Protests in support of Campbell Live, today (Friday) in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Marvelous!
Spying on China
So great, now we’re trying to spy on China. What could possibly go wrong?
Spying for torturers
The most disturbing allegations yet in the Snowden leaks on the activities of the GCSB.
Attack on Unite
“Unite Union’s office robbed, trashed”. WTF?
Polity: Electoral roll data
The electoral commission’s roll solution does two good things, and one regrettable thing. It would rule out misuse of the rolls for debt collection / product marketing purposes. Good – that isn’t what the electoral roll is for. It protects party/candidates access to electronic copies. But it continues to privilege them above other political advocates – bad!
Greenpeace activists on oil rig
John Oliver and Edward Snowden on surveillance
The brilliant John Oliver on the Patriot Act and surveillance. Includes a face to face interview with Edward Snowden, and extensive discussion of dick pics.
Media Take – on GCSB and spying
Check out the most recent Media Take (Tuesdays on Maori TV), on the GCSB and the consequences of our Pacific spying.
International reaction to our spying
How are other nations going to react to our spying on them? Key’s response when the question arose in Korea was very typical of him – bullshit and bluster. So far Brazil, Fiji, and Latin American countries have all proved him wrong.
IGIS to investigate GCSB Pacific spying
Press Release from the Inspector General of Intelligence and Security on Scoop.
NRT: An unwarranted invasion of privacy
I/S at No Right Turn on today’s further revelations on personal information.
Petition – Apology for spying
Keith Locke has created a “Not in our name” petition.
Surveillance newspeak
Key’s attempt to play cute with the semantics of surveillance is part of an international strategy. Here’s Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept.
Spying and the terrorism excuse
The next time that John Key says that we spy so as to keep NZ safe from terrorism, could some journalist please please ask him if the PM of the Solomon Islands is a terrorist?
A Bright Spark Burning…
A further piece on the peoples’ revolution within Northern Syria.
Spying on penguins
The latest on the spying revelations as they emerge in The Herald. Apparently we’re spying on penguins now.
Key withdraws promise to resign
Hager: “The GCSB is not a New Zealand operation”
Selwyn Manning’s new EveningReport site got off to a massive start last night with a long, interesting interview with Nicky Hager. Take home quote (courtesy Russell Brown): “The GCSB is not a New Zealand operation, in any practical sense”. Watch the video…
TPP protest reports
For any accounts from the TPP protest marches today.
The Ferguson interview
An extraordinary interview with former director of the GCSB Sir Bruce Ferguson on RNZ this morning. He confirms that NZ is conducing mass surveillance. (Any help with transcription?)
Key fails the leadership test
Fine work form David Fisher at The Herald. Does Key get to lie and deny his way through yet another crisis?
David Lange had guts
Slane: National’s clubs
