The Power of Anger
Anger can be a great catalyst for change if used wisely.
Politics
activism
China; Hack to the Future!
China has apparently been sprung hacking hundreds of western businesses and Government agencies, including some here in NZ. Should we be worried?
Review into Thompson and Clark finds widespread breaches of Citizens’ rights of privacy
A State Services Commission investigation review has released a damning report into the use of private investigator Thompson and Clark’s services by a number of Government agencies.
Double down – protect parliament – ban Bridges for a month
Simon Bridges appears to have deliberately maligned the position of the speaker of the house of representatives, and did it before he had any cause to do so. While he may think that it is in the public interest to do so, he isn’t special. He should expect what every other social activist knows will happen. You suffer the consequences..
Schools Out?
…in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Australia, Canada….
We’re All Penguins Now.
To jump or not to jump? Is “not jumping” about to mean “left behind”?
Auckland’s got a Bridge.
London’s bridges were closing down.
Disestablish the establishment.
Politics can be soap, or politics can be real. This post comments on some of the soap and offers an example of something that’s real
Easy Climate Action
Another promising front is opening that might help encourage people to sit up, take notice, and act.
What are we waiting for?
We seem to be waiting for something? But what is it?
National’s firearms forums – what could go wrong?
National has launched a series of public meetings to discuss a major issue. Not child poverty or climate change or how badly wrong Steven Joyce’s $11.5 billion hole claim was, but guns.
Second Kremlin Killer Unmasked, Putin Untroubled
We know the real names of the Russian spies who bungled the Salisbury novichok poisoning. Will it make a difference to the Kremlin’s plans?
RIP Penny Bright
Veteran Auckland political activist Penny Bright has died.
Help identify a spy – who is Laurie Moore?
Yesterday, a piece by Stuff Circuit questioned whether an activist by the name of Laurie Moore was in fact a spy for the New Zealand Police or Thompson & Clark back in 2003. New Zealand is a really small place, and we figure that someone must be able to identify this man. Please share these photos far and wide and appeal to all your networks to identify this man.
Police spying must be investigated
Amnesty International is calling for an inquiry into the actions of Thompson and Clark to be expanded to include their involvement in police activities.
A Tale of Two Protests
I stumbled across two protests in Dunedin today. They offered up a few telling contrasts.
Litigation and equal pay – a history of the 1950’s equal pay campaign
Forward In 2016 I wrote the below dissertation as part of my History Honours degree at Victoria University. This dissertation explores the 1950s […]
United Sanctions of America
The US State department has announced sanctions on Russia for the use of Novichok nerve agent. The ruble has plunged, the Russians are furious and Donald Trump is saying … nothing.
Wanna know why?
Hate Speech Coalition Cans Canadian’s Crusade
BREAKING NEWS:
Alt Reich hate speech tour CANCELLED
Трамп; проследить за деньгами!
Is Donald Trump’s grovelling to Vladimir Putin in Helsinki proof that he is some how fatally compromised or even a long term Russian intelligence asset? There seems to be growing suspicion that it’s Moscow gold not golden showers that’s at the heart of the American President’s Putin problem.
My Little Eye…
Something beginning with…wtf?!
Trumputin
Donald Trump has directly contradicted the collective decision of the United States Security agencies by denying that there was Russian involvement in the last US general election.
The Iraq War
Over the next week or two I will be doing blog posts about student politics and my time at university. Here is the first one…
Radical Socialism
‘nother guest post by Nick Kelly (Upper Hutt boy in London)
Then and Now.
Claims that “Russian bots” helped Labour during the 2017 UK General Election…
#MeToo
It’s been awesome to see feminist activists in New Zealand enable a new and fast liberation occur. It’s worth reflecting on the success of #MeToo and all its new forms.
Ardern bans government departments from using private investigator to surveil NZers
“Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has banned all Government departments from using a firm of private investigators for spying.”
Reports from the TPPA protests this week (and please sign the petition)
The message coming out is hold the line, sign the petition, regroup, and protest on Thurs the 8th, the day Labour puts our name to the agreement.
Stop Using the ‘F’ Word.
Because words matter.
Zen and the art of greening the government
Democracy, protest, and what makes this the first ever progressive New Zealand MMP government.
There is a hole left in the world
Ursula K Le Guin has died.
Solidarity
History not forgotten.
You Cowed?
To bleat and wring hands, or to act? Jeez. It’s a difficult one.
The Yellow Peril?
What’s with the academic panic epidemic about China? Two in our media in the same week, referencing each other with vague warnings about the Chinese bogey. It’s not quite Lionel Terry in Haining Street again; more likely in my view a case of singing to someones else’s geopolitical tune. No prizes for guessing whose.
Remember, remember!
Sunday the 5th of November from 12 O’Clock onwards, by the bandstand in Dunedin’s Botanic Gardens.
Lefties on The Standard – 2017 government edition
A dedicated space on The Standard for left-wing and progressive people.