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Convincing workers not to organise in their own best interests is one of the great successes of right-wing politics. Bryce Edwards looks at some of the issues - The future of the unions Unions are struggling to survive amid public perceptions that they are irrelevant,…
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Korean War veteran turned anarchist, folk singer, organiser and Wobbly, philosopher and one time US presidential candidate. In one of a series of interviews in 2004, Utah Phillips talks with deep ethical intelligence about the folk music movement in the US but much of what he…
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The following is a Guest Post from Robert Guyton and is part of a series appearing over 12 Sundays. Other parts can be seen here. Robert is a sustainability pioneer who along with his family grows the oldest food forest in NZ. A long time organic gardener, permaculturist and heritage orchardist,…
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This week we are trialling something new. In order to free up Open Mike and Daily Review for other conversations we are asking that all discussion, posting of links etc on the US election goes in the daily dedicated thread rather than OM or DR.…
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The All Blacks are good at what they do, and lately never better. There are many reasons for that success, but here's one of them - New Zealand’s supremacy a testament to All Blacks ideal of shared ownership They have not lost in the tournament…
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It has been many decades since I have read anything about Karl Marx but a recent Guardian article made me think about his writing again. The article by John Harris was about the failure of British political leadership and suggested, perhaps unfairly in the case of…
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Originally posted at Tangerina. This is in response to an earlier column Society, not rugby, needs to change its culture by Peter Jackson, Editor of the Northland Age. Mr Jackson is right; society does need to change its culture. Rugby doesn’t exist in a vacuum – it’s…
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Yesterday, the twelfth annual TIN100 (Technology Investment Network top 100 NZ Tech companies) report was released. Press release here. I've worked exclusively in the sector as an ancient coder for decades, so as usual I was vaguely interested. Of course I'm far more interested in…
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The government is proud of their surplus, which at 0.7% of GDP isn’t quite as dramatic as the 9% of GDP deficit they had in 2011. But as soon as we have a surplus, National starts salivating over tax cuts. But may I continue on…
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https://vimeo.com/102441715 Remember Darren Watson's Planet Key song Planet Key that the Electoral Commission deemed was an electoral advertisement and banned it in the lead up to the 2014 election? I wrote this just over a year ago: Also last year the Government chose to through proxies attack…
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This week we are trialling something new. In order to free up Open Mike and Daily Review for other conversations we are asking that all discussion, posting of links etc on the US election goes in the daily dedicated thread rather than OM or DR.…
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
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The final Presidential debate kicks off at 2PM NZ time, live from Las Vegas. The format is similar to the first debate, with pre-set topics. There will be six 15-minute segments. Moderator Chris Wallace, from Fox News, will open each segment with a question, after…
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Statoil retreating from Northland may well feel like a victory against oil. But it's a tiny illustration of a broadly accelerating trend. Statoil have currently stopped all new exploration worldwide. Shell's long since stopped exploring Taranaki, and walked away from the sub-Arctic. This week BP…
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This week we are trialling something new. In order to free up Open Mike and Daily Review for other conversations we are asking that all discussion, posting of links etc on the US election goes in the daily dedicated thread rather than OM or…
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District Health Boards seem to be playing fast and loose with the truth, and junior doctors have had enough - even though some have been threatened with professional consequences for taking industrial action. From Facebook (anonymised to protect the doctors involved): We are striking to…
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In a surprise announcement, the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, has announced she will not be standing in the next general election. No word on whether she will do the kids of NZ a favour and give up her ministerial post while she counts down…
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At The Guardian: For many Pākehā (non-Māori) New Zealanders the wars were part of a troubled past they preferred to forget. Anzac Day, by contrast, provides a ready opportunity to rally around the flag, patriotically remembering those who died at Gallipoli or on the Western…
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The 'New Republic' has published a fairly wide ranging interview with Bernie Sanders. It's worth the read...well, maybe not the first half a dozen cringe worthy paragraphs that preface the interview proper. I've only picked out a few passages, some tasters of what he has…
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On Waitangi Day last year constitutional and Treaty lawyer Moana Jackson talked about how one of the reasons the Crown passed the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed legislation was because they knew that while Māori had the seabed and foreshore it would not be exploited and…
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A (mostly) good piece by an anonymous editor at The Herald this morning: Govt should use extra to cut debt, not taxes The Prime Minister, an endlessly agreeable politician, Yeah Duncan Garner has something to say about that. ...entertains talk of tax cuts whenever the…
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What makes this government popular, deep into its third term? What makes it so hard to corrode their popularity? There’s no conspiracy to it. This is no ordinary small-or-large c conservative government. This is a very clever government. And in order to win the people,…
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This week we are trialling something new. In order to free up Open Mike and Daily Review for other conversations we are asking that all discussion, posting of links etc on the US election goes in the daily dedicated thread rather than OM or DR.…