Explore the archive
Find articles and conversations by date, subject or search expression.
Searching: posts Sorted by: newest Results: 6,631–6,660 of 7,065
Post
The Act party will probably be reviewing his membership. Because Roger Douglas has gone back on his pro market mantra that he has stuck to for the past 35 years and has criticised the economic privilege and inequality that he helped create. From Thomas Coughlan…
Post
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Post
There are no new cases of Covid 19 in NZ today. That's a significant milestone in our fight against the virus. However, we're not there yet, despite the 'lets do level 2 now' media release Simon Bridges' staff are writing for him as we speak.…
capitalism class war covid-19 health and safety workers' rights
Post
With President Trump doing what we all expected, and killing 67,000 people and counting through chronic poor leadership, and utterly ruining the U.S. economy as well, it’s time to look at what policies the alternative candidate has on offer. Joe Biden has eight years of…
climate change Donald Trump education Environment health immigration International obama science tax tertiary education uncategorized us politics workers' rights
Post
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Post
I’m going to pull out the “Your God won’t save us” snippet from the "No Exit" post, and say She was never going to. As Bill says in the next line of his post, “Nothing but ourselves will save us” and that's what He would…
Post
Things have been different recently. Auckland has been clearer and more vibrant than it has for decades. The skies are mostly blue and the forest in Titirangi has been as green as I can remember. And life has been slower. People are buying less and…
climate change Economy Environment public transport science transport
Post
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Post
The latest status https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWl7kQZHZE0 And from the previous month. https://youtu.be/Hks6Nq7g6P4 Discuss... But start with this podcast discussion from a month ago.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHmKY8wZfOg&t=108s More at The Juice Media channel.
Post
Guest blog from E tū Assistant National Secretary, Annie Newman Author Arundati Roy has described the pandemic as a forced break with the past, “a portal, a gateway between one world and the next.” If we are indeed moving from one world to the next,…
business capitalism class war economy employment uncategorized Unions wages workers' rights
Post
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Post
This will no doubt see a spike in National Party caucus zoom meetings. The Herald is reporting a new UMR poll that has National in the psychologically humiliating 20-30% band. From Jason Walls at the Herald: The National Party has dropped below 30 per cent…
Post
Remember this guy? He was the perfect National Party leader. When he was young he grew up for a while in a state house. He was superficially liberal and managed to get on the right side of some social issues. He was goofy and did…
Christopher Luxon class climate change education health housing john key national Privatisation same old national Simon Bridges uncategorized
Post
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Post
Reaction to Covid 19 has done more in a few weeks to blunt the drive behind climate change than anything the environmental movement has managed to do in over thirty years. The only other time in recent decades I can think of that's seen a…
Post
As if this year has not been strange enough the United States Pentagon has pretty well acknowledged the existence of Unidentified Flying Objects with the official release of video captured by US Air Force planes. The videos had been previously released but it is not…
Post
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Post
Here is your new car. Once you have placed your order through your intelligent fridge, it is delivered straight to your door. New Zealand supermarkets are increasing their online ordering+delivery capacity in response to Covid19. So rather than wander endlessly through the tilt-slab monstrosity soaked…
Economy energy Environment local government public transport supercity sustainability tech industry transport uncategorized
Post
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Post
Some right wing neoliberal dude on Nine to Noon promoting this idea that we've been through a big upheaveal before, the 1980s/90s, and this can be a guide to how to manage a covid economy. Let's not forget that Rogernomics was intentional and caused a…
Post
Leaks are the killers of political parties. They suggest that there disunity within the ranks. They also suggest a lack of faith in the leadership, and if members of a party cannot agree on if they should support their leader then why should the public.…
Post
So the country has reached lockdown stage 3 and a cautious loosening of the country's restrictions has occurred. Hopefully the trend of reduced occurrence of new infections will occur. I for one will celebrate if and when we reach zero new daily infections. It has…
class class war Economy economy national same old national uncategorized
Post
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Post
https://twitter.com/EugenieSage/status/1254149123713798145 https://twitter.com/jamespeshaw/status/1254283162969976832 Green Party press release from greens.org.nz ______________________________________________________________________________ As Aotearoa starts focusing on the economic recovery from COVID-19 the Green Party is calling for an economic stimulus package fit for the 21st century that puts people, climate, and nature first with significant investment in…
Post
Warning: this blog contains material that may offend Lefties and Greenies. Thanks to a tiny little virus, the NZ economy is gasping for air. One of the hardest hit sectors is the tourism sector, international tourism, to be more specific, although domestic tourism is dead…
climate change covid-19 Economy employment Environment human rights International jobs surveillance tourism transport
Post
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Post
Just as most industries in New Zealand are firing thousands of people to cut costs, local government is getting ready to do the same. It’s not unusual to consider Councils as stable objects that can be relied upon when times are tough. But what they…
auckland supercity Economy infrastructure jobs Keynes local government Politics supercity
Post
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Post
We put in guest posts and reposts here periodically. The reposts are from where we have generic arrangements with other sites, and we can just put them up. Usually they are on areas that none of our authors have covered or where an alternate view…
Post
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/303946/auckland-housing-%27we%27ve-lost-the-plot%27 "Othering" has long been a prop, of Governments that want to remain in power for the benefit of an Oligarchy, an "Elite", a small ruling class, or the ones with, "the money". Deflecting blame for economic and social issues on, an ethnicity, a class,…
class war debt / deficit Economy economy equality history human rights infrastructure poverty quality of life Social issues socialism unemployment