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The governance of the five nations linked by the Five Eyes Echelon spy network share many similarities in the ways the shining ideal of democracy are consistently being undermined. In each country, the details are a little different, but they follow the same pattern. Of…
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Matthew Hooton is spinning like mad to talk up the economy. Unfortunately his spin sometimes bends the truth beyond breaking point, and there were three examples of that yesterday. On RNZ Hooton claimed that NZ had the lowest (or one of the lowest) youth unemployment…
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The Nats' attacks on workers rights and conditions started with the "fire at will" (90 day probation) Bill. No surprise to find pressure from employers to double the duration: Union alarm at talk of longer work trial Trade unionists have labelled a suggestion by the…
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Two whistleblowers leakers are in the news right now, both focused on the US-led surveillance society, operating in the interests of corporate power. One is a true whistleblower, the other has created as much confusion as enlightenment. And today they are brought into focus by some…
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In politics, one week is a long time. And for this year, the week on either side of Queen's birthday weekend was especially interesting. And particularly hectic for some key people! Mickysavage has raised the point that both the events relating to the Prime Minister…
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There's a lot of talk at the moment about whether Labour is too close to the Greens. National's ridiculous spin is the Greens are leading Labour. Lately, we've seen spin coming out (presumably from Labour) that Labour might be able to govern without the Greens,…
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