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Open mike 06/08/2015
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Daily Review 05/08/2015
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NRT: 43,000 unemployed under National
Reposted from No Right Turn. The latest Household Labour Force Survey was released today, showing that despite Treasury projections of a fall, unemployment had risen for the second quarter in a row. There are now 148,000 people unemployed, 43,000 more than when National took office.…
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Obama’s climate initiative – too little too late
Far too late in his presidency Obama is taking important action on climate change: Obama unveils sweeping cuts to power plant emissions: 'We have to get going' ‘We are the last generation that can do something’ about climate change says president in announcing requirement of…
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American oligarchy
Last week (ex) President Jimmy Carter created a bit of a stir with this pretty frank assessment of the state of US politics: It [money in politics] violates the essence of what made America a great country in its political system. Now it’s just an…
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The dump of the #sheepgate papers
There are a few tell tale signs showing when National is in trouble. For instance dumping a huge amount of paper at the one time during a week when Parliament is not sitting and the responsible Minister is overseas apparently without access to a land line…
david parker john key national same old national slippery the praiseworthy and the pitiful you couldn't make this shit up
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Open mike 05/08/2015
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Daily Review 04/08/2015
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# Talleyban
The Talleyban, eh? No, I'm not off to Afghanistan, but I have been thinking about another brutal organisation firmly opposed to the kiwi way of life. I'm boycotting Talley's products until they negotiate a collective employment agreement with their AFFCO meat plant workers. If they're…
boycott capitalism class war employment same old national Unions workers' rights
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The real reason Solid Energy is failing
With Solid Energy facing liquidation no doubt there will be analysis about why this is happening and who is to blame. I believe that blame is clear and it should be applied to the incompetence of this Government. This is what I wrote in October…
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Why did this take a private prosecution?
From RNZ last night: Private prosecution win over forestry worker's death The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) has won a private prosecution against a Tokoroa forestry company over the death of a worker, after the government safety regulator declined to prosecute. In 2013, loader driver…
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Guest post: The flag – a change is gonna come
My name is Enzo Giordani, I am a dyed in the wool Labour voter, supporter and activist, and despite my party’s line on this I am advocating to change the New Zealand flag. Why would I commit such a heinous act? Well, it’s quite simple…
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Colin Craig is serious
Colin Craig is serious about suing Williams, Stringer and Slater. Formal legal advice has been sent. Not only that, but Craig's pamphlet is appearing in letter boxes. I've seen a report via Twitter from (presumably) Wellington. Last night there was a copy in my box…
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Open mike 04/08/2015
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Daily Review 03/08/2015
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Well he would wouldn’t he
He could have just apologised, but instead: John Key disputes claims he said Maori language month would be 'boring' The Prime Minister disputes a teenager's claims that he said a Maori language month would be "boring". John Key was alleged to have made the comment,…
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Let’s Lynch the Landlord
An extraordinary threat to the privacy of Christchurch clients of Relationships Aotearoa has been revealed this morning. A callous, grasping commercial landlord was trying to leverage money out of liquidators PriceWaterhouseCoopers by refusing them permission to remove and secure a roomful of sensitive files. The…
accountability class war health human rights same old national tenants' rights
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Weekend reading for the Nats
There were some good opinion pieces published over the weekend. Here's three of them, starting with Rod Oram in the SST: Key thinks he can sell cowshit to cockies Over the past few weeks Prime Minster John Key and his government have reached new heights…
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Deborah McMillan’s story
My husband Shane was killed at work. He was working for a small crew on a forestry site on the Napier-Taupo road when it happened. It has changed my life, and the life of my beautiful daughter Skyla, forever. She wasn’t even two years old…
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Open mike 03/08/2015
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The modern precariat and the Unconditional Basic Income
Max Keiser and Stacey Herbert have just done a great episode of the Keiser Report with Dr Guy Standing of the international Basic Income Earth Network. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBJlU4xIxBk They cover: - How a globalised plutocracy has constantly shifted income share to capital and away from labour.…
benefits capitalism cost of living Economy employment equality Globalisation jobs poverty socialism uncategorized welfare workers' rights
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Helen Clark in the news
A couple of good pieces on Helen Clark recently. One on global challenges: Helen Clark discusses the global challenges facing humanity The planet is under pressure like never before. With a ballooning population consuming ever-more of its resources, the profligate way in which humanity operates…
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Maori language is not boring, John Key
It must be the pressure is getting to him and he is getting bored as his stint as Prime Minister of New Zealand. Because John Key is doing some pretty stupid stuff. The latest is his insulting a young 16 year old woman who asked…
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Absurdistan
An excellent piece by Graham Adams - well worth reading the whole thing in Metro, but here are some extracts: How bizarre Is New Zealand becoming the Absurdistan of the South Pacific? Graham Adams reflects on the slow unravelling of a small democracy. Absurdistan was…
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Open mike 02/08/2015
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TPPA hopefully sinking again
Hopefully the TPPA is sinking again. The much heralded final conference has apparently been delayed by many hours. Trade ministers and officials had set a goal to reach an agreement by today and a press conference on the decision was due to be held at…
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A thinking opposition
So the news on Labour's first paper from its "Future of Work" Commission revolves around "ex-Labour member" Phil Quin noticing some missing quote marks and National making gleeful diversions from it. At least Phil Quin isn't attacking the party while being quoted as "Labour insider"…
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Dirty Politics: Police refuse to charge Slater
Well blow me down. I thought Cameron Slater's and Jason Ede's investigation of a clearly crippled Labour server was as clear an example of hacking as you could imagine. But the Police has decided that nothing untoward has occurred and are refusing to charge them.…
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The Future of…Jobs?
I'm not that impressed with the assumptions that Labour's Future of Work Commission appears to be making: a shiny high tech world where NZ businesses invest in advanced automation and information technologies to make large portions of today's workforce redundant. It seems driven by memes…
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Open mike 01/08/2015
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