Canada’s shame
For those of you who saw the title and thought this post was about Celine Dion, sorry, it’s about the seal cull. Every […]
activism
Calling coal to account
New Zealand’s coal industry is a mess of contradictions. We worry about carbon emissions and Kyoto while State-owned Solid Energy exports coal to dirty Chinese […]
Free Osanloo
The International Transport Workers’ Federation is holding an international day of action tomorrow calling for the release of Mansour Osanloo, an Iranian trade […]
Every cloud
The latest in a long line of failed protests on the Electoral Finance Act has ended badly with Steven Franks taking legal action […]
Counter-protester slaps down right-wing nutjobs
Just came across this video on YouTube from last week’s rally in Wellington against the Electoral Finance Bill. This clip has one of […]
Ramshackle PR fiasco
It’s a bit late, but a reader who was at yesterday’s anti-EFB march has mailed us through some pics from the rally. As […]
Family fist
The Dom reports that “A father who spanked his eight-year-old son… for misbehaving… is one of the first to be convicted of assault […]
No it doesn’t, John
Looks like another batch of the infamous John Key posters has gone up all over central Wellington overnight, this time tackling John on […]
Burma protests
With the Burmese junta continuing its crackdown on democracy protesters, Amnesty International has organised a Global Day of Action for Burma this Saturday […]
Burma rally pics
Some pics from Saturday’s rally for Burmese democracy: More at Auckland’s Burning and Indymedia.
Support the Burmese uprising
If you’re in Auckland make sure you get along to tomorrow’s rally supporting the Burmese people in their courageous struggle for democracy. These […]
Double Standards
We’ve had a few emails from readers this week asking whether this website has anything to with the NZ Standard posters that having […]
A raw nerve?
Did anyone else see the anti-John Key posters in Wellington yesterday morning? It was every National Party spin doctor’s worst nightmare: a picture […]