Rivers of poo protest
Photo: Fairfax / T Manch
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March for Science
“We, the people, march for science and knowledge to be reaffirmed as fundamental to the democratic decision making that supports society in Aotearoa New Zealand.
We add our voices to the chorus supporting US and international scientists who oppose recent political events that damage and undermine science and its use in the public interest.”
Greenpeace protesting oil conference in New Plymouth
Greenpeace protestors are blockading an oil conference in New Plymouth. “If we’re to have a future, oil can have no future.”
Call to teach consent in schools
Yesterday evening saw a well attended rally at Parliament to protest rape culture in NZ, and call for the teaching of consent in schools.
Everything Contained. Everyone Led.
So what’s important? Millions on the streets and what might become of that, or how many more or fewer people attended a given President’s big day? Just asking…
Women to protest Trump’s inauguration
Various events are planned in protest around Trump’s inauguration. One of them is a series of marches organised by and for women. There are (at time of writing) 386 marches organised world wide, including in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.
Race, Class, Global Warming and Democracy.
Nothing and no-one is separate in this world. Nothing and no-one is more important than anything else or anyone else; no voice greater and no voice lesser.
Borrows charged for injuring protestors
Nat MP Chester Borrows has been charged over injuring two women with a car during a TPP protest.
London – tens of thousands march against austerity
In the UK, Cameron’s latest cuts have provoked a very public response.
Simplicity
Good shit happening in France.
Nat MP runs over TPP protester’s foot
Nat MP Chester Borrows has injured a TPP protester with his car. Not the first time this sort of thing has happened.
Greenpeace action – live
Greenpeace: We are live at the oil industry conference in Auckland. Through non-violent peaceful civil disobedience, we intend to send the strongest message we can that New Zealand must join the global fight to quit oil and meet the greatest challenge of our time – climate change.
20,000 protesters – 0 arrests
Despite the travesty inside SkyCity, what was happening outside was in many respects a democratic nation at its finest.
Greenpeace – Climb It Change – protest
This morning Greenpeace activists occupied a NIWA oil and gas exploration vessel. #ClimbItChange
Embarrassment turns to spite
Parliamentary Services have marred what might otherwise have been a showcase example of how public protest is treated in New Zealand.
Border Force fiasco – how would NZ respond?
Yesterday Melbourne stood up for human rights. Would we in NZ have done the same?
National’s lightweight conference
National had a conference in the weekend. They used it to re-announce some Labour policy, but otherwise if you noticed it was probably because of the protest outside.
291 workers dead since Pike River: where’s the law we were promised?
National Party delegates were greeted at their conference today by a sea of crosses representing the 291 workers who have died on the job since the Pike River disaster.
An idea that could catch on
TPP protest reports
For any accounts from the TPP protest marches today.
Key runs from poverty protestors
The PM running from a yacht club when confronted with protestors against poverty. Pretty fair summary of where this country is at.
America today
TPPA protests Saturday
Taiwan
Taiwanese legislature occupied. Could be news…
Voices and Power
When did the left leave the left? Or, perhaps more accurately, why do we continue to regard liberals as being of the left?
Protest at sea
Novopain protest Tuesday!
Nationwide protest against the Novopay fiasco tomorrow Tuesday (early!). Check here for details of a protest near you…
Protests then and now
Looks like we should conclude that opposition to National in 2012 is much stronger and more vociferous than opposition to Labour in 2008.
Nat conference protests
This weekend the National Party is holding its annual conference at SkyCity (how appropriate) in Auckland. Protests are planned. Be careful, keep it peaceful.
Police to march?
Who guards the guardians if the police march on Parliament?
The courage of their convictions
While most of us talk about “saving the world” some people act.
Over or Into The Wall?
Will the protests around the world hit the brick wall of ingrained habits? Or will we manage to get over, around or beneath that particular barrier to progress?
Big Push Reminder
Tomorrow, Rain or Shine (indoor alternate venue ready for rain…), Queen St, Auckland: 10.30am Gather, 11am March, 11.30 sausage sizzle and kids entertainment…
The Big Push
There’s a march in Auckland on Saturday, to protest the government’s massive cuts to the Early Childhood Education sector, and proposal to end 20 hours free for 3-4 year-olds.
Kettling the kids
The UK government is currently trying to balance its budget by shifting costs onto the young, through a trebling of university fees. This will prevent many kids from poor families from going to university, and they’re not happy about it…
Why they burn cars in France & we protest peacefully
Vernon Small had an atypically disappointing piece in the Dom yesterday concluding that everyone must be happy in NZ because the 20,000 protesters who turned out on October 20th did so peacefully and legally, whereas in France there is rioting in the streets. I/S explains why people have to take to the streets to get affect political change in France.