Ed Muzik's take on New Zealand becoming a client state of Time Warner. You might recall Ed from the tremendous 'We're Sick of Bo...
DIRTY DEAL DONE AT OUR EXPENSE
The bully boys have got what they wanted Despite implying that there was no more money in the coffers and the Government wasn't going to...
WHY THE ECONOMIC CRISIS DEEPENS
This is a recent talk given by Richard Wolff. Wolff is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of of Massachusetts. His most rece...
SCENES FROM THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN HOBBITON
Time Warner has launched the kind of assault on workers in the local television and industry that they wouldn't contemplate in Hollywood...
MR ED
Most people will be aware of the savagery of the spending cuts in the United Kingdom. 84 billion pounds is to be axed between now and April...
SECRET FILES SHOW HOW US IGNORED TORTURE
A grim picture of the US and Britain's legacy in Iraq has been revealed in a massive leak of American military documents that detail to...
YES WOMAN
Sideshow Bob has managed to get one of his faithful followers into the position of Christchurch deputy mayor. You could say its her reward f...
BACK TO KEYNES
The Labour Party's hold on the working class has, of course, become increasingly weaker and fragmented. This is not surprising given...
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
For over thirty years Labour leader Phil Goff has been a loyal and committed supporter of neoliberalism and the free market. And he hasn...
CHILE'S GHOSTS NOT BEING RESCUED
There are, on average, 39 fatal accidents every year in Chile's privatised mines. They are the consequence of a ruthless economic system...
FRENCH UNIONS FIGHT AUSTERITY POLICIES - NZ UNIONS DO NOTHING
Although you will not have known it by watching the six o'clock news on either TV1 and TV3, there have been further huge demonstrations ...
ORANGE SAFETY JACKET ELECTED CHRISTCHURCH MAYOR
I couldn't resist reposting this article from the satirical news website The Daily Coitus. You can see the original article here . Thank...
PAUL HENRY RESIGNS
Controversial broadcaster Paul Henry resigned from TVNZ this afternoon, acknowledging that he had "crossed the line". 'I am as...
THE REAL SIDESHOW BOB WILL NOW STAND UP
Thanks to an earthquake and his contempt for the democratic process Sideshow Bob managed to get himself re-elected for another undeserved t...
THREE MORE DISMAL YEARS OF SIDESHOW BOB...
The results are in and the bad news is we're stuck with more of Sideshow Bob. With 99 percent of the votes counted,, 68,245 votes were r...
WHAT A CREEP
Sideshow Bob's disdain for the democratic process was very much in evidence on Monday. A Radio New Zealand debate in Cathedral Square wa...
DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU
Paul Henry has got away with ridiculing and insulting a whole range of individuals and groups during his tenure as one of the co-hosts of TV...
WHEN PROPERTY AND POLITICAL AMBITIONS COLLIDE
A supporter of Sideshow Bob who is also standing for the Christchurch City Council is Tim Carter. He is standing in the Hagley-Ferrymead wa...
'WE'RE SICK OF BOB PARKER TALKING CRAP'
The Burning Sensationz say it like it is. When not appearing on YouTube , The Burning Sensationz are Christchurch City councillor Yani Johan...
RICHARD WOLFF ON THE EUROPEAN PROTESTS
While the union leadership in this country continues to sit on its hands and do nothing, mass protests rolled across Europe this week as op...
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