Green Party co-leader James Shaw could have used his 'State of the Planet' speech to launch a campaign for a Green New Deal. Instead...
GENDER POLITICS: TODAY FM SHUTS DOWN TWO OF ITS PRESENTERS
We live in strange times when you have to fight for the right to describe a woman as pregnant. Some people will try to shut you down - as To...
A WEAK GREEN PARTY IS 'REWARDED ' FOR ITS LOYALTY TO LABOUR
While the Green Party might be upset about the Labour Government scrapping its 'clean car' upgrade policy, that has not stopped it s...
THE BIG CONSULTANCY CON
A new book suggests that the problem with the use of consultancies by western governments is not just the amount of money that is spent on t...
WOKE MEDIA V NON-WOKE MEDIA. BUT IS EITHER OF THE TWO PROGRESSIVE?
In its uncritical adoption of identity or woke politics the mainstream media has encouraged the growth of a media that isn't woke. But i...
THE EMPIRE FILES: THE JAKARTA METHOD
IN 1965, an anti-communist purge in Indonesia killed as many as a million people, a level of devastation made possible by American intellig...
RICHARD DAWKINS AND THE CLIMATE OF FEAR
Unable to suppress the views of Professor Richard Dawkins, the local media have sought to smear him as a racist. It is also a warning to oth...
THE DEPLATFORMING OF RICHARD DAWKINS
Why did local media ignore Richard Dawkins during his speaking tour of New Zealand? And why isn't it likely to be an issue that RNZ'...
HOW RADICAL IS CHLOE SWARBRICK?
In the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle Green MP Chloe Swarbrick is calling for 'radical transformation'. But just how radical is Swar...
CLIMATE ADAPTATION IS CLIMATE BARBARISM
In response to the devastating Cyclone Gabrielle, our market-loyal politicians think we can 'adapt' our way out of the climate crisi...
MARAMA DAVIDSON : LABOUR'S LOYAL SERVANT
Given her unswerving loyalty to the Labour Government isn't it time that Marama Davidson made it official and joined Labour? GREEN CO-LE...
SYSTEM CHANGE, NOT CLIMATE CHANGE
Greta Thunberg's new book is a warning of the dire future that lies ahead of us if we don't implement systemic changes now. We have,...
ONLY ONE OF THESE MEN IS A SOCIALIST
British socialist folk-punk singer Billy Bragg is touring New Zealand this month. He tweeted on Monday night that he had gone out for a curr...
WOKE AND 'BREAD AND BUTTER' POLITICS
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has declared that ordinary Kiwis want the government to focus on “bread and butter” issues. This apparently mea...
AFTER GABRIELLE : TIME FOR A GREEN NEW DEAL?
In the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle our politicians continue to talk of 'adapting' to climate change. But if the warming of the pl...
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