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GREEN PARTY: CAPITULATION DRESSED UP AS UNITY

GREEN PARTY: CAPITULATION DRESSED UP AS UNITY

The year is barely a month old, but the Green Party have already signalled that they remain tethered to a Labour Party whose primary motivat...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Tuesday, February 03, 2026 0 comments
Labels: chloe swarbrick, chris hipkins, green party, labour party
WHERE HAVE THE GREENS GONE?

WHERE HAVE THE GREENS GONE?

  The Green Party, in an election year, remains largely invisible. Still bogged down in culture wars and identity politics, writes Bryce Edw...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Sunday, February 01, 2026 0 comments
Labels: bryce edwards, chloe swarbrick, green party
THE NEW ZEALAND LEFT: A FAILURE OF NERVE AND IMAGINATION

THE NEW ZEALAND LEFT: A FAILURE OF NERVE AND IMAGINATION

  Why does the American left, operating in a much more hostile political environment, continue to make far more progress than the New Zealan...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Sunday, February 01, 2026 0 comments
Labels: alexandria ocasio-cortez, socialism, united states, zohran mamdani
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Friday, January 30, 2026 0 comments
Labels: bruce springsteen, music
JOBS FOR THE GIRLS

JOBS FOR THE GIRLS

  With the appointment of Judith Collins as the next President of the Law Commission, the political independence of the Law Commission is un...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Friday, January 30, 2026 0 comments
Labels: bryce edwards, judith collins
UNITED STATES: TALKING ABOUT A REVOLUTION

UNITED STATES: TALKING ABOUT A REVOLUTION

The American people have poured into the streets, and they are not only protesting what has occurred in Minneapolis; they are expressing a d...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, January 29, 2026 0 comments
Labels: capitalism, minneapolis, united states
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ABBY MARTIN: 'I'VE NEVER HAD MORE REVOLUTONARY OPTIMISM THAT I DO RIGHT HERE'

"I've never had more revolutionary optimism than I do right here [in Minneapolis]...Let's get ICE the f*ck out of our country!...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, January 29, 2026 0 comments
Labels: abby martin, empire files, minneapolis
BACKSLIDING ON TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE

BACKSLIDING ON TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE

The tragedy on Mt Maunganui should be a sharp reminder to our politicians to start taking climate change seriously. Unfortunately, there is ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, January 26, 2026 0 comments
Labels: climate change
THE SELECTIVE OUTRAGE OF WINSTON PETERS

THE SELECTIVE OUTRAGE OF WINSTON PETERS

  This week the Israeli military tore down the headquarters of the UN's Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA, in occupied East Jerusalem. T...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Saturday, January 24, 2026 0 comments
Labels: gaza, genocide, winston peters, zionism
THE LABOUR PARTY IN 2026: GENUINE RENEWAL OR CLEVER REBRANDING?

THE LABOUR PARTY IN 2026: GENUINE RENEWAL OR CLEVER REBRANDING?

This week Chris Hipkins gave us the clearest picture yet of how Labour plans to fight the 2026 election. His speech at the party’s caucus re...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Saturday, January 24, 2026 0 comments
Labels: bryce edwards, chris hipkins, labour party
MIKE HOSKING AND NEWSTALK ZB: PREACHING TO THE CONVERTED

MIKE HOSKING AND NEWSTALK ZB: PREACHING TO THE CONVERTED

  The general election is eleven months away, and the conservative Newstalk ZB has ratcheted up its on-air promotion of the current governme...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, January 22, 2026 1 comments
Labels: media, newstalk zb
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