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GREEN PARTY BUDGET: THE OLIGARCHY IS 'TERRIFIED' BY THE PROSPECT OF CHANGE

GREEN PARTY BUDGET: THE OLIGARCHY IS 'TERRIFIED' BY THE PROSPECT OF CHANGE

The Green Party alternative budget has been roundly attacked by an oligarchy used to getting its own way.   A COUPLE of days ago, RNZ report...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, May 15, 2025 0 comments
Labels: chloe swarbrick, green party, neoliberalism
TRUMP'S NAKED IMPERIALISM

TRUMP'S NAKED IMPERIALISM

MATT KENNARD is an investigative journalist and the author of The Racket. First published in 2015 and now in a second edition, Kennard spe...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Sunday, May 11, 2025 0 comments
Labels: abby martin, empire files
BROOKE VAN VELDEN: UNAVAILABLE FOR  COMMENT

BROOKE VAN VELDEN: UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT

  Last week, Brooke van Velden ran for cover when the media approached her for comment on the Government's pay equity legislation.   I T...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Sunday, May 11, 2025 1 comments
Labels: brooke van velden, neoliberalism, pay equity
APPEAL FOR URGENT ACTION ON GAZA

APPEAL FOR URGENT ACTION ON GAZA

 In the Waikato Times , The Post and The Press today.

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Friday, May 09, 2025 0 comments
Labels: gaza, genocide
WHY ERICA STANFORD'S GMAIL USE MATTERS

WHY ERICA STANFORD'S GMAIL USE MATTERS

  It's difficult to hold the powerful to account when they go 'off the grid', like Cabinet Minister Erica Stanford has done. It ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, May 08, 2025 0 comments
Labels: bryce edwards, democracy, erica stanford
PAY  EQUITY: NOT SPEAKING UP FOR WOMEN

PAY EQUITY: NOT SPEAKING UP FOR WOMEN

The overturning of the pay equity legislation by the Government represents a direct attack on the economic interests of working-class women....

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, May 07, 2025 1 comments
Labels: feminism, neoliberalism
CENTRISM IS STILL ON LIFE SUPPORT

CENTRISM IS STILL ON LIFE SUPPORT

   Was Labor's landslide victory in the Australian general election really a vindication of centrism? LABOUR'S KIERAN McAnulty was i...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Tuesday, May 06, 2025 0 comments
Labels: centrism, keir starmer, labor party, labour party
MAY 1: SOLIDARITY AND THE STRUGGLE TO OVERCOME TYRANNY

MAY 1: SOLIDARITY AND THE STRUGGLE TO OVERCOME TYRANNY

  May 1, International Workers' Day, is a powerful reminder of the capacity of solidarity to overcome tyranny, and the slide into barbar...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, May 01, 2025 0 comments
Labels: gaza, may 1 rosa luxemburg, socialism
US IMPERIALISM: AT WAR WITH THE PLANET

US IMPERIALISM: AT WAR WITH THE PLANET

The biggest enemy in the fight to save the planet is US Imperialism, writes Abby Martin. EARTH DAY in 2025 America can only be seen as dyst...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 0 comments
Labels: abby martin, empire files
THE POLITICAL WISDOM OF PADDY GOWER

THE POLITICAL WISDOM OF PADDY GOWER

According to journalist Paddy Gower, aspiring Wellington mayor Andrew Little is 'left wing'. He's not.   JOURNALIST PADDY GOWER ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 1 comments
Labels: andrew little, labour party, media, paddy gower
POPE FRANCIS: 'DON'T STOP DREAMING OF A BETTER WORLD'

POPE FRANCIS: 'DON'T STOP DREAMING OF A BETTER WORLD'

  Pope Francis rejected the 'trickle down' theory of neoliberalism, describing it as 'an impoverished and repetitive school of t...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 0 comments
Labels: christopher luxon, neoliberalism, pope francis
14 APRIL 2025: AOC IN LA

14 APRIL 2025: AOC IN LA

"I hope you see that this movement is not about partisan labels or purity tests, but about class solidarity - the over 36,000 people w...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 1 comments
Labels: alexandria ocasio-cortez, united states
ANI O'BRIEN: EMPLOYING HER 'SPECIAL TALENTS' FOR THE CAMPAIGN GROUP

ANI O'BRIEN: EMPLOYING HER 'SPECIAL TALENTS' FOR THE CAMPAIGN GROUP

  Ani O'Brien, the woman implicated in the smear campaign against Green MP Benjamin Doyle, is also the General Manager of The Campaign G...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 0 comments
Labels: bryce edwards, media, the campaign group
DIRTY POLITICS 2.0: LOBBYING IN THE SHADOWS

DIRTY POLITICS 2.0: LOBBYING IN THE SHADOWS

  The 'Defund the Police' billboards, targeting the Green Party, were the work of The Campaign Company. Its the brainchild of Jordan...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, April 14, 2025 0 comments
Labels: bryce edwards, lobbying, taxpayers union
THE TROUBLE WITH CHLOE

THE TROUBLE WITH CHLOE

Commentators like Andrea Vance and Barry Soper want to know why Green Party co-leader Chloe Swarbrick can't be James Shaw.   CHLOE SWARB...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, April 10, 2025 3 comments
Labels: andrea vance, green party climate change
TRUMP'S TARIFFS ARE ALL ABOUT POWER

TRUMP'S TARIFFS ARE ALL ABOUT POWER

  The ruling class doesn't care about free markets or free trade - all they have ever wanted is control, writes Grace Blakeley. DONALD T...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, April 10, 2025 0 comments
Labels: donald trump, garce blakeley, united states
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