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BUDGET 2022 : A LOT OF NOTHING FOR WORKING CLASS NEW ZEALANDERS

BUDGET 2022 : A LOT OF NOTHING FOR WORKING CLASS NEW ZEALANDERS

Are we surprised that Budget 2022 provided so little for working class New Zealanders?   THERE'S NOTHING IN Budget 2022 for either the w...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, May 19, 2022 0 comments
Labels: budget, grant robertson, neoliberalism, willie jackson
SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGE

SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGE

The climate change crisis is upon us but the Labour Government, backed by the Green's, continues to plan for slow, incremental change. B...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 0 comments
Labels: climate change, green party
SHIREEN ABU AKLEH : NANAIA MAHUTA CAPITULATES TO ISRAEL

SHIREEN ABU AKLEH : NANAIA MAHUTA CAPITULATES TO ISRAEL

Four days after Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli troops, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has finally had somet...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, May 16, 2022 0 comments
Labels: israel, nanaia mahuta, palestine, shireen abu akleh
SHIREEN  ABU AKLEH : THE MURDER OF A JOURNALIST

SHIREEN ABU AKLEH : THE MURDER OF A JOURNALIST

While the Labour Government has been loud in its condemnation of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, it has so far had nothing to say abo...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Saturday, May 14, 2022 0 comments
Labels: israel, juliet moses, nanaia mahuta
TIME FOR REAL CHANGE

TIME FOR REAL CHANGE

Public discontent with the  political status quo is widespread say John Minto and Ani O'Brien. The question is - what are we going to do...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, May 09, 2022 0 comments
Labels: ani o'brien, labour party, neoliberalism
HAVE THE GREENS BECOME TOO WOKE FOR THEIR OWN GOOD?

HAVE THE GREENS BECOME TOO WOKE FOR THEIR OWN GOOD?

The Green Party's woke politics has seen the party largely reduced to silence on big issues such as the cost of living crisis and housin...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Friday, May 06, 2022 0 comments
Labels: bryce edwards, green party, james shaw, marama davidson, woke politics
THE RISE IN HOUSE PRICES OVER THE PAST FORTY YEARS

THE RISE IN HOUSE PRICES OVER THE PAST FORTY YEARS

 Watch the 'progress' of New Zealand...and weep.

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, May 04, 2022 0 comments
Labels: housing, neoliberalism
IS LABOUR ON ITS WAY OUT?

IS LABOUR ON ITS WAY OUT?

Is this terminally centrist Labour Government now getting its just desserts?  EVEN WITH with the general election some eighteen months away ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, May 04, 2022 1 comments
Labels: centrism, christopher luxon, jacinda ardern, labour party
MAY DAY ALL AROUND THE WORLD 2022

MAY DAY ALL AROUND THE WORLD 2022

Argentina Iraq Nepal Peru United States Cuba

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, May 02, 2022 0 comments
Labels: may day
MAY DAY 2022

MAY DAY 2022

Although the New Zealand mainstream media will ignore it, as will the Labour Government and the Council of Trade Unions, today is Internatio...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Sunday, May 01, 2022 0 comments
Labels: may day
JOE BENNETT AND THE HIGH COST OF LIVING

JOE BENNETT AND THE HIGH COST OF LIVING

The current cost of living crisis impacts most on those who can least afford it - the working class and the poor. Yet the woke left is conce...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Friday, April 29, 2022 2 comments
Labels: media, neoliberalism
THE TYRANNY OF THE MINORITY

THE TYRANNY OF THE MINORITY

In his campaign for 'co-governance' multi-millionaire Willie Jackson talks of the 'tyranny of the majority'. But his proposa...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 2 comments
Labels: co-governance, maori, willie jackson
RISING INFLATION : A POLITICAL CRISIS

RISING INFLATION : A POLITICAL CRISIS

Despite record inflation, New Zealand companies continue to record big profits... THE INFLATION RATE now stands at 6.9 percent and is likely...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Friday, April 22, 2022 0 comments
Labels: grace blakeley. neoliberalism, inflation
SAM FENDER  : SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER

SAM FENDER : SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER

'She said the debt, the debt, the debt / So I thought about shifting gear.' SAM FENDER deservedly  won Best Rock Act at the Brit Aw...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 0 comments
Labels: music, sam fender
WHEN THE MAGIC IS GONE

WHEN THE MAGIC IS GONE

Even a loyal Labour supporter like commentator and blogger Chris Trotter is speculating about Labour losing next year's general election...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 0 comments
Labels: jacinda ardern, labour party
THE GREEN PARTY : STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH JAMES AND MARAMA....

THE GREEN PARTY : STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH JAMES AND MARAMA....

While the planet burns, the Green Party thinks about changing the composition of its leadership and another blow is struck for political irr...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, April 14, 2022 0 comments
Labels: green party, james shaw, marama davidson
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