Ok, I couldn't resist it. Here's Helen Clark falling over at a Christchurch cafe in the Riccarton Mall. This You Tube clip has alrea...
A VERY BORING GENERAL ELECTION
Russell Brown of the Public Address blog site (and ubiquitous media commentator), will be hosting TVNZ 7’s coverage of the upcoming general ...
THE SAME OLD SAME OLD
As a television 'spectacle' the debate between the leaders of the 'minor parties' was mindboggingly tedious. In fact, I conf...
RICHARD WOLFF ON THE CAPITALIST CRISIS PT 2
This talk is some 40 minutes long. Wolff explains why capitalism has fallen apart and elaborates a socialist alternative to our present cris...
RICHARD WOLFF ON THE CAPITALIST CRISIS
Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics at the University of Massachussetts. This talk was given at the Brecht Forum/New York Marxist School...
HAS THE GREEN PARTY BEEN UPFRONT ABOUT ALL ITS FINANCIAL DONATIONS?
I refer readers to Bryce Edwards excellent examination of the Green Party’s finances and the sources of these not inconsiderable funds. Dr ...
THE GREEN PARTY FRAUD
That the politically dishonest Green Party have decided to hitch their wagon to that of the Labour Party is no surprise. What is annoying is...
US BANKS HOARDING BAILOUT MONEY WHILE AIG EXECUTIVES LIVE THE HIGH LIFE
Where is George Bush's $750 billion bailout money going? Well, AIG executives, who have received $85 billion of bailout money, headed of...
NZ ECONOMY IN CRISIS
As I mentioned in a blog post two or three days ago, Karl Marx (is he coming back into 'fashion'?)- pointed out that credit is the w...
CULLEN: JOHN KEY IS A COMMUNIST!
Minister of Finance Michael Cullen can’t make his mind up about John Key and the National Party. First up, he accuses National leader John K...
TAXMAN CHASING OUR DAVE AGAIN
Struggling property developer and Christchurch City Council benificiary Dave Henderson is being chased by the taxman for more unpaid tax. T...
BANKS ARE BASTARDS
The decision by the Labour Government to guarantee all bank deposits is, albeit a mild one, another example of neoliberal political parties ...
A SIMPLE SOLUTION TO THE CAPITALIST CRISIS...
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BACK TO THE FUTURE
Chris Trotter has recently been using his fortnightly column in the Sunday Star Times to praise Labour and cane National and he has continu...
LET THEM EAT CAKE...
While the Bush Administration throws billions of dollars at Wall Street, it is being less generous toward the people who are suffering the c...
A SPECTRE IS HAUNTING CAPITALISM
Credit, explained Karl Marx, allows capitalism to go beyond its limits. In other words, it artificially expands the market and gives the cap...
TV1’S 'CLOSE UP': CHEERLEADING FOR THE FAILED ‘FREE MARKET’
Close Up’s ‘debate’ on the state of the New Zealand economy tonight was about as ideologically lopsided as you could imagine it. Mark Sains...
THE NEW ZEALAND ECONOMY TANKS
Well, the Goverment has opened the books and the picture is not pretty - the New Zealand economy has tanked. Not only that, there is still a...
CONTACT POWER PRICE INCREASE : LABOUR DOES NOTHING AGAIN
Despite talking tough on Contact Energy's latest price increase Minister's Lianne Dalziel and David Parker are going to do....noth...
LABOUR USING AMERICAN PR FIRM
Having attacked National for using a foreign PR company, namely the Australian company Crosby Textor, Labour have been caught out doing exac...
RUSSEL NORMAN TALKS MORE NONSENSE
Green Party co-leader Russel Norman has been making more fraudulent claims. At the Green Party election campaign opening, former socialist N...
CULLEN SUPPORTS THE WALL STREET ROGUES
Michael Cullen, 'the friend of the working class', thinks it would be just great to see ordinary Americans get whacked with a $750 b...
JIM ANDERTON AND THE CTU TELL PORKIES
Jim Anderton's Progressive Party and the Combined Trade Unions hierarchy have been busy rewriting history. Taking a lesson from the Joe ...
FOR SALE: THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL!
With US – and global capitalism – going into meltdown the Bush administration wants to bail out its Wall Street buddies with $750 billion of...
CONTACT SCREWS THE PUBLIC
As a Contact Energy customer I am angry that this company has announced it will be putting up South Island power prices by 11 percent come N...