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Tag Archives: John Key
Labour – Green : Was that so hard ?
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) A couple of weeks back I got the heads up from a Green Party insider to look out for an announcement / press conference that afternoon, which would make the news that day. And did it … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged David Lange, Helen Clank, John Key, Michael Joseph Savage, MMP, neoliberalism
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Neoliberalism: The Beast Thou shall not name
Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems One of the most interesting pieces I read recently was by George Monbiot in The Guardian about Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems It opened … Continue reading
Switzerland of the South: The Kim Dotcom Defence
Key’s Vision: Switzerland of the South In the Weekend Herald of March 26 Fran o’Sullivan wrote about John Key’s Vision for New Zealand. She is known to be comfortable with the present neoliberal economic system. She is close enough to give us valuable insight into the thinking … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, politics
Tagged James Shaw, John Key, Kim Dotcom, New Zealand foreign trusts, Panama papers, tax havens, Winston Peters
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Waitangi Week with a Happy Ending
Lets not get into the annual Waitangi Day racist redneck rants of the uneducated idiots populating our media. They are just a sad indictment of their barren minds and of their media handlers’ desire to find an ever lower common … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Society
Tagged dildo protest, Hone Harawira, John Key, John Oliver, TPPA, Waitangi Day
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One Photo worth $ 276,753.05
To be precise it was not just this one photo but the one photo opportunity, which lead to this photo and the rest of the coverage of John Key’s last visit to New Zealand troops in Iraq, which cost the … Continue reading
We are better than this
The recent Canadian election campaign, which ended in the defeat of the conservative Harper government featured one outstanding campaign ad. It was not produced by the opposition but Adbusters, the Vancouver based anti-consumerist organisation. Even if it is pretty shocking … Continue reading
Australia = Racism & Xenophobia = Human Rights Abuse
Australia, the lucky country ? Australia likes to call and see itself as the lucky country. And it has many reasons to feel that way. Anyone who has ever visited is struck by it’s natural beauty in great diversity from … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, human rights abuses, John Key, Mike Hosking, Racism, SERCO, Xenophobia
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Media – Branch of the Corporate State ?
“We all more or less hate the media as countless polls about the trustworthiness of various professions show. Journalists always rank at the bottom between politicians and used cars salesmen. But we as a democratic society cannot function without news … Continue reading
Posted in Media Grabs, politics, Society
Tagged BBC, Bernie Sanders, CNN, George Orwell, Jeremy Corbyn, John Key, Rupert Murdoch, TPPA
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One image to shame our government
One image has shaken us out of complacency So at least we hope. People who do care are deeply shaken. Just watch Naomi Klein this weekend in the Sidney Opera House addressing the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. The battle hardened author … Continue reading
Have you stopped beating your wife Mr. Armstrong ?
John Armstrong, this is not just about you or even the New Zealand Herald but about all mainstream media, which are engaged in just uncritically defending the status quo of economic and political power. And this is not just about … Continue reading