-
Recent Posts
- How to kill a Zombie March 21, 2020
- I am a Denier not a “Doomer” March 18, 2020
- Thanks to the Virus . . . March 15, 2020
- The Populist Xenophobia/Racism Trap September 8, 2019
- Greta August 20, 2019
- Virtual World August 9, 2019
- Easter message from an old dreamer : Imagine . . . April 20, 2019
- At war with China ? February 18, 2019
- OMG : What did I do ? December 25, 2018
- American Democracy on Notice October 16, 2018
Recent Comments
- One more reason not to visit Gallipoli - ZealandiaBlogZealandiaBlog on 100 years Gallipoli: ANZAC propaganda still working overtime
- Axel on Government experiment on the mentally ill without Ethics Committee approval
- Axel on Do you smell what I smell ?
- Cassandra on Thank you Brian Tamaki
- admin on Guest Post: The Sale of the Power Companies
Categories
Tags
- Austerity
- Benjamin Netanyahu
- Bernie Sanders
- Brexit
- Brian Fallow
- Chris Trotter
- Citizenfour
- Climate Change
- Crosby Textor
- democracy
- Dirty Politics
- Donald Trump
- Dotcom
- Edward Snowden
- five eyes
- Gallipoli
- GCSB
- George Monbiot
- inequality
- ISDS
- ISIS
- Jacinda Adern
- Jeremy Corbyn
- John Key
- John Oliver
- Margret Thatcher
- military-industrial complex
- MMP
- Naomi Klein
- Neo-liberalism
- neoliberalism
- Nicky Hager
- Noam Chomsky
- NSA
- NZ Herald
- Putin
- Rebecca Kitteridge
- Rogernomics
- Russel Norman'
- SERCO
- TPP
- TPPA
- Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)
- Trump
- Winston Peters
Meta
Other Blogs
Category Archives: Society
The Populist Xenophobia/Racism Trap
Xenophobia/Racism the Fear of the Other Racism is one form of Xenophobia. Like with many human conditions Xenophobia / Racism is not black and white but appears on a scale. Located on the most extreme end is the Holocaust – … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Society
Tagged Brexit, Dominic Cummings, Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, Narendra Modi, Rodrigo Duterte, Steve Bannon
Leave a comment
Virtual World
Pokemon Walking along the river Elbe during this year’s visit to my old home town of Hamburg I was approached by two men with a video camera. They told me that they were working on an university project and if … Continue reading
Easter message from an old dreamer : Imagine . . .
Imagine Imagine you were wagging school on 15 March in Christchurch to take part in the world wide protest against climate change. You are marching and having a good time in the sun and expect that you as part of … Continue reading
Posted in Society
Tagged Christchurch terror attack, Islamophobia, Jacinda Adern, John Lennon
Leave a comment
OMG : What did I do ?
This week I celebrate the second birthday of my first born grandson. This is the reason to wonder what world he will live in if he reaches my age. This is for you OMG. The end of the century Near … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, politics, Society
Tagged Climate Change, Greta Thunberg, Pope Francis, Sir David Attenborough
Leave a comment
American Democracy on Notice
US mid-term elections In a few weeks American voters have a last chance to assert that they still care about their republic and democracy. The signs are not good. The sad story of the American republic, political system, democracy being … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Society
Tagged Adam Smith, Donald Trump, Kavanaugh, Steven Joyce
Leave a comment
Lead by a Brain Amputee
No cigar for guessing who we are talking about. How could we be the only ones not talking about Him ? Humans are Social Animals We humans are an advanced kind of social animal. After millennia of evolution we are … Continue reading
False Prophet – False Economy
Almost an Obituary New Zealand’s opposition leader and former short-time Prime Minister and long-time Minister of Finance Bill English is resigning from Parliament. Most of the comments read almost like an obituary even if English is in his fifties and … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, politics, Society
Tagged Bill English, Brian Rudman, Bryan Gould, Neo-liberalism, Shamubeel Eaqup, Simon Wilson
Leave a comment
Media attack on New Zealand’s democracy
MMP in New Zealand Twenty five years ago New Zealand voted in a first referendum for the (more) democratic proportional voting system called MMP (Mixed Member Proportional) as recommended by the Royal Commission after the most thorough investigation into all electoral … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Society
Tagged Dirty Politics, Donald Trump, MMP, NZ election 2017, Winston Peters
Leave a comment
Jacinda, You can do this – again !
Dear Jacinda The most interesting and in my mind most appealing feature you disclosed about yourself during the election campaign was the fact that some time back you left the Mormon Church. You indicated that this had not been easy. … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Environment, politics, Society
Tagged Bill Mitchell, charter schools, Ian Shirley, Jacinda Adern, Napoleon Bonaparte, Neo-liberalism
Leave a comment