Month: January 2006
Nohopers Protest at Waihopai
The annual protest at the “US spybase” at Waihopai near Blenheim takes place this weekend. Organised by the Christchurch based, Anti Bases Campaign, a motley…
Who Protests at Waihopai?
Waihopai protest 2000. Marxist Green MP Keith Locke. Waihopai protest 2003. On left, Dr Hannah Middleton, President, Communist Party of Australia.
Don Brash Looks to the Future
According to Colin Espiner in today’s NZ Herald, Don Brash is firm on leading National into the next election and is realistic about the need…
Three Generations of Real Revolutionaries
Sir Roger Douglas, ACT MP Heather Roy and some of the ACT on Campus leadership at last weekend’s retreat in Wellington.
10,000 Hits
Just ticked over 10,000 hits in 68 days blogging (seems like forever). This is a lot better than I thought I’d do. Thanks for reading,…
A Typical Chilean Exile?
After Pinochet overthrew the Allende government in the early ’70s, thousands of Chilean socialists fled the country. Many came to NZ, including Victor Humberto Batista….
Socialists Hold Chile, Chavez Cheers
Abridged from today’s Reuter’s “Chile president-elect Michelle Bachelet, a Socialist who will be the country’s first female leader, vowed on Monday to shrink the gap…
Chile’s Socialist President, Michelle Bachelet
Chile’s first woman president, Michelle Bachelet has an interesting history.Bachelet, was born in Santiago in 1951, the daughter of an Air Force general. In 1971,…
Pravda’s View of Castro, Chavez and "Lula"
Text excerpts from Pravda online 28.7.05 by Ivan Shmelev “The beginning of the year 1959, when Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba, became a…
Falloon on the Ins and Outs of Sperm Donation
Andrew Falloon has an excellent piece on free market solutions to the sperm donor shortage. “Allow the free market to operate in sperm “donation.” If…
MMP-More Marxists in Parliament, Part 3 (Final)
Part 2 here In September 1991, just prior to the formation of the Alliance Party, Bill Andersen wrote a widely circulated open letter, from his…
Freedom, Responsibility and ACT on Campus
Serendipity. I was just about to post on the subject “Freedom with Responsibilty” when I read Andy Davies’ comment on my last post. Andy was…
New ACT on Campus President
Helen Simpson of Auckalnd University branch, is the new ACT on Campus president. Helen is definitely on the libertarian end of the political spectrum and…
I Have Seen ACT’s Future and it is Phat
Had a great day yesterday as an observer at the ACT on Campus retreat in Wellington.There was a good turnout, with reps from Auckland, Waikato,…
S.A.P. Number 4, David Neilson
My latest, Socialist Academic Profile, looks at Dr David Neilson, senior lecturer and convenor of Labour and Trade Union Studies at Waikato University. Neilson has…
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