Month: October 2007
Anti-Smacking Law Starts To Bite
If for for nothing else, Labour deserves to be turfed from office for their anti-smacking legislation. Parents will increasingly come to fear their neighbours and…
A Bit of a Nip in the Air?
A bit chilly eh, what? MAFRA, October 26 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin compared on Friday U.S. missile defense system plans for Central…
Maori Party Voting Patterns
From David Farrar’s KiwiBlog Audrey Young reports from the Maori Party conference, and mentions that some analysis had been done on how often the Maori…
Tariana Turia’s Marxist Mentor
Maori party founder and co-leader Tariana Turia is well respected across the political spectrum. Like her Party, Mrs Turia is very hard to pin down…
Indigenous People’s Struggles-Which Way Forward?
An indigenous rights supporter left this comment on this post. There is one significant problem with alot of your theories and such. Indigenous Peoples struggles…
Ultra Left Left Beats Hard Left at Ecan
While the recent local body elections were generally kind to forces of good, a socialist scored a key victory in my home town of Christchurch….
Tariana Turia On Bolshevik History and Sedition
On Wednesday, Maori Party leader Tariana Turiana spoke in Parliament on the repeal of the sedition laws. She used the occasion to note the 90th…
NCEA Chickens Coming Home to Roost?
Rigorous external exams are no longer the norm in our secondary schools. The “caring and feelgood” National Certificate of Educational Achiement has been with us…
Trotskyist, Radical Maori Lawyer, American Indian Activist, Address Rotorua Rally
From Socialist Worker’s UnityBlog Flags, drums, banners and a passionate flow of over 700 kaumatua, pakeke, rangatahi and tamariki marched peacefully against the police anti-terror…
More Aussie Socialist Solidarity for "Terror" Suspects
From Socialist Worker’s UnityBlog Queensland Murri leader protests NZ police raids on Maori activists:Sam Watson says ‘Brutal, racist use of police repression in Aotearoa’ Sam…
Omar Hamed, "Terrorist" Suspect, Named
The youngest of the 17 “terrorist” suspects arrested last Monday, has been named. He is 19 year old Omar Hamed. Like all other arrestees, Hamed…
Elderly Trotskyist’s House Raided By Police
From Socialist Worker’s UnityBlog PRESS RELEASE: SOLIDARITY UNION MAORI YESTERDAY: TRADE UNIONS TODAY? Union activists say that a police raid on a 72-year old trade…
Rodney on the EFB, Michael Cullen, Dave Henderson
ACT leader Rodney Hide makes the point that Labour’s draconian Electoral Finance Bill will cast a very wide net. From Rodney’s Blog Clause 5 of…
Trotskyists Justify Violence Against Fellow Kiwis
The Trotskyists from Socialist Worker justify Maori violence against their fellow countrymen. From UnityBlog Some commentators – even some of those “on the Left” –…
Setting the Record Straight
Two comments on this thread warrant a reply. Anonymous said… It all goes to show how stupid democracy has been to tolerate anarchists and other…
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