What is Hutchison Whampoa?
According to Hutchison-Whampoa’s web site: “The World of Hutchison Port Holdings covers a broad spectrum of port operations and related service companies spanning the entire…
Christchurch City Council and Hutchison Whampoa
The Christchurch City Council is attempting to take over the Lyttelton Port Company so that it can then enter into a joint venture with Hong…
The Catholics are Doing it Right!
Catholic groups are up in arms about C4’s plans to air an episode of the cartoon show “Southpark”, which will depict a menstruating statue of…
Stop Press-Loudon Agrees With Keith Locke!
Marxist Green MP and his socialist sister, Maire Leadbetter (centre) at today’s anti Guantanamo Bay protest in Auckland. This is one of the very few…
Prebble on Clark’s Election Over-spending Problems
Richard Prebble in today’s “The Letter” sums up the seriousness and implications of Labour’s electoral over-spending scandal. Labour’s electoral over spending is now being investigated…
Mike Ward, the Perfect Green Party Co-Leader?
Russel Norman has some competition for the Green party co-leadership. Former Green MP and number 8 on the party’s 2005 list, Mike Ward, has announced…
Maia on Russel and I
Maia over at Capitalism Bad-Tree Pretty has gone a bit dark on me. However she’s completely spewing about Green Party poster boy, Russel Norman. She…
Embarrassed to be a Cantabrian?
If anything could make me embarrassed to be a Cantabrian, it would be this. Lindsay Mitchell reports that “Canterbury Health Board wants staff to boycott…
The Anti-Capitalist Alliance is Dead, Long Live the Workers Party!
In a momentous decision, the Anti-Capitalist Alliance has re-named itself as the “Workers Party”. The Anti-Capitalist Alliance was formed in 2002 and has functioned as…
Maxim on Repeal of "Section 59"
The Maxim Institute are leading the charge against Green MP, Sue Bradford’s, “anti-smacking” legislation. This is from there latest “real Issues” email newsletter. Many readers…
Yet Another Student Association Scam?
From yesterday’s NZ Herald Otago police are investigating the accounting practices of the University of Otago’s Maori students association. The matter was brought to police…
Chavez and Ahmadinejad, a Very Unholy Alliance
According to Green Left Weekly, February 8th, 2006, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, in a series of fiery speeches on the closing day of the World…
Castro Invites Ahmadinejad Over for a Chat
A factor, much under-reported in the Western media, is the deep and growing link between radical Islam and revolutionary socialism. Apart from “blips” like Afghanistan…
El Salvadoran Communist Leader Dies
Green Left Weekly, of February 8, 2006, carried an interesting obituary on Schafik Handal. This look at one of Latin America’s most influential revolutionary leaders,…
The First 50 Things the "Watermelons" Want to Ban
Peter Cresswell of Not PC has a list of 50 things the Green Party wants to ban. Green on the outside, red in the middle,…
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