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Chilean Communist "Reminds" Socialist President.

On December 17, Guillermo Teillier, leader of the Chilean Communist Party, reminded Chile’s new Socialist president, Michelle Bachelet, that without the support of the left…

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New Bolivian President Cements Links with Cubans

From Prensa Latina “Bolivian President Evo Morales and Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage held talks at the governmental headquarters in La Paz on Monday, in…

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Make Communist Fronts History

From Scoop Hat Tip Lindsay Mitchell “A diverse panel of community representatives is calling on all NZers to make “poverty wages history” in 2006 at…

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Advice for ACT’s Next President?

Rob Good has come up with a great idea. He asks“If you were elected as the President of the ACT party, and if you had…

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Heat Produces Light!

There’s been some scrapping over five blogs recently between some National supporters and some ACTivists. While there has been some personal stuff, I think the…

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"Woeful" Washout at Waihopai

Organisers of last weekend’s protest at Waihopai surveillance station are disappointed at the turnout and lack of local support. About a 100 protesters marched through…

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Bolivia’s New Leader, Cosies up to Castro

Before even being inaugurated, Bolivia’s president-elect, Evo Morales of the Movemement Towards Socialism, paid a flying visit, just before new year, to Fidel Castro in…

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W.A.Y.N.C.R.? Number 1, Bruce Cronin

Some of you who attended Auckland University in the ’80s and ’90s might remember my first “Where Are You Now, Campus Radical?” profile, Bruce Cronin.Cronin…

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W.A.Y.N.C.R.s are Coming!

I’ve had a lot of positive feedback on my Socialist Academic Profiles, so I thought I’d add another series to run in tandem. Some of…

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Gerry Eckhoff Still Fighting for Property Rights

Former ACT MP, Gerry Eckhoff might be back on the farm, but he’s still doing what he does best-sticking up for property rights From Newstalk…

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Free Markets Make You Safer

In an earlier post I wrote about how taxi companies and insurance companies, working together in a free market could ensure passenger safety more effectively…

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Why We Need a Free Market in Sperm

From Radio NZ “Fertility clinics are turning down sperm donations from gay men because of Australian regulations aimed at curbing the spread of HIV, a…

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Keith Locke Wins "Hypocrite of the Year, 2006"…. in January!

Green MP Keith Locke has pulled off a stunning coup in taking out the New Zeal “Hypocrite of the Year” award for 2006, in January….

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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…

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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.

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