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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,…

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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….

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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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How the Free Market Would Protect Your Daughter from Sleazy Taxi Drivers

From Today’s Herald “Transport Safety Minister Harry Duynhoven is promising to take a leadership role in revisiting a controversial law that from Monday will see…

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GMan Gives the Nats Some Tips

Gman has analysed the National Party and come up with a eight point plan. Pretty sensible stuff.Here’s how he thinks the Nats should deal with…

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Who’d Dare Tread on these Pricks?

Dave Henderson and Rodney Hide fly the famous “Gadsden Flag” over Dave’s Central Otago property. Some notes on the Gadsden Flag from Founding Fathers Info…

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S.A.P. Number 3, Paul Harris

This Socialist Academic Profle looks at Dr Paul Harris, a senior lecturer in the Centre for Trade Union Studies at Waikato University. According to their…

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