The new quarterly Ipsos Issues Monitor survey suggests that voters see Labour as best suited for tackling the cost of living crisis, as well...| nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.com
The new quarterly Ipsos Issues Monitor survey suggests that voters see Labour as best suited for tackling the cost of living crisis, as well...| nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.com
WHY NOT A GOVERNMENT-OWNED SUPERMARKET CHAIN?| nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.com
Despite being in office for two years, Finance Minister Nicola Willis has failed to curb the skyrocketing cost of living. Under pressure to ...| nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.com
A DEMOCRACY THAT IS NEITHER REPRESENTATIVE NOR DEMOCRATIC| nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.com
The so-called 'two speed' economic recovery is a convenient fiction, designed to hide the fact that the coalition Government's economic policies have deliberately widened the road for the few, at the expense of the many. | AGAINST THE CURRENT
Former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and former Labour MP Zarah Sultana have announced the formation of a new left-wing party. Even though it has yet to be formally launched, it has already attracted over 650,000 subscribers. Could something similar occur in New Zealand?| AGAINST THE CURRENT
In conducting a campaign of character assassination against Green Party co-leader Chloe Swarbrick, the corporate media has shown itself to be as equally spineless as the Government it continues to defend. | AGAINST THE CURRENT
We must demand that Israel gets out of Gaza — and we must get Zionism out of our institutions. By Marilyn Garson.| AGAINST THE CURRENT
With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhayu now planning to launch an all out military offensive in Gaza, which will have catastrophic consequences, the West stands condemned for enabling the destruction of an entire society.| AGAINST THE CURRENT
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Fisheries Minister Shane Jones has pushed through sweeping reforms which significantly favour commercial fishing interests over environmental protection and public transparency. At the same time, over $100,000 in contributions from the fishing industry have flowed to Jones and NZ First. Is it just a coincidence, or is there something fishy going on? By Bryce Edwards.| AGAINST THE CURRENT
For nearly two years, RNZ's Mediawatch has remained silent about Gaza. Even the fact that the Israel military have killed over 250 journalists in Gaza has not compelled Mediawatch to comment. But on Sunday, presenter Colin Peacock suddenly had something to say about events in the besieged Palestinian enclave. However, like RNZ itself, Peacock still won't acknowledge that Israel is committing genocide. | AGAINST THE CURRENT
The Government's proposed electoral law change will disenfranchise a large swathe of voters, but an even larger number of people have already been disenfranchised by a representative democracy that is neither representative nor democratic.| AGAINST THE CURRENT
ON SEPTEMBER 17 and 18 last year, thousands of handheld pagers and hundreds of walkie-talkies exploded simultaneously throughout Lebanon and Syria. They had been booby-trapped by the Israeli intelligence service, Mossad. This act of terrorism resulted in 37 deaths and over 3,000 people injured.| AGAINST THE CURRENT
Grotesque social media comments have followed legacy media's belated decision to highlight the forced starvation and genocide of Palestinians, writes Mick Hall.| AGAINST THE CURRENT
The skyrocketing rise in the price of a block of butter is emblematic of a much wider problem for the government, the rising cost of living and the destructive impact of its austerity agenda.| AGAINST THE CURRENT
In a joint statement, more than two dozen Western countries, including New Zealand, have called for an immediate end to the war in Gaza. But the statement is merely empty rhetoric that declines to take any concrete action against Israel, and which Israel will duly ignore. | AGAINST THE CURRENT
Abby Martin sits down with MP Jeremy Corbyn in Bogotá during The Hague Group summit on Gaza. They discuss the limits of electoral politics, the danger of nuclear weapons, the central role of the US and UK in the Gaza genocide, and more.EMPIRE FILES PODCAST + MERCH + SOCIALS + PATREON + EXCLUSIVE CONTENT| AGAINST THE CURRENT
Colombian President Gustavo Petro with UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.| AGAINST THE CURRENT
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New York's next mayor, Zohran Mamdani, wants to establish city-owned supermarkets, designed to keep prices low. Why can't something similar be established in New Zealand? Is it corporate interests and the lack of political will that stand in the way?| AGAINST THE CURRENT
Genocide might be Israel's policy but, apparently, opposing it is a crime. | AGAINST THE CURRENT
It's time to build inclusive and ethical Jewish institutions and to nurture alliances with oppressed, colonised and marginalised peoples, writes Marilyn Garson.| AGAINST THE CURRENT
Perhaps the biggest obstacle in the way of Chris Hipkins and the Labour Party winning next year's general election is Chris Hipkins and the Labour Party. So why should the Green Party support it? | AGAINST THE CURRENT
THE ICONIC Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior sailed into Auckland on Monday to mark the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior on 10 July 1985.| AGAINST THE CURRENT
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, three of his ministers and two business leaders have been referred to the International Criminal Court. They are charged with being complicit in genocide. But the mainstream media has decided that it isn't news worth reporting. | AGAINST THE CURRENT
The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has referred six prominent New Zealanders to the International Criminal Court in The Hague....| nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.com
VALERIE ZINK: WHY I RESIGNED FROM REUTERS| nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.com
Canadian photojournalist Valerie Zink announced today on social media that she has resigned from the Reuters news agency after eight years w...| nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.com
