@ptpe.bsky.social
Tangata Tiriti, History Teacher, husband, father, proud grandfather. More left than liberal, a political skeptical. I believe in inclusion, community and aim to be respectful and tolerant. I have opinions, evidence-based, I'll defend.
NZ First is now consistently using nazi catchphrases in party political statements. you'd think that media *at least* would be pillorying him for this, and yet...
The NZ Govt’s energy strategy of making NZ more dependent on imported oil and gas sure looks pretty stupid tonight. Not to mention, you know, climate change.
The NZ government’s response to the illegal attack on Iran by Trump and Netanyahu is a disgrace.
New Zealand should stand for peace, not war.
Sign the Greenpeace petition calling on the Luxon Govt to defend international law and condemn the illegal attack on Iran by the United States and Israel👇
I'm not an economist or historian, so this is only vibes... But I tend to think that the times we generally think of as the most prosperous (in NZ, Australia, UK and US at least) were the times with the strongest worker strength (unions) and the most public/government investment.
Since those times, worker rights and power have been dramatically eroded, government spending has been privatised and cut...
That's been great for corporate profits and those who profit from the corporates, but has made everything else worse.
I don't think any of these thoughts I'm yeeting into the void are novel, but shit it frustrates me that this stuff (worker protections and government investment) aren't a core part of any mainstream political policy/discourse.
I don’t know who needs to hear this but here goes:
In high school my art teacher told me I didn’t know how to draw because cartooning wasn’t real art.
I have wanted to be in The New Yorker Magazine since I was 19. I’m 53 and this happened yesterday:
Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
Remember when every leader wanted their picture taken with Greta? She is still that truth teller, they just can't face the truth of their crimes.
"We've had a series of governments now who have encouraged people to be aspirational for New Zealand and have promised things that have been completely unrealistic. I don't think we can afford to do that anymore." We're not allowed to be aspirational?? Wtf?
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Cutting 30,000 jobs at the VA, which will put veterans' services at risk.
Firing federal workers across government, many of whom are veterans.
Gutting SNAP & Medicaid, which millions of veterans need.
Our vets defended us, and this is how the Trump regime is repaying them?
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
Gibb needs to be investigated by as many journalists as possible. I once knew him, unfortunately. As right-wing as you can be, shamelessly devious & deeply unpleasant. “Links with the Conservatives” doesn’t begin to explain how deeply he is intertwined with them
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Yes, be angry with Senate Democrats, but don’t forget who was keeping food from hungry children.
Staff at NZ universities will now have to deal with govt mandated free speech complaints process designed to facilitate far right agitprop infiltrating campus spaces and threatening our academic freedom under the guise of protecting it.
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/ensu...
He’ll spin it as extra iron 😑
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What the actual fuck is this? What is the point of having a select committee? of having democracy? I can't even...
#nzpol Video from 3 month ago: "Labour will repeal Regulatory Standards Bill within 100 days" @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social confirms again today
Regulatory Standards Bill will expose the SPCA to penalty if they remove abused animals; it will expose taxpayers to compensate suspected criminals for confiscated assets; farmers can do as they want; Peter Thiels can build bunkers anywhere. A terrible bill with > 98% opposed. #nzpol
So a normal stupid day by Luxon.
The writer notes that there's been a significant shift in attitudes since the coalition took power and Peters and Seymour stepped up their war on progressive thought.
#nzpol
Our colonial past is our colonial present. ☹️
“We were the first responders… that’s what we do as Māori”
Marama Royal speaking of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei response to the Auckland Anniversary Floods and Cyclone Gabrielle & the need for Māori leadership in the emergency management space to be recognised & formalised
#AdaptationFutures2025
Can anyone actually find a detailed analysis of why Argentina's economy is collapsing? Google provides nothing except old articles blaming it all on socialism.
It's almost like they're trying to suppress the idea the libertarianism is an utter failure and markets can't fix themselves.
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.