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Qiulae Wong - Leader of The Opportunity Party - Real Life With John Cowan Qiulae has built her career on pursuing better ways to do business and now brings that drive to politics. Raised in One Tree Hill, Auckland, she studied law and politics before working in human rights...

John Cowan in NZ is such a civilised interviewer. Interesting questions, easy to listen to.

Real Life With John Cowan: Qiulae Wong - Leader of The Opportunity Party

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Labor pledges action as survey reveals how many young NSW men admit to sexually harassing women Exclusive: ‘Man box’ stereotype of appearing tough and believing in rigid gender roles linked to likelihood of committing acts of abuse, new report finds

Labor pledges action as survey reveals how many young NSW men admit to sexually harassing women www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

"Always put the people first": Progressives get a new candidate in New York City - Salon.com Darializa Avila Chevalier, a community organizer in Manhattan, is challenging Rep. Adriano Espaillat in Harlem

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Labor pledges action as survey reveals how many young NSW men admit to sexually harassing women Exclusive: ‘Man box’ stereotype of appearing tough and believing in rigid gender roles linked to likelihood of committing acts of abuse, new report finds

Labor pledges action as survey reveals how many young NSW men admit to sexually harassing women www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Day 9 at #COP30🇧🇷

President Lula is at COP30 to accelerate a final deal. As the newly released Climate Analytics findings show - we can reduce the rise of temperatures almost 1 degree by implementing previous COP goals.

@FletcherSchool
@policy_climate

Day 10 at #COP30🇧🇷

The text that dropped this morning fell short of what’s needed to address the climate crisis. The legacy of Belém hangs in the balance as countries take part in the final hours of negotiations.

@FletcherSchool
@policy_climate

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New Zealand

"We do want to express our deep concern that we could not reach consensus on highlighting the role of the IPCC as the source of the best available science, or…on this being, the past 11 years have been the warmest on record and the increasing frequency of extreme weather events."

TRT World - Indigenous people stage protest at COP30 entrance in Brazil Dozens of Indigenous activists in traditional clothing blocked the main entrance to the UN COP30 summit in Belem, demanding a meeting with President Lula and protesting projects threatening the Amazon...

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What are BHP and China fighting over and why does it matter for Australia? The resolution of negotiations between Australian mining giant BHP and China's state-backed iron ore buyer China Mineral Resources Group could reshape not just the resources industry, but also interna...

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What Zohran Mamdani Knows About Power The thirty-three-year-old socialist is rewriting the rules of New York politics. Can he transform the city as mayor?

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Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper

Please stop what you are doing and go listen to Melinda Cooper on @thedigradio.bsky.social you will thank me later open.spotify.com/episode/3gAL...

#localbodyelectionsnz
If voting is a form of communicating, what are saying?

Look at this massive parking lot in China, all covered in solar and equipped with EV chargers. Utterly dwarfing anything like it in the US, AFAIK. english.news.cn/20250918/85a...

Landform affects mobility or lack of it

The goal is to lower mobility demand to effectively reduce congestion, enhance productivity, improve health, and restore both human and physical environmental outcomes.

TRT World - From battleground to bridge: Pakistan bets big on the Khyber Pass With global powers eyeing South and Central Asia, Islamabad hopes a revived trade route through the Khyber Pass can shift Pakistan’s fortunes from conflict to connectivity.

#KhyberPass
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Need a break from talk of DOGE and broken escalators?

We've got you covered!

Catch up on ep.7 of our democracy podcast, featuring Prof. Maija Setälä talking short-termism, climate assemblies, and more!

#democracy #citizenengagement #publicparticipation #policychange #longtermthinking

Can Deliberative Democracy Provide Remedies for Affective Polarisation? - Maija Setälä, Ian O’Flynn, 2024 This article revisits the problems of electoral democracy, especially affective polarisation, from the perspective of the theory of deliberative democracy. Some...

„If adequately connected to the key democratic processes, and electoral competition in particular, forums for citizen deliberation can also play their part in countering affective polarisation“, Maija Setälä and @delibnet.bsky.social find.

#CitizensAssembly

DEMOCRATIC INNOVATIONS
Do you need a comprehensive introduction to deliberative mini-publics? Kimmo Grönlund and Maija Setälä have you covered. Their chapter focuses on both internal (e.g. participation) and external aspects of DMPs (e.g. participants‘ views) www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o...

How do we move away from "short-termism" & look for long-term solutions to democracy's biggest problems?

We tackle that & more with Maija Setala, Prof of Poli Sci at @uniturku.bsky.social, co-PI of @erc.europa.eu Synergy project ADDI & co-PI of INVEST hub @invest-flagship.bsky.social

Listen now!

Staggering statistic reported by Dr Karaitiana Taiuru ...
Not one of the 78 kiwi Local Government Councils have addressed Māori Data Governance or Sovereignty
#TooHardBasket

#LIANZA2025

ex-BBC Karishma Patel @karishmapatel.bsky.social:

“It's time we talk about how news orgs like the BBC weaponise the concept of "bias" against minoritised journalists, like those reporting on the ground in #Gaza.”

Would Geeta Guru-Murthy question her brother @krishgm.bsky.social’s independence?

ex-BBC Karishma Patel @karishmapatel.bsky.social:

"Palestinian journalists in #Gaza are producing high quality independent journalism… they’re still accused of lacking in independence - often by journalists in the West who have themselves caved to pressure."

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I’ve written a piece on leaving my role as a BBC journalist & newsreader over its unwillingness to follow the evidence out of Gaza - it also touches on why I joined 1k other media figures in signing a letter condemning the BBC for removing ‘Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone’

Primary school teachers reject latest pay offer, will vote on strike action

I stand with #teachers, #midwives, #nurses, carers, doctors & all who NZ Govt robbed of #PayEquity #nzpol

“I think the hyperlink might actually be more endangered than newsprint at this point.” —Matt Pearce

Chicago’s Left Experiment Featuring Alex Han, Asha Ransby-Sporn, and Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor on Chicago’s left political experiment. In the wake of Zohran’s remarkable victory in New York, organizers all over the country ar...

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Zohran Mamdani, Black Voters and the Left Looked at closely, Mamdani’s campaign shows the crucial role—and potential—of Black voters in America’s insurgent left political coalition.

Black voters are not inherently “moderate.” In fact, 67% view socialism favorably—the highest of any demographic.

What Mamdani’s win shows about this untapped power, from @asha-rrs.bsky.social