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Wellington.Scoop: Western choices – younger and wealthier - by Ian Apperley Today I’m looking at the Western Ward candid...
19/09/2025

Wellington.Scoop: Western choices – younger and wealthier - by Ian Apperley Today I’m looking at the Western Ward candidates for the Wellington City Council and predicting who might get in and who won’t. Western, like Northern, tends to lean a little more to the center given its demographic. So, let’s just jump straight into it, in my opinion, most likely to least likely […]

Today I’m looking at the Western Ward candidates for the Wellington City Council and predicting who might get in and who won’t. Western, like Northern, tends to lean a little more to the ce...

The People's Push: How Grassroots Solidarity Reshaped Spain's Foreign Policy - What is taking place in Spain is true gra...
19/09/2025

The People's Push: How Grassroots Solidarity Reshaped Spain's Foreign Policy - What is taking place in Spain is true grassroots solidarity, unburdened by doublespeak or political bravado. It is a genuine civil society action centered on a shared historical experience and struggle against state-sponsored violence and fascism.

What is taking place in Spain is true grassroots solidarity, unburdened by doublespeak or political bravado. It is a genuine civil society action centered on a shared historical experience and struggle against state-sponsored violence and fascism.

The Misrepresentation Of Luddism - Ian Powell discusses Luddism as a positive and popular force including in a historica...
19/09/2025

The Misrepresentation Of Luddism - Ian Powell discusses Luddism as a positive and popular force including in a historical and contemporary context in New Zealand.

Ian Powell discusses Luddism as a positive and popular force including in a historical and contemporary context in New Zealand.

China's Monopoly Of Myanmar's Rare Earth - The U.S. is locked out of extracting the raw supplies from Myanmar's mines wh...
19/09/2025

China's Monopoly Of Myanmar's Rare Earth - The U.S. is locked out of extracting the raw supplies from Myanmar's mines which China dominates, processing 90% of the world's rare earth elements.

The U.S. is locked out of extracting the raw supplies from Myanmar's mines which China dominates, processing 90% of the world's rare earth elements.

Losing And Gaining Proprioception - The way ahead for the human being is not through intellect and knowledge, but by ful...
19/09/2025

Losing And Gaining Proprioception - The way ahead for the human being is not through intellect and knowledge, but by fully awakening the brain’s latent capacity for insight. And insight arises from the spaces between thoughts, and ultimately from the silence beyond all thought and ...

The way ahead for the human being is not through intellect and knowledge, but by fully awakening the brain’s latent capacity for insight. And insight arises from the spaces between thoughts, and ultimately from the silence beyond all thought and ...

Wellington.Scoop: Arrogance and contempt - by Peter Dunne Governments rarely lose office because their policies are unpo...
18/09/2025

Wellington.Scoop: Arrogance and contempt - by Peter Dunne Governments rarely lose office because their policies are unpopular or not working. Far more often they are defeated because they have become arrogant and contemptuously dismissive of those promoting different views to theirs. Usually, this trend becomes pronounced during a government’s second or third term, but there are already emerging signs of […]

Governments rarely lose office because their policies are unpopular or not working. Far more often they are defeated because they have become arrogant and contemptuously dismissive of those promoti...

Dunne's Weekly: The Arrogance Of Government - In today's opinion piece, Dunne cites three examples: the Prime Minister's...
18/09/2025

Dunne's Weekly: The Arrogance Of Government - In today's opinion piece, Dunne cites three examples: the Prime Minister's handling of the Palestinian state announcement, the Finance Minister's remarks to protestors, and Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour's comments to an actress.

In today's opinion piece, Dunne cites three examples: the Prime Minister's handling of the Palestinian state announcement, the Finance Minister's remarks to protestors, and Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour's comments to an actress.

Wellington.Scoop: Campaigning against misinformation - by Paula Muollo In New Zealand, we pride ourselves on being a tru...
18/09/2025

Wellington.Scoop: Campaigning against misinformation - by Paula Muollo In New Zealand, we pride ourselves on being a true democracy — where freedom of speech, open debate, and fair representation matter. But I’ve experienced firsthand running as an independent candidate in the Wellington election that our democracy is increasingly being undermined by the rise of misinformation, misrepresentation and manipulation on social […]

In New Zealand, we pride ourselves on being a true democracy — where freedom of speech, open debate, and fair representation matter. But I’ve experienced firsthand running as an independent can...

On Our Recognition Of Palestine, And Those $70 Million Concert Subsidies - Thankfully, the end is in sight for the gover...
18/09/2025

On Our Recognition Of Palestine, And Those $70 Million Concert Subsidies - Thankfully, the end is in sight for the government’s dance of the seven veils over recognising the state of Palestine, and for Labour’s rampant indecision about the wisdom of endorsing a capital gains tax.

Thankfully, the end is in sight for the government’s dance of the seven veils over recognising the state of Palestine, and for Labour’s rampant indecision about the wisdom of endorsing a capital gains tax.

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission Finds Israel Responsible For Genocide In Gaza - This report finds itself in the adhes...
18/09/2025

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission Finds Israel Responsible For Genocide In Gaza - This report finds itself in the adhesive if gruesome company of such publications as Amnesty International’s December 2024 effort, You Feel Like You are Subhuman to the August 2025 conclusions of the International Association of Genocide Scholars.

This report finds itself in the adhesive if gruesome company of such publications as Amnesty International’s December 2024 effort, You Feel Like You are Subhuman to the August 2025 conclusions of the International Association of Genocide Scholars.

Nuclear Calculus - While great-power brinkmanship is far from rational, rational thinking under great pressure will be r...
17/09/2025

Nuclear Calculus - While great-power brinkmanship is far from rational, rational thinking under great pressure will be required to end a nuclear war once started. Even the most rational decision-process will involve many casualties.

While great-power brinkmanship is far from rational, rational thinking under great pressure will be required to end a nuclear war once started. Even the most rational decision-process will involve many casualties.

Wellington.Scoop: Southern Ward: cut and dried? - by Ian Apperley Here we go with my predictions for likely winners and ...
17/09/2025

Wellington.Scoop: Southern Ward: cut and dried? - by Ian Apperley Here we go with my predictions for likely winners and runners-up in the Southern Ward. Southern tends to generate very polarised debates and is possibly the most diverse ward in the city. So, let’s just jump straight into it: in my opinion, most likely to least likely to get elected in the […]

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