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We’re joined by special guest Bevan Holloway to discuss his report on the Ministerial Advisory Group hijacking review processes to drastically change the curriculum while ignoring expert advice, process and institutional norms. We discuss the issues, the details and the implications alongside the broader rightwing strategy to subvert democracy in favour of ideologues. bevanholloway.com/2024/08/28/...

System Change Aotearoa have kindly provided us the audio from their 20 August 2024 public meeting about a radical left party in NZ. Enjoy! Do we need a new party of the radical left? This is a crucial question facing anticapitalists in Aotearoa today. We live in an era of extreme inequality. The threat of climate breakdown looms over everything. Yet governments around the world sit idly by as the...

This week we talk about the clear lack of shift in the US genocide policy, including the recent escalation by IOF in the West Bank and VP Harris continuing Biden’s platform. In NZ the right-wing National coalition continues to break norms while passing anti-democratic policy without a mandate or giving the public an opportunity to make submissions - we discuss the last minute change to “gang laws”...

Here's some RAW and UNFILTERED commentary from the chalkface. @PedagogyMaxima takes you through his perspective of the education sector - from ECE to Tertiary. https://www.treasury.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2024-05/pc-inq-fcfa-sub-082-douglas-g-higgins.pdf

The DNC Convention showcased the best of entertainment propaganda to run cover for US genocide complicity but they still couldn’t help themselves but reiterate their thirst for bloodshed. Closer to home lobbying and corruption accelerate in NZ under one of the most regressive governments we’ve ever had. This episode’s co-hosts Stephanie, Kyle, Josephine, Ginny Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 2:00 DN...

We discuss the incredibly punitive changes to MSD social welfare systems, the introduction of new RSE rules and the open war being waged in NZ by the capital class on the most vulnerable workers. This episode’s co-hosts Philip, Josephine, Simon, Kyle Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 2:17 Benefit Changes 31:24 RSE Changes 55:58 Closings Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive Support us here: https://www.pa...

We talk with University of Canterbury’s Jeremy Moses about BDS actions at UoC, countries boycotting Nagasaki commemorations and the shift of NZ towards integration with US military interests. https://mickhall.substack.com/p/nz-not-attending-nagasaki-event-insists https://x.com/jeremy_moses/status/1821777442694140009 This episode’s co-hosts Ginny, Jeremy, Kyle Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 2:28 Act...

The National coalition government continues to decimate NZ’s public service and enact disastrous policy even as evidence and public opinion mount against them - we discuss the anti-democratic attack on Health services and the recently released Abuse in State Care report. Over in the US their genocide complicity has a new coat of paint in Kamala Harris, and liberals are flocking to the new campaign...

We’re joined by Kieran Kelly and Jeremy Rose to go over the ICJ Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024 - “Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem”. We talk about the details of the case, the rulings and implications and touch on how NZ should respond. Executive Summary of the Opinion This episode’s co-hosts Kyle...

The ICJ has ruled the Israeli occupation of Palestine illegal. Donald Trump was shot at - what does this mean for the campaign and US politics. And what does a Trump/Vance ticket look like alongside increasingly misanthropic legislation - we look at the immense increase in anti-trans legislative attempts over the last few years. This episode’s co-hosts Gigi , Ginny , Kyle, Simon Timestamps 0:00 In...

UK Labour have won the 2024 General Election and we break down what happened, why and what this means for Labour and the left. What opportunities and risks does UK politics present over the next four years? And in the US the crisis of leadership continues as rumblings within the DNC about Biden increase, while his core supporters double-down on his run. This episode’s co-hosts Branko, John, Kyle,...

Back for another week of current events we kick it off with the US Presidential debate then descend into Israel’s seeming insistence on turning their genocide into a war on multiple fronts. Julian Assange is free, but Kanaky Independence leaders have been taken prisoner and shipped to France. And in NZ the National coalition is increasingly cruel and unfettered by evidence or reality. This episode...

Another current events episode, another week where there’s too much happening. We talk NZ infrastructure failures, Ministers who seem to be the antithesis of their roles, Luxon gaffes, Sinophobia and US disinfo, and the continuing genocide in Gaza. This episode’s co-hosts Oliver, Kyle Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 0:53 Northland Pylon 3:35 Beached Interislander  5:02 Disability Top Up Removed...

We chat with Rowan Wernham, director of upcoming documentary Pistachio Wars , about water privatisation in California and the impact that billionaire agriculture has on the environment, local populations and global politics. This episode’s co-hosts Kyle, Rowan Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 4:06 Film Overview 14:44 Climate Backlash 18:54 Water Crisis 21:53 Growing Pistachios  30:32 The Human C...

Another week with too many big events - we cover a bunch of them with as much depth as we can cram into an hour and a half. We discuss Israeli atrocities in the Nuseirat Massacre, the mid-week EU elections, the politics of NZ infrastructure, and the destitute state of NZ media when it attempts reportage on China. This episode’s co-hosts Ginny , Josephine , Kyle, Mark , Simon Timestamps 0:00 Introd...

We host James Harris co-founder of Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage to talk about his time in the West Bank and his belief that challenging Christian Zionism is a key factor to stopping the genocide. This episode’s co-hosts James, Mitch, Kyle Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 4:24 Christian Zionism 12:37 Christian Nationalism in the USA 14:40 Time in Gaza 22:58 The Direct Impact of Christian Zionism 31:37 Cl...

We discuss the train wreck of UK politics and how it’s indicative of right-wing reactionary drift in western democracies. The US is playing the same game as it continues supporting a genocide and implementing Trump-era policy under a Democratic president. And things aren’t much better here in Aotearoa, either. This episode’s co-hosts Ginny , John , Kyle, Philip , Simon Timestamps 0:00 Introduction...

We speak with Joe Xulue about the history of Kanaky (New Caledonia) and the context for the current crisis caused by France’s National Assembly passing a bill that removed electoral restrictions protecting the demographic status of the nation’s indigenous Kanaky people on May 14 2024. Joe’s explainer in the SpinOff This episode’s co-hosts Joe, Josephine, Kyle Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 2:40 Wha...

CW: Sexual Assault/Rape as pertaining to US Presidents We discuss Trump’s guilty charges and what effect that will have on US politics, NZ’s “Budget Week’ and National’s broken promises to cancer patients, alongside the failure of Labour to capitalise on National Party inadequacy and rally the electorate. Meanwhile Te Pāti Māori have begun protest actions this week - how does that operate and why...

We try to fit as much of the week’s topics into a single episode, and fail miserably. Iran’s president died, John Key named in a civil suit, the bs being pushed by National about Kāinga Ora, Kanaky protests, the ICC and ICJ took action and the UK announced a snap election. This episode’s co-hosts Simon , Kyle, Ginny Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 1:57 Ebrahim Raisi 7:47 John Key Named 15:16 Kāinga...

This week we have somewhat an Education Policy special as the National coalition government continues using ACT as it’s proxy to push through destructive changes to the public service. We talk charter schools, unions, school funding, lunches, and “truancy”. This episode’s co-hosts Andrew , John , Kyle, Stephanie Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 1:34 Charter Schools 8:54 The Cost of Charter Schools 11...

Whirlwind podcast trying to cover as much horrible stuff as possible - the National coalition’s war on kids continues with school lunch cuts, Luxon is swiftly coming unstuck as his coalition partners put him in bad situations, the US politics of genocide is horrific as always and why does the left have to stay so goddamn civil while our opponents lose their minds? This episode’s co-hosts Kyle, Lam...

We talk US college campuses and crackdowns on protest, the complicity of University administrations in authoritarian actions and how this looks in the NZ context. Josephine is recently back from India where national elections are just getting underway, we discuss democracy in the Global South. And Winston Peters is making a joke of NZ again with his recent comments about an Australian politician a...

We’re joined by co-hosts Angela and John to speak with Jen Shields, the President of PATHA (Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa). We discuss the recent Cass Review in the UK, what impact it has had overseas, and what we’re likely to see happen in NZ as we approach the release date for a report into healthcare here. John’s recent article on this can be found here . This episode...

Lots to discuss in domestic NZ politics this week, but we start with the discovery of mass graves in Gaza and the response to that on US university campuses. In NZ the National coalition is going after the gangs and few people are speaking out for human rights for fear of the association. Two ministers are demoted within 6 months and a third has been summonsed by the Waitangi Tribunal - where are...