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The writing on my banner translates to: “Do not allow a satiated person to tell you to bear your hunger patiently”
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#OtD 14 Oct 1897 worker-organiser and anti-colonial activist Elma Francois was born in Overland, St Vincent. She organised sugar workers, socialist and anti-war groups and was tried for sedition by the British workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e75-...
October 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
#OtD 14 Oct 1897 worker-organiser and anti-colonial activist Elma Francois was born in Overland, St Vincent. She organised sugar workers, socialist and anti-war groups and was tried for sedition by the British workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e75-...
Just a a couple of days left for the first deadline then a few days for the other two! Remember, these 3 Bills materially affect all our lives. AoNZ, have you written your submissions yet?
Very Important and Urgent Things that Everyone Living in Aotearoa New Zealand Needs to Pay Attention to ASAP: a Big Ol’ Thread #nzpol 🧵🪡
January 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Just a a couple of days left for the first deadline then a few days for the other two! Remember, these 3 Bills materially affect all our lives. AoNZ, have you written your submissions yet?
Right-wing libertarians aren’t libertarian. It’s neoliberal-tarian. The “less state, more free market” ideals only go to the extent of abolishing public spaces. Then they use the state to bail out failing corpos & protect state apparatus that mete out state-sponsored violence like the police.
January 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Right-wing libertarians aren’t libertarian. It’s neoliberal-tarian. The “less state, more free market” ideals only go to the extent of abolishing public spaces. Then they use the state to bail out failing corpos & protect state apparatus that mete out state-sponsored violence like the police.
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This seems to be a common theme with the consultations from this government.
Yet another form of norm breaking that's as bad as the bills themselves.
"Consultations" that push the view of the government
Yet another form of norm breaking that's as bad as the bills themselves.
"Consultations" that push the view of the government
(10) Bill 3c: Take for example this screenshot of Question 14. The premise of the question is false. It operates on the assumption that this Bill is “focusing on rights and liberties”, “good law-making processes,” and “good regulatory stewardship” when none of that is true -
January 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This seems to be a common theme with the consultations from this government.
Yet another form of norm breaking that's as bad as the bills themselves.
"Consultations" that push the view of the government
Yet another form of norm breaking that's as bad as the bills themselves.
"Consultations" that push the view of the government
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Very Important and Urgent Things that Everyone Living in Aotearoa New Zealand Needs to Pay Attention to ASAP: a Big Ol’ Thread #nzpol 🧵🪡
January 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very Important and Urgent Things that Everyone Living in Aotearoa New Zealand Needs to Pay Attention to ASAP: a Big Ol’ Thread #nzpol 🧵🪡
Very Important and Urgent Things that Everyone Living in Aotearoa New Zealand Needs to Pay Attention to ASAP: a Big Ol’ Thread #nzpol 🧵🪡
January 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very Important and Urgent Things that Everyone Living in Aotearoa New Zealand Needs to Pay Attention to ASAP: a Big Ol’ Thread #nzpol 🧵🪡
New year new thing so don’t forget me! Thank you so much @yawnty.bsky.social for this gorgeous art. Check out their vgen and their page for some serious talent 🫶
December 31, 2024 at 7:02 AM
New year new thing so don’t forget me! Thank you so much @yawnty.bsky.social for this gorgeous art. Check out their vgen and their page for some serious talent 🫶
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Luigi Mangione is charged with terrorism for standing up to illegitimate authority. These people seem to want to radicalize this whole generation.
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Resisting illegitimate authority : a thinking person's guide to being an anti-authoritarian -- strategies, tools, and models : Levine, Bruce E., 1956- author : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : I...
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December 17, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Luigi Mangione is charged with terrorism for standing up to illegitimate authority. These people seem to want to radicalize this whole generation.
archive.org/details/isbn...
archive.org/details/isbn...
Luigi Mangione has been charged with terrorism over his alleged killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO. It is time to familiarise yourself with the concept of ‘elite panic.’
apnews.com/article/unit...
apnews.com/article/unit...
![A screenshot from the Wikipedia page on ‘Elite Panic.’ It shows white text over a black background. The text reads as follows:
Characteristics
Disaster sociologist Kathleen Tierney describes
"elite panic" as being based in:
• "fear of social disorder"
• "fear of poor, minorities and immigrants"
• "obsession with looting and property crime"
• "willingness to resort to deadly force"
• "actions taken on the basis of rumor"
"Elite panic" during a disaster event can take on a number of forms, chiefly that of a phobia of civil disorder among the lower classes and enforcing the protection of private property.
It can manifest itself through restrictions on freedom of movement, limiting the spread of information and excessive devotion to law enforcement, in some cases
"undermin[ing] the public's capacity for resilient behaviors." After a disaster event, it can also be used to justify scapegoating individuals and quickly pushing through political reforms.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gmhu7g4csud7rct37ux2sdm5/bafkreifqzxovhxzr2yxjfverl7j6p2wmw5nunhbvq3tjufe3kzdfay7spy@jpeg)
December 17, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Luigi Mangione has been charged with terrorism over his alleged killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO. It is time to familiarise yourself with the concept of ‘elite panic.’
apnews.com/article/unit...
apnews.com/article/unit...
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Some good examples of submissions against the Treaty Principles Bill to help you with yours. Don’t procrastinate, get on to it so our voices are heard. #nzpol
The Crown can’t decide on its own | E-Tangata
"Outside of its impact on Māori and race relations in Aotearoa, a significant long-term consequence of this bill will be the removal of one of the most important protections the New Zealand public hav...
e-tangata.co.nz
December 14, 2024 at 3:49 AM
Some good examples of submissions against the Treaty Principles Bill to help you with yours. Don’t procrastinate, get on to it so our voices are heard. #nzpol
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i love you libraries i love you museums i love you botanical gardens i love you public parks i love you art galleries
December 13, 2024 at 2:04 AM
i love you libraries i love you museums i love you botanical gardens i love you public parks i love you art galleries
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Seen in Ponsonby Auckland today.
The Luigi effect.
The Luigi effect.
December 14, 2024 at 4:53 AM
Seen in Ponsonby Auckland today.
The Luigi effect.
The Luigi effect.
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The media has been extremely clear that violence is only violence if it affects the rich
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
December 13, 2024 at 8:26 PM
The media has been extremely clear that violence is only violence if it affects the rich
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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This is what scares me the most about everything right now.
BLM and ACAB got watered down to mean giving cops less funding, and I fear what will happen with Luigi in retrospect.
BLM and ACAB got watered down to mean giving cops less funding, and I fear what will happen with Luigi in retrospect.
![In the sociological sense, recuperation is the process by which politically radical ideas and images are twisted, co-opted, absorbed, defused, incorporated, annexed or commodified within media culture and bourgeois society, and thus become interpreted through a neutralized, innocuous or more socially conventional perspective.[1][2][3] More broadly, it may refer to the cultural appropriation of any subversive symbols or ideas by mainstream culture.[4]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gsmjmopsroinww2xztcnmmt4/bafkreie7mq36uod4g4lssmaw42syzpm6tctyrounqp3aczzwfxqcedjbva@jpeg)
December 12, 2024 at 8:14 PM
This is what scares me the most about everything right now.
BLM and ACAB got watered down to mean giving cops less funding, and I fear what will happen with Luigi in retrospect.
BLM and ACAB got watered down to mean giving cops less funding, and I fear what will happen with Luigi in retrospect.
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“Parmar said benefit sanctions are a crucial tool to deal with those who take taxpayer money while refusing to take basic steps to support themselves.”
Everybody repeat after me:
In AoNZ, BENEFICIARIES PAY TAXES. It is automatically taken out of benefits. BENEFICIARIES ARE TAXPAYERS. #nzpol
Everybody repeat after me:
In AoNZ, BENEFICIARIES PAY TAXES. It is automatically taken out of benefits. BENEFICIARIES ARE TAXPAYERS. #nzpol
New legislation cracking down on beneficiaries passes first reading.
The obligations placed on beneficiaries in this legislation are superfluous.
I spent not even 2 months last summer on JobSeekers last summer as there's no relief teaching in the summer break.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
The obligations placed on beneficiaries in this legislation are superfluous.
I spent not even 2 months last summer on JobSeekers last summer as there's no relief teaching in the summer break.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
New legislation cracking down on beneficiaries passes first reading
It proposes the time jobseekers must reapply to six months, and doubles how long failures to meet obligations count against them.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 12, 2024 at 11:36 AM
“Parmar said benefit sanctions are a crucial tool to deal with those who take taxpayer money while refusing to take basic steps to support themselves.”
Everybody repeat after me:
In AoNZ, BENEFICIARIES PAY TAXES. It is automatically taken out of benefits. BENEFICIARIES ARE TAXPAYERS. #nzpol
Everybody repeat after me:
In AoNZ, BENEFICIARIES PAY TAXES. It is automatically taken out of benefits. BENEFICIARIES ARE TAXPAYERS. #nzpol
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4 different wanted posters with different healthcare CEOs are being found across NYC
December 12, 2024 at 3:28 AM
4 different wanted posters with different healthcare CEOs are being found across NYC
“Parmar said benefit sanctions are a crucial tool to deal with those who take taxpayer money while refusing to take basic steps to support themselves.”
Everybody repeat after me:
In AoNZ, BENEFICIARIES PAY TAXES. It is automatically taken out of benefits. BENEFICIARIES ARE TAXPAYERS. #nzpol
Everybody repeat after me:
In AoNZ, BENEFICIARIES PAY TAXES. It is automatically taken out of benefits. BENEFICIARIES ARE TAXPAYERS. #nzpol
New legislation cracking down on beneficiaries passes first reading.
The obligations placed on beneficiaries in this legislation are superfluous.
I spent not even 2 months last summer on JobSeekers last summer as there's no relief teaching in the summer break.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
The obligations placed on beneficiaries in this legislation are superfluous.
I spent not even 2 months last summer on JobSeekers last summer as there's no relief teaching in the summer break.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
New legislation cracking down on beneficiaries passes first reading
It proposes the time jobseekers must reapply to six months, and doubles how long failures to meet obligations count against them.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 12, 2024 at 11:36 AM
“Parmar said benefit sanctions are a crucial tool to deal with those who take taxpayer money while refusing to take basic steps to support themselves.”
Everybody repeat after me:
In AoNZ, BENEFICIARIES PAY TAXES. It is automatically taken out of benefits. BENEFICIARIES ARE TAXPAYERS. #nzpol
Everybody repeat after me:
In AoNZ, BENEFICIARIES PAY TAXES. It is automatically taken out of benefits. BENEFICIARIES ARE TAXPAYERS. #nzpol
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Imagine if the govt put as much time and effort into cracking down on wage theft, tax evasion, and white collar crime as it did on being insufferable shits to beneficiaries.
December 12, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Imagine if the govt put as much time and effort into cracking down on wage theft, tax evasion, and white collar crime as it did on being insufferable shits to beneficiaries.
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I’ve reported on homelessness for years and met many, many people who have found themselves in awful situations
Every single one of them had more decency and integrity than this privileged plutocrat
Every single one of them had more decency and integrity than this privileged plutocrat
December 11, 2024 at 8:29 AM
I’ve reported on homelessness for years and met many, many people who have found themselves in awful situations
Every single one of them had more decency and integrity than this privileged plutocrat
Every single one of them had more decency and integrity than this privileged plutocrat
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if you can't handle the suspected hoodie CEO shooter at his "ban fleshlights" you don't deserve him at his "people over profits manifesto"
December 9, 2024 at 6:34 PM
if you can't handle the suspected hoodie CEO shooter at his "ban fleshlights" you don't deserve him at his "people over profits manifesto"
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The state isn’t even pretending to respect our rights and freedoms anymore. They’re coming for our power of collective bargaining, because they know it works, and they know that with this level of cost of living crisis, pay sanctions like this is crippling to our ability to fight back. #nzpol
If you exercise your right to work to rule Brooke van Velden wants you punished.
#GeneralStrike #Revolution
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/pay-...
#GeneralStrike #Revolution
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/pay-...
Pay deductions for partial strikes to be reintroduced
Changes to collective bargaining will help rebalance the rights and consequences of industrial action, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden says.
www.beehive.govt.nz
December 9, 2024 at 6:18 AM
The state isn’t even pretending to respect our rights and freedoms anymore. They’re coming for our power of collective bargaining, because they know it works, and they know that with this level of cost of living crisis, pay sanctions like this is crippling to our ability to fight back. #nzpol
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It’s because one of the ways these groups strike is by going to work and doing the job but refusing to do non-emergency paperwork. So for eg my mama is a carer for elderly special needs folks, & when she strikes she just does her regular job but
December 9, 2024 at 8:01 AM
It’s because one of the ways these groups strike is by going to work and doing the job but refusing to do non-emergency paperwork. So for eg my mama is a carer for elderly special needs folks, & when she strikes she just does her regular job but
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@philtwyford.bsky.social
any comment here? you've ancient experience in coping with political fuckery compared with these newbies
fairly sure bsky's Aotearoa contingent would appreciate a position statement
any comment here? you've ancient experience in coping with political fuckery compared with these newbies
fairly sure bsky's Aotearoa contingent would appreciate a position statement
CTU's Craig Renney says Treasury has shut him out of the Dec 17 HYEFU briefing. Political utu from a scrutiny-averse Govt that prefers 'Ready Fire Aim' evidence-lite policy making on the run. Just dumb. Plenty of other non-media will be there, including Taxpayers' Union, BusinessNZ & banks.
December 9, 2024 at 4:26 AM
@philtwyford.bsky.social
any comment here? you've ancient experience in coping with political fuckery compared with these newbies
fairly sure bsky's Aotearoa contingent would appreciate a position statement
any comment here? you've ancient experience in coping with political fuckery compared with these newbies
fairly sure bsky's Aotearoa contingent would appreciate a position statement