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Give the Sierra Club Credit for Taking on U.S. Marine Corps
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 5:28 pm | David Swanson
In this moment in which the public will and a bit of nerve in Congress have made refusing to let a president launch a bunch of missiles into a foreign country a reality and therefore mainstream and respectable (rather than vaguely treasonous as it might ... More >>
Humanitarian Murder
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 5:21 pm | David Swanson
This past Sunday night on "60 Minutes" John Miller of CBS News said, "I've spoken with intelligence analysts who have said an uncomfortable thing that has a ring of truth, which is: the longer this war in Syria goes on, in some sense the better off ... More >>
Beware the Pre-Employment Work Trial
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 2:50 pm | Sarah Townsend
A recent case in the Employment Court, The Salad Bowl Limited v Howe-Thornley, has put work trials under scrutiny. In this case, Ms Howe-Thornley applied for a part time position that had been advertised by The Salad Bowl. She was interviewed and ... More >>
Gaza in crisis following Rafah, tunnel closures
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 2:22 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
The Gaza Strip is facing a humanitarian crisis, with such a critical shortage of gasoline that police have been ordered to transport students and workers to schools, universities and workplaces, the Ministry of the Interior has reported. More >>
Annual Reports Presented
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 2:04 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
When Parliament resumed at 2pm the annual reports of the Remuneration Authority and Statistics NZ were presented. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Upstaged by the times
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 1:25 pm | Martin Doyle
So many businesses have gone to the wall under this government, but losing Downstage is the cruellest cut. More >>
Briefly: Galaxy Gear lands in NZ, GreenButton, Bing
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 1:07 pm | Bill Bennett
Well-heeled gadget fans may be tempted by Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch. Telecom NZ says the device goes on sale here on October 3 with a hefty $450 price tag. Although that’s a lot of money for not much functionality, there are always those who feel ... More >>
Dalziel To Say Goodbye
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 10:46 am | ParliamentToday.co.nz
Long serving Labour MP Lianne Dalziel will give her valedictory speech in Parliament this afternoon. More >>
Rattling Through First Readings
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 10:03 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
Two bills were sent to select committee with general approval on Tuesday evening covering electoral law and credit law, with debate interrupted on a bill proposing the detention of dangerous people after they have completed their prison sentences ... More >>
Windows Phone NZ market share at 15%
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 6:01 pm | Bill Bennett
Confession time. I heard Microsoft New Zealand Paul Muckleston say Windows Phone’s market share hit 15 percent in July at a TechEd dinner function last week. The number is in my notebook along with comments about its relatively fast growth. More >>
How UFB and Chorus could turn opinion against the government
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 5:57 pm | Bill Bennett
Vodafone is not to be part of the Coalition for Fair Internet Pricing. Yet words in the telco’s submission to the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment on its review of the Telecommunications Act could come from the same song sheet. More >>
Gender diversity is a working-class issue
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 5:50 pm | Daphne Lawless
Anne Russell’s article reprinted here clearly shows how the left have dropped the ball on defence of Chelsea Manning. Her 35-year sentence for the crime of letting people know exactly what the global hegemons have been up to in their war zones is ... More >>
Iran and EU’s Chilled Relations: Would the Bonhomie Revive?
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 5:29 pm | Dr. Muhammad Aslam Khan
EU role in conflicts resolution is not only significant, it is vital. The organization is emerging as a vibrant body and an honest broker that aims at securing peace and stability without specific partisan geopolitical objectives. More >>
Admit It: Things Are Going Well
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 5:21 pm | David Swanson
Larry Summers has proven unacceptable to oversee the continued destruction of the U.S. economy. The U.S. public has successfully rejected proposed missile strikes on Syria. My Congressman was among the majority who listened. Today was beautiful. More >>
Vulnerable Children Bill Sent To Select Committee
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 5:03 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
MPs are considering the use of restriction orders against those who may pose a risk of being child abusers. More >>
The Progressive Loss of the Right to Speak Up
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 4:57 pm | A. Omundsen
Right now the Ministry for the Environment is consulting on proposed intentions to allow the assessment of exploratory drilling in the Deep Sea Ocean, as a ‘Non-Notified Discretionary’ activity. More >>
Exposing the Invisible Empire:The Detention of Barrett BrowN
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 4:50 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The United States has a growing crop of political dissidents. While it may be less conspicuous than other powers in doing so – China and Russia, to take but two examples – that should hardly be surprising. More >>
WikiLeaks and Journalism: The Schumer-Graham “Compromise”
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 4:44 pm | Binoy Kampmark
They are at it again, those eager policy makers keen to define what journalism actually is. To be a journalist, or not to be one, may well be the difference between punishment or protection under the latest discussions by members of the U.S. Senate. More >>
Election-related confusion mounting in Bangladesh
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 4:41 pm | Nava Thakuria
Political crisis and confusion galore are mounting in Bangladesh over the next general election, which must be completed between October 25, 2013 and January 24, 2014. Before the fiver-year term of the present Awami League led coalition government is ... More >>
Keep Your Guard Up: Why the World Should Not Relax On Syria
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 4:35 pm | Kieran Kelly
Though apparently thwarted in its efforts to justify action against Syria, the US is likely to continue looking for cracks in the wall of opposition and will exploit any opportunity to act, relying on its well established impunity. More >>
Syria is an epic victory for the SuperPower of Peace
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 4:23 pm | Harvey Wasserman
The United States is not now bombing Syria. Let’s savor that again: for the moment at least, the United States is not now bombing Syria. That alone qualifies as an epic, unprecedented victory for the SuperPower of Peace, the global movement to end ... More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: One woman is enough
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 2:52 pm | Martin Doyle
Tony Abbott's Cabinet of 18 males and one female will please sexist pigs, but most will see it for what it is - a sign of Australia's slide into a new age of ignorance. More >>
Cunliffe's 1st Question Time as Labour Leader - Video
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 2:51 pm | Hamish Cardwell
In his only shot at Prime Minister John Key before he heads overseas new Labour Leader David Cunliffe sought to establish himself as the “leader of the opposition” during Question time in Parliament this afternoon. More >>
Reports And Petitions Presented
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 2:12 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
When Parliament resumed at 2pm a petition calling for a total ban on the sale of synthetic drugs was presented. More >>
David Parker New Labour Deputy Leader
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 1:15 pm | Hamish Cardwell
David Cunliffe announced the new Labour deputy leader and whips after his first caucus meeting in the leadership role – 17 September 2013 More >>
New Zealand, the view from Silicon Valley
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 12:22 pm | Bill Bennett
How is New Zealand’s technology start-up scene viewed in Silicon Valley? I asked San Francisco-based ex-pat New Zealander Sean Gourley after he gave the keynote address at this year’s Microsoft TechEd conference in Auckland. More >>
Briefly: New Chorus van; 256 GB compact flash; Dell
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 12:05 pm | Bill Bennett
Chorus uses vans to help company branding. Now it says it has a new van that can improve efficiency. The Chorus van comes with built-in communications technologies and a link to the cloud. More >>
Born global best for NZ start-ups
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 12:02 pm | Bill Bennett
Hong Kong’s AcceleratorHK co-founder Stephen Forte says if NZ start-ups have one advantages over their overseas counterparts it is that they are “born global". By this he means companies founded in New Zealand know they must export from day ... More >>
Are Chorus and UFB now a political football?
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 11:59 am | Bill Bennett
Until now, New Zealand has avoided Australian-style political squabbling over plans to build the UFB fibre network. Is that about to change? Suddenly New Zealand’s plans to build a fibre network is politicised. More >>
This week's top five stories on digitl
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 11:55 am | Bill Bennett
Before launching a new development suite, Embarcadero Technologies, tested the waters with a global market research survey. Breaking out the New Zealand numbers show our developers face the same problems as everyone else, but there are interesting differences. More >>
A Host Of First Readings
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 10:54 am | ParliamentToday.co.nz
The Government is seeking to make progress on a host of first readings when Parliament resumes this week. More >>
Gordon Campbell on the dubious mandate for asset sales
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 10:52 am | Gordon Campbell
The decision to proceed with the share float of Meridian Energy is outrageous enough, given that a referendum on the entire asset sales programme is pending - and the claims by Prime Minister John Key and SOE Ministers Tony Ryall to have a mandate ... More >>
Labour on a “War Footing” on Cunliffe's 1st Day as Leader
Monday, 16 September 2013, 6:16 pm | Hamish Cardwell
Labour are on 'Warfooting” and have kicked off the beginning of the 2014 election campaign said Labour leader David Cunliffe on his first day the role. More >>
Prime Ministerial Press Conference: 16 September 2013
Monday, 16 September 2013, 5:40 pm | Anne Russell
The Prime Minister held a press conference today with Tony Ryall, Minister for State-Owned Enterprises, to announce that Meridian Energy is expected to list on NZX on 29 October. Advertisements will run about the asset sales from tonight. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Deadly new chemical
Monday, 16 September 2013, 4:46 pm | Martin Doyle
John Kerry and Sergei Lavrov are showing why Diplomacy should be part of every respectable arsenal. Not sure what Syria thinks... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Cunliffe winning the Labour leadership
Monday, 16 September 2013, 10:25 am | Gordon Campbell
Finally, David Cunliffe can begin the task of rebuilding and repositioning the Labour Party that should have occurred at the end of the Helen Clark era in 2008. For the last five years, Labour has slowly chuntered downhill under Phil Goff and David Shearer, ... More >>
David Cunliffe New Labour Leader
Sunday, 15 September 2013, 4:05 pm | Hamish Cardwell
David Cunliffe is the new Labour Party leader taking 51.15 percent of the vote, ahead of Grant Robertson with on 32.97 and Shane Jones on 20.59. More >>
Shared Prosperity?
Saturday, 14 September 2013, 2:14 pm | William Spriggs
The AFL-CIO recently held its quadrennial constitutional convention in Los Angeles. The convention had committees that included many nonunion partners to create an agenda directing the AFL-CIO toward a movement that can include the voices of all working ... More >>
American Bombing Still Likely
Saturday, 14 September 2013, 2:02 pm | Franklin Lamb
At the height of the war scare here in early September, a group 9 primarily Sunni, Christian, and Alawite students and activists, led by a charismatic and agnostic pro-Hezbollah Lebanese Shia woman from Hermel in Lebanon’s North Bekaa Valley, ... More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Six plays minus one
Friday, 13 September 2013, 4:49 pm | Martin Doyle
The sheer fact of a wee mouse like New Zealand being in the finals of The America's Cup is counter-intuitive. The current score of six plays minus one is something out of kiwi pub folklore. More >>
14 Q&As for 2014: Labour Leadership Virtual Hustings Meeting
Friday, 13 September 2013, 2:16 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop is delighted to have been asked to coordinate the official "Virtual Hustings Meeting" for the 2013, inaugural, Labour Leadership election. We posted 8 questions chosen from nearly 200 questions submitted by eligible voters in the race. More >>
Free Microsoft Office 365 for non-profits
Friday, 13 September 2013, 12:44 pm | Bill Bennett
Microsoft New Zealand took advantage of this week’s TechEd conference to announce Office 365 for Nonprofits. The charitable programme will see the company give qualifying charities and non-profit organisations free subscriptions to the cloud version of ... More >>
Developers mull Android, struggle to support multiple OSes
Friday, 13 September 2013, 12:10 pm | Bill Bennett
A more diverse range of devices brings fresh challenges for developers. New Zealand developers are keen to broaden the range of devices they support. In particular they would like to tackle Android development. More >>
Public Address 12 Sep 2013: The Strange Tax on Your Internet
Friday, 13 September 2013, 11:01 am | Public Address
When I first started as a tech reporter at Computerworld back in 1997 I remember one Russell Brown gleefully proposing a cover story that consisted mainly of quotes from then Minister of Communications Maurice Williamson threatening to take action ... More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Not a Happy Camper
Friday, 13 September 2013, 10:30 am | Martin Doyle
Shane Jones has taken political rhetoric in New Zealand to a dizzy new depth. More >>
United peace effort preferable to unilateral violence
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 5:31 pm | Leslie Bravery
On Tuesday, 10 September 2013, Syria accepted a Russian proposal to give up chemical weapons and join the international convention (CWC) on the prohibition of such armaments. Regardless of the civil war raging in Syria, this endorsement of the CWC would have ... More >>
Microsoft New Zealand leads the TechEd pack
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 5:14 pm | Bill Bennett
TechEd, now running in Auckland, is by far the largest conference on the New Zealand technology calendar. And by at least one important measure, the local event is a world-beater. More >>
US threats Syria: Powerful - but amazing...
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 5:05 pm | Jamal Kanj
The myopic view of the world's most powerful men in Washington never ceases to amaze me. I am reminded of the 1980s when then American president Ronald Reagan compared the Afghan Mujahideen to America's founding fathers. More >>
Chorus needs to do the job, not push for a copper tax
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 2:52 pm | Paul Brislen
Chorus needs to do the job it was paid for, not push for a copper tax More >>
Kiwiblog: Why the price of copper broadband should be lower
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 2:47 pm | David Farrar
Stuff reports: An alliance of internet and consumer groups will today launch a campaign claiming Kiwis are paying $12 a month too much for broadband, through a government subsidy for network company Chorus. It’s not a government subsidy. It’s a proposed ... More >>
Coalition Against Broadband Pricing Rules Launched
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 1:58 pm | Hamish Cardwell
A coalition of consumer advocates, telecomunciations companies and bloggers has called on the government to halt a what they call a $600m tax on broadband customers. More >>
Tale of Two Cities: Ramallah, Gaza and the Identity Crisis
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 12:45 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The distance between Gaza and Ramallah in sheer miles is hardly significant. But in actuality, both cities represent two different political realities, with inescapable cultural and socioeconomic dimensions. More >>
‘In Terrorism We Trust’: The Anglo-American Brotherhood
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 12:18 pm | Steve Edwards
This article outlines long historical processes that have been shaped by an Anglo-American Brotherhood. It draws the connection between their clandestine efforts to destabilize Syria since 2011, and a well-established pattern of Anglo-American state-sponsored ... More >>
US Soldiers or Human Shields—Who Will Arrive First in Syria?
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 12:07 pm | Franklin Lamb
A sort of roller coaster atmosphere pervades Damascus these days, with both “good” and “bad” news rippling through the airwaves every quarter hour or so. Much of the population monitors it all closely. People listen; they read; they discuss their ... More >>
Sexual Violence Against Women is Pervasive in Asia-Pacific
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 12:01 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Sexual violence by men and teenagers raping and beating females, especially their wives, is "pervasive" in the Asia-Pacific region, a United Nations survey reported on September 10. More >>
John Kerry Couldn't Sell a Used Car
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 11:52 am | David Swanson
After Secretary of State John Kerry suggested that President Bashar al-Assad avoid a war by handing over any chemical weapons his government possesses, Russia quickly seconded the motion, and Assad agreed to it. Just as quickly, aparently panicked ... More >>
The Other Super Power Is Winning
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 11:47 am | David Swanson
It's not Russia. It's not al Qaeda. It's not Bashar al-Assad. The other super power is the people of the world -- and the people of, but not by or for, the United States. The world's people are protesting. More >>
Solari: Precious Metals Market Report with Franklin Sanders
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 11:33 am | Catherine Austin Fitts
This week on The Solari Report, we will post my interview with Franklin Sanders of the The Moneychanger about events in the precious metals market. Precious metals investors are weary from a long consolidation in gold and silver prices from 2011 ... More >>
Copper tax triggers telco, consumer activism
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 10:56 am | Bill Bennett
Industry and consumer groups are joining forces to campaign against what they describe as a government imposed internet tax to subsidise Chorus. The group, calling itself The Coalition for Fair Internet Pricing is holding a press conference later today ... More >>
Briefly: Hawaiki signs Orcon; Mako opens US base
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 10:52 am | Bill Bennett
Orcon says it intends to buy bandwidth on the Hawaiki submarine cable currently in the planning stage. The ISP said it will take 40 Gbps in the first year of its deal with increases planned for future years. More >>
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