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Why are complaining against the “Vote Blue no Matter Who” concept? It’s objectively very useful to progressives, who have an…
" If ACT had floated the bill knowing it was doomed to fail, then absolutely." ACT's two right wing coalition…
Like when AOC dressed up in white and cried at a fence Remember the Alamo, right? All no respect, fuck…
The reason it’s one of the go-tos that come up when I think of performativity, is also the reason I…
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Category Archives: Class, poverty, labor, & related issues
Daily Show Writers on Writers Strike
From A Tiny Revolution, the Daily Show writers explain the premises of the writer’s strike with their usual flair and humor.
Cartoon: Chocolate and Child Labor
Click on the cartoon to see a larger version… I really don’t like the way the art came out in this one; the figures look stiff and overworked. Oh, well; the next one will be better. (I hope.)
Weight and Race; Should non-white women really be taught to hate their own bodies as much as white women do?
I’m a little hesitant to post this, because — although Campos never actually blames white women for the obsession with weight loss (in fact, Campos describes it as something done to white women — he describes anti-fat “neuroses” as something … Continue reading →
More About Those Attackers in the West Virginia Hate Crime Case
Update: I wrote this post this afternoon before the announcement that prosecutors will not bring hate crimes charges in this case. I’ll make a more detailed update tomorrow. So I guess that some of the people in the West Virginia … Continue reading →
The Greatest?
When I post New Zealand centred posts here I usually do a lot of translation, explaining things that aren’t well known outside of this corner of the world. I’m not going to do that this time, it’s just too complicated … Continue reading →
Teacher's on strike
I have very fond memories of teachers’ pay negotiations. My sixth form maths teacher was a staunch unionist and also very distractable. We could get a good half hour off calculus with a well-timed question like “What’s happening with the … Continue reading →
Stand Down Margaret
I sleep walk. I don’t actually sleep walk – I sleep run. I have these dreams where a bomb is about to go off in my flat and I have to get out now. So I get out of bed … Continue reading →
We will have pride in how we live
I have a new favourite Christmas song. I’m not sure what my old favourite Christmas song was, but there’s no way it can be as awesome as Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher from Billy Elliot: The Musical. This is the chorus: … Continue reading →
1,000 Pickets And They All Agree
1,000 service workers in New Zealand hospitals have gone on strike, and then been locked-out. Service workers are some of hte lowest paid workers in any hospital. In this case the workers have been trying to get one contract to … Continue reading →
All things considered I'd rather be expelled from the Labour Party*
I’d like to thank everyone who has posted and commented about James and Clint Heine’s comments. Clint Heine appears to be claiming that he thought James was talking about masturbation (he also claims to know that James was only talking … Continue reading →
What fence are you referring to, Corso? What happened there? I can only assume that Corso means that if AOC…