Tag: communism
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The Polycrisis: things falling apart
Saying things are rough these days is an understatement. As I write these words India bakes in their highest recorded temperature, Mexico is also experiencing a heatwave and its water supply is at risk (like Bogota’s). Israel is close to completing 8 months of committing a genocide live-streamed for the world to see, killing an
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The Emperor has no clothes
It was over 4 years ago that the Covid pandemic started. It is still here. But most of the structures of power seem bent on pretending it is over. Acting like it is not a problem anymore. Despite the fact that it very much is. The emergency state is over, that much is very clear.
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Food for who
‘We are the best at producing food’is what local farmers always say,’We make food for 40 million!’And yet,We are just over 5 million here.Why are so many still hungry.
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Clean the Air
We are still in a pandemic. It might not be an emergency anymore, but the Sars-Cov-2 virus (and its innumerable mutations) are still around, spreading unchecked among a mostly indifferent population. Very few of us bother wearing a respirator (or even a mask) anymore. Vaccination rates are plummeting. Waves come and go and most people
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The Future is Slow
Lately I have been looking into a new (for me) school of economic thought: Degrowth. And I feel like I am learning so much and gaining a glimmer of hope for the future of our battered planet. The basics are simple. And once you know them they feel like barely more than pure common sense.
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Community Organising Woes
I have chosen to be part of the committee at our local Resident’s Association. It is mostly boring but also important work. My main goal there is to be a voice for the environment, kids and alternative modes of transportation, (other than cars). It is noteworthy that the single most recurrent issue is parking spaces.
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End of an Era
By now everyone knows that Newshub, one of New Zealand’s mainstream news operations is being shut down by their parent company, Warner Brothers Discovery. I have worked as an editor there for just over 12 years, pretty much since I arrived to New Zealand and it has been a pretty important part of my life.
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