We update on Gaza alongside the impotency and dilapidation of US leadership. The West is looking in bad shape as multiple governments adopt increasingly fascistic policies in response to their own roles in genocide. In NZ the right-wing continues to push anti-Indigenous rhetoric, this week among the main targets has been Section 27 cultural reports - Oliver and Simon give us the expert rundown on what they are and why this attack is so damaging.
Read MoreWe assemble a range of co-hosts to discuss National government “woes” and nastiness before checking in on the Greens, with James Shaw announcing his resignation and Chlöe Swarbrick announcing her candidacy for the co-leader role.
Read MoreWe speak with Kieran Kelly about genocide and the history of the Genocide Convention then go through the ICJ’s 26 January Order for provisional measures in response to South Africa’s application.
Read MoreWe discuss the ICJ ruling, NZ’s stance on the Red Sea and deployment of NZ Defense Force personnel, and the very clear moves of the right-wing political apparatus to use Te Tiriti disinformation to create division.
Read MoreThis week we saw multiple clear examples of the way that right-wing politics manipulate and frame the media to suit them. From the coverage of MP Golriz Ghahraman to David Seymour’s bizarre pronouncements about Te Tiriti it seems like there is little understanding of the ways in which news reporting is compromised, and this directly assists with the astro-turfing and radicalisation of politics in the West.
Read MoreWe speak with Dylan Asafo and Emmy Rākete about open letters in support of Gaza and the need for solidarity and organising within the academy in service to decolonisation among other sites of struggle.
Read MoreWe’re back in 2024 and Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza continues. We’re joined by Hamza Ali Shah from the UK to update on events in the last two weeks and discuss the way that the UK political and media classes have responded.
Read MoreWe talk with Van Jackson about his new book Grand Strategies of the Left and the crisis in International Relations. What are the current challenges in IR frameworks, what progressive principles can be applied and how can we move forward?
Read MoreWe’re joined again by Tameem to discuss the genocide in Gaza, the slight shift in the international response in the UN and from western countries (including NZ) and the importance of protest and continued action to keep moving politicians towards a ceasefire.
Read MoreThe genocide in Gaza continues to get worse with the blessings of the western world, and the US in particular. We continue to cover the situation there. We also discuss the NZ response now that parliament has resumed, and the incoming policy platform of the National/ACT/NZF government.
Read MoreKyle speaks with Professor Mohan Dutta about his work in decolonial frameworks and communication in reference to media in NZ, specifically as it impacts Māori and, in recent times, coverage of the genocide in Gaza.
Read MoreIn a week where too much continues to happen we once again talk past the hour mark to bring you our thoughts on the genocide in Gaza, the death of Kissinger and the incredibly worrying start to the new NZ government’s policy program.
Read MoreWe speak with Jeremy Moses to discuss the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the media response here alongside the censoring and attacks on academics speaking out about the humanitarian crisis. NZ also, finally, has a government - we discuss some of the policy details we already know and what the future might look like over the next three years.
Read MoreWe cover the week’s events, pale as they may be in comparison to the ongoing genocide in Gaza (which we also discuss). Ginny Andersen is being accused of bullying, coalition negotiations flounder and Elon Musk is being even more publicly antisemitic than usual.
Read MoreWe talk with Tameem Shaltoni about the Palestinian perspective on Gaza and the response of NZ’s media and politicians.
Read MoreWe’re joined by Zarahn Southon to discuss the week’s events relating to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. We talk about Phil Twyford’s fumble on the stage at last weekend’s march, the attacks on Chlöe Swarbrick for the use of the phrase “From the River to the Sea”, and the appropriation of Māori indigeneity by people in the pro-Israel camp.
Read MoreWe are joined by Dita De Boni to discuss the changing media environment in New Zealand over the last couple of decades. As the move to digital advertising occurred, alongside funding and capacity issues, how has this affected the output and design of news alongside a steadily growing influence industry.
Read MoreThe final count is complete for the 2023 NZ election and we now move from vote predictions to coalition predictions as David Seymour and Winston Peters fight it out for pride of place alongside Christopher Luxon.
Read MoreWe speak with Dr Josephine Varghese and Dr Arama Rata about the NZ government’s response and foreign policy framework regarding the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Read MorePolitical news in NZ has been on hiatus with National and it’s partners refusing to discuss coalition negotiations and the parliamentary gallery seemingly unable to do anything about that. In to the gap has flowed respectability politics as pundits wonder “why haven’t the Greens saved National from Winston Peters??”. We discuss that absurdity alongside the question of how the left moves forward electorally over the next three to nine years.
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