The Competition of Private Property
By Gekko
Checking Out of Society (Medium.com) The above article is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek look at some ways to avoid the hell that is other people. As an introvert I can, to some extent, agree with much that the author suggests. However there was one part that stuck out like the proverbial canine gonads: Living in large […]
Read more..February 7, 2019
1981: Kiwis Bombing Kiwis
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
In 1981 triathlete Erin Baker became a criminal, guilty of launching an incendiary weapon during the Springbok Tour protest. No travel visa for you, no more sporting adventure$$ in America. Rightly so! Throwing bombs is a violent and serious business and she was responsible. Her claim (which I fully accept) is that it was only […]
Read more..February 7, 2019
1853: G.J. Leech of Rangiora
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
George John Leech, 1821-1902, Patriarch and founder of Rangiora in North Canterbury. Practically the first to move to that town back in 1853 and was very involved in the community (eg Rangiora High, Anglican Church,..). Unlike other ‘Rangoons’ founders there seems very little to commemorate the man. Contemporaries such as Ivory, Blackett, Cone, and Torlesse […]
Read more..February 6, 2019
1927: Driving tests and licences introduced by the Henderson Town Board
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history: 92 Years Ago: Driving tests and licences introduced by the Henderson Town Board (5/2/1927) Car drivers licences had been compulsory since the Motor Vehicles Act, 1924, came into force. Licences were issued by the Post Office. West Aucklanders who wished to have a licence must have had to travel into greater Auckland […]
Read more..February 5, 2019
1955: New Zealand Honey Marketing Authority
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Political corruption over control of produce has a long, long, tradition in New Zealand. We’re a land of milk and honey and both of these are the prize in a never-ending mafia turf war for oligopolistic control. The New Zealand Honey Marketing Authority (HMA,) Established 1955 The HMA ruled honey for 30 years until Roger […]
Read more..February 3, 2019
1966: Decimal Coins
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
These initial designs were pretty damn bad. In January 1966 the crappy designs for the new decimal coins were leaked by the Evening Post. The man in charge, future Prime Minister Robert Muldoon who quipped as a reporter departed,.. “Of course, there are those who would say that it doesn’t matter what’s on the coins so […]
Read more..February 2, 2019
How The People Are Divided and Conquered
By VJM
The ruling classes, faced with the fact that they are outnumbered by thousands to one, have refined an array of techniques to divide the people into groups and set them at each other’s throats. This array covers all of the different aspects of human life, so that individuals are made enemies of each other at […]
Read more..February 1, 2019
Too much politics?
By Gekko
The current phenomenon of absurdly overblown social conflict over the most insignificant of incidents appears to be on the increase, from endless daily stories of micro-aggressions to the non-event of the smirking Covington pupil. One explanation as outlined in this article is that we have ‘too much’ politics in our lives. It makes the case […]
Read more..February 1, 2019
