Why Vaccination Should Never Be Made Compulsory
By VJM
25 people have been infected by a measles outbreak in Canterbury, and one could predict from the degree of anti-anti-vaccination hysteria that there will soon be a social movement to make vaccination compulsory. Many people are calling for it, and the rhetoric demonising the anti-vaxxers is growing. This essay discusses why compulsory vaccination is the […]
Read more..March 14, 2019
Did Cannabis Prohibition Doom Humanity to Extinction?
By VJM
Were the hippies right all along? The counter-culture that arose in response to the Cold War championed many things that made them hated: free love, a return to Nature, a rejection of materialism – and cannabis. This essay examines the possibility that we would have survived if only we had listened, and that cannabis prohibition […]
Read more..March 9, 2019
History, Culture, and Philosophy
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Post syndicated from http://ahnz.anarkiwi.co.nz/history-culture-and-philosophy/.
Read more..March 9, 2019
1947: Socialised Dentistry for Kids
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
From Feb 1 1947, Labour 1.0 socialised dentistry for everyone up to the age of 16. Called the Adolescent Dental Service then, I think it’s now termed the General Dental Benefits Scheme. Later the age was shifted to 18yo. I assume this was a socialist election promise to help Labour 1.0 stay in power beyond […]
Read more..March 6, 2019
Have your say
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Thank you for your suggestion, we’ll put it in the suggestion box we refer to when making our political decisions. The thing is, my naive friend, my not-an-anarchist-yet friend, we don’t give a damn what you think. That was a feint, theatre, a pretence to get the sanction of you: the victim. Actually we know […]
Read more..March 6, 2019
1973: Nazi Role Models
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
1973, Why is the Woman’s Weekly reader concerned about how things worked out for the Nazi reproductive/social strategy? My answer is that there is a healthy drive in every one of us to know the long-term consequences of different life choices. We want to know that the good go to heaven and the evil to […]
Read more..March 5, 2019
Why Victimhood Is Aggression
By VJM
In a moral climate as degenerate as ours, weakness has become a virtue. We have come to believe that anyone who is weak must be innocent and the victim of misfortune or prejudice, and is therefore owed compensation. This has led to interest groups scrambling to position themselves as the biggest victim. This essay explains […]
Read more..March 4, 2019
Why Don’t Maori Leaders Represent Their People When It Comes to Cannabis?
By VJM
(Photoshop credit: Kayla Chamberlain) It’s not a secret to VJM Publishing readers that there is a great love of cannabis among the Maori population. The Maori people were never convinced that cannabis prohibition was a good idea, and they were always more heavily impacted by the enforcement of the law than non-Maoris. So why don’t […]
Read more..March 4, 2019
Parasitism by Victimhood
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
When it comes to Victimhood Culture (VC) I’m still on a journey of discovery. A great deal of it in theory and in our history I do understand, much more than I’ve yet set down. That’s why I made a brief effort to jot down the rudimentary fabric of VC within the larger framework of […]
Read more..March 3, 2019
1960: Nelson-Blenheim Railway
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 1 March 1960, a crowd of some 3000 people gathered in Nelson on the occasion of work starting on the Blenheim to Nelson Railway. Or, Nelson to Blenheim Railway (depending on your point of view.) Really brings it home how much Labour 2.0 were conning everyone for the election. Getting 3000+ people’s […]
Read more..March 2, 2019
