1910: Indecent Publications
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 25 October, 1910, the Indecent Publications Act became law. A Statist’s answer to what is to be ‘indecent’ and what has literary merit. The Government had been trying to do this within Customs regulations since 1858 and specifically with the Offensive Publications Act (1892.) The alternative to telling people what […]
Read more..October 24, 2019
1966: Radio Hauraki
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 23 October, 1966, Radio Hauraki’s ship Tiri set out to bust the State’s monopoly on radio broadcasting. The State has a very long history of controlling the news media in New Zealand. The ‘news’ pathway of all radio news passed through the Prime Minister’s Office for the sake of ‘public […]
Read more..October 23, 2019
Dark Fate
By NZB3
Terminator Dark Fate is about to drop at the movies- will it be as good as the first two films? I refuse to under-estimate these film-makers so expect this film to stand up beside the first and second Terminator movies. The Terminator saga is a repeated experiment in testing the modern family against the modern […]
Read more..October 22, 2019
1984: The Terminator
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
James Cameron’s film The Terminator was released 35 years ago on 26 October 1984. Next week the next film in this series will be released featuring the original casting pair: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton; Terminator: Dark Fate. Cameron’s connection to New Zealand is the estate he owns here but also his recent involvement with […]
Read more..October 21, 2019
1942: Kelly’s Canter
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Defending New Zealand during World War II was a serious business. Not only did we have expeditionary forces but many patrols and a defence network looking out guarding our territory. Almost all of these measures are disbanded, many derelict remains dot the landscape and our shores in particular. From December 8th, 1941, New Zealand was […]
Read more..October 20, 2019
Could The Government Fund Itself With A Georgist Tax?
By VJM
One of the great political problems is how to fund a government. Governments cannot realistically be funded by donations, so they have to levy taxes. No matter how you slice it, levying taxes on the people will always create discontentment, and not levying them is often no better. This essay discusses whether Georgism might work […]
Read more..October 19, 2019
1937: The Crocodile Sleeps
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 19 October 1937, the death of Ernest Rutherford. The New Zealander who founded nuclear physics, history’s first successful alchemist, the man who split the atom. Like many good Kiwi males he neglected his own health, putting off medical attention about an ongoing intestinal problem until it “unexpectedly” killed him days after […]
Read more..October 19, 2019
The Cult Logic Behind Modern SJW Culture
By VJM
A 1981 entry in the Harvard Mental Health Letter describes the basics of cult psychology. Describing cults as “ideological fundamentalism”, the letter by Dr. Robert J Lifton lays out the characteristic qualities of cult psychology and cult formation. As this essay will examine, there are many parallels between cult psychology and the psychology of modern […]
Read more..October 18, 2019
1876: Minerva Rises
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Visiting Invercargill a year ago yesterday, 17 October, 2018, I deliberately set out to pay my respects to the goddess of wisdom. The Greeks called her Athena among the Romans and Southlanders she goes by Minerva. Shockingly, all that remained was a mutilated stump as the symbol of wisdom had been amputated from her city! […]
Read more..October 18, 2019
Incel
By NZB3
Just found out that ‘incel’ means ‘involuntarily celibate’. That’s it? The way the word is used I thought it was an insult to someone’s political attitudes or opinions. Like saying you’re far-left or far-right. That you were one of Lenin’s ‘useful idiots’ or perhaps you’re an NPC (Non-Game Character.) I know I don’t work very […]
Read more..October 18, 2019
Climate Change Is History
By NZB3
Cynicism and scepticism, like all virtues, only work for you when you live them out in the proper time and place. Looking back, I’ve always been cynical and sceptical toward Climate Change. These days it couldn’t be clearer to me that Climate Change is a Left Wing issue or that it is really their legitimate […]
Read more..October 17, 2019
1280: Capital at Wairau
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Maori entered an already occupied land as their traditional stories readily attest. The first known New Zealanders were the Moa Hunters or, in anthropological terms, the Archaic East Polynesian Culture of New Zealand¹.Evidence of these people goes back to at least the 1100s where they seem to have lived a nomadic lifestyle harvesting the seals, fish, […]
Read more..October 17, 2019
