2010s: Millennials Hurting
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Millennial Generation now outnumbers even their Baby Boomer predecessors as the largest generational population group.¹ By force of numbers and by the attitude they were raised on they dominate the rest of the West. Same goes for us here in New Zealand. Strauss-Howe Generational Theory puts the American Millennial within the bracket of being […]
Read more..December 9, 2019
Who Are The Forces Of Evil In The Cannabis Referendum Debate?
By VJM
Now that the cannabis referendum question has been announced, the real battlelines have finally been drawn. Every decent person understands that the forces of evil are lined up against the Cannabis Legalisation And Control Bill, but the question remains: who are they? Dan McGlashan, author of Understanding New Zealand, describes the opponents to cannabis law […]
Read more..December 8, 2019
2007: One Day
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
One Day, was released by the band Opshop in 2007 as a single. It’s a classic with a simple yet excellent video to match. “One Day certainly worked, picking up a host of industry awards along the way, including the 2008 APRA Silver Scroll for Song of the Year, arguably the highest accolade awarded for […]
Read more..December 6, 2019
1984: Queen Street Riot
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, December 7th, 1984, was a Friday. A Friday that lives in infamy not just because of the 1941 Pearl Harbour Theatre (that The State put on for the benefit of the USA people so it could join WW2) but because of the Queen Street Riots. A free rock concert in […]
Read more..December 6, 2019
The Cannabis Legalisation And Control Bill: A Weak But Realistic Compromise
By VJM
The Government released news this week about the exact form of the cannabis referendum question at next year’s General Election. The Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill, currently in draft form, will serve as the basis for next year’s referendum question. Long-time cannabis law reform campaigner Vince McLeod, author of The Case For Cannabis Law Reform, […]
Read more..December 5, 2019
History Is The Patterns Of Conflict Between Master And Slave Moralities
By VJM
Many historical theories view the world as an eternal struggle between two forces. The Christians call it good and evil, the Communists call it the proletariat and the bourgeoisie, and the Nazis call it the Aryan and the Jew. A previous essay here suggested it was between the K and r-selected. This essay takes a […]
Read more..December 4, 2019
Samoa’s Least Popular Spots
By NZB3
Tremain is a treasure. To know what’s going on in the country at any given moment all you’ve needed to do for the last 30 years or so is to read his latest comic. This latest controversial one he has not apologised for and nor should he. I consider it a Rorschach test to […]
Read more..December 4, 2019
Politicians Grab Surveillance Cameras
By NZB3
Central Government is wresting control of the nation’s road surveillance cameras from The Police. Do we really want Big Government to have direct control over the eyes watching where we go? “Documents obtained under the Official Information Act..In one document, detailed in emails from the Ministry of Transport, it says: “Police have proposed transferring safety […]
Read more..December 2, 2019
Clown World Chronicles: What Is A ‘Behavioural Sink’?
By VJM
The story of Clown World is a story of collapse. Therefore, it’s unsurprising that all of the signs and symptoms of social collapse in other mammalian species can also be observed in our societies today. The concept of the ‘behavioural sink‘ is an ethological observation that applies just as well to human society. In the […]
Read more..December 1, 2019
