2006: The Upham Boomers
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Captain Charles Upham (died today, 22 Nov, 1994) was survived by his children, Baby Boomers. The way the Boomers treated the memory of the ‘Greatest Generation’ who came before them is instructive. A story from 2006 re-told…. The main street in Amberley, North Canterbury, is a big wide straight and flat affair with…I dunno, tractor […]
Read more..November 22, 2020
Beyond Learned Helplessness
By NZB3
Anarchists are opposed to the Noble Lie (Plato,) the treating of people as Means to an End (Kant.) We want people to be actors in their own lives, creators of their own character, masters of their own destiny. We don’t want you to be People Farmed by rulers who think they know what’s best for […]
Read more..November 21, 2020
1982: Jean Batten: Bit by a dog with a rabid tooth
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
By the age of 57 Jean Batten (died 22 November, 1982) had lived with her mother all her life. Like Rapunzel in ‘Tangled,’ Jean failed to launch as an independent adult because her mother kept her locked up for herself- warding off would-be suitors. Unlike the fairytale version, Batten never did escape. There were plenty […]
Read more..November 20, 2020
1948:
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 20 November, 1948, Dr Geoffrey Orbell set out on a private expedition to find the notornis (takehe) presumed extinct since 1898. By finding two near Lake Te Anau¹, he proved they were still very much alive. “”It’s either a damn big swampy [pukeko], or it’s it” whispered Dr Geoffrey Orbell as one […]
Read more..November 17, 2020
“Stop Using Other’s Cultures To Fill Up Your Empty White Settler Soul”
By NZB3
This meme (left) is Invariably shared and probably created by Victimhood Culture folks. Their full-time concern is taking over the perceived fights and plights of people and entire cultures they perceive as ‘victims’. Their self-identity is as a white savoir who has come to the rescue of minorities etc. The implicit but unconscious fact of […]
Read more..November 17, 2020
COVID Seen, Poverty Unseen
By NZB3
In economics we have this problem called ‘the seen and the unseen.’ Folks tend to focus on immediate effects and will put processes and even slow avalanches in place to fix the ‘now’ at the cost of our well-being in the longer term. Usually that’s a natural inclination to be resisted. But then, add in […]
Read more..November 15, 2020
Where’s My Dementia Money?
By NZB3
Why would the government, Labour 6.0, cut funding for brain research into dementia prevention? At a time where we have an ageing population (the Boomers are getting pretty up there now) it makes sense to spend money preventing the many and expensive health ills coming down the mountain. When it comes to bodies, old folks […]
Read more..November 14, 2020
1909: Gothic Revival Hair
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The way we look at the less distant past, such as the time period Anarchist History calls Dominion Victimhood Culture (c.1907-1912) is conditioned by the less distant past. Our intermediary to this 1909 ‘cartwheel hair style’ (image left) is the generation that followed and they were not so impressed. Miss Cothams’ hairstyle (I take it […]
Read more..November 13, 2020
1992: The New Zealand Shoe
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Once was a time that New Zealand had a prominent domestic shoe industry. Kiwis valued durable shoes and if they did wear out or break they would be repaired with new souls or by re-stitching. For about two generations now we’ve had a disposable society: If your shoes wear out you throw them out and […]
Read more..November 12, 2020
