Entrenched Power
By NZB3
“The NZ right has never entrenched power or changed anything in its favour once elected. The next time we win, we must do so.” That’s all either side ever does. Destroy whatever the other built as much as possible, re-build it all to bias themselves. Politics is the art of getting away with it, of […]
Read more..October 20, 2020
1966: US President in New Zealand
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand History, 19 October, 1966, the President of the United States himself came by for a visit. You might think that the man prosecuting a very unpopular war against Vietnam at the time would be hated but, no, it was too early for that. US Relations was still pretty great and POTUS, Lyndon […]
Read more..October 19, 2020
1971: New Zealand’s Heritage: The Making of a Nation
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The zenith of a great wave lifted the population of New Zealand’s social ocean after the War and had yet to break by the end of 1973. Powerful currents of sustained economic growth, diffused prosperity, Progress, and high Social Capital nurtured a great outpouring of nation-building energy. We felt like a nation, perhaps more than […]
Read more..October 17, 2020
The Voter’s Illusion
By NZB3
Boy, if They could get you to think this worked just imagine the state the world would be in today! “Voting is the illusion that we can repair a car by changing the driver” Scratch that. Just look out the window. Post syndicated from http://NZB3.anarkiwi.co.nz/2020/10/17/the-voters-illusion/.
Read more..October 17, 2020
The Vote Shredder
By NZB3
Don’t forget to put your vote in the shredder this Saturday, October 17th. It encourages the politicians to keep up their good work! Perhaps most importantly, every time you think of doing something for your community you’ll stop and remember you already think you have! Relax, leave it to the professionals to run New Zealand, […]
Read more..October 16, 2020
Advance Voting
By NZB3
When businesses approach you, or give you products and services you didn’t ask for, it’s an uninvited direct sale. You can change your mind and cancel any purchase agreement for any reason within five working days. This is the law, under the Fair Trading Act (1986.) The principle is that, sometimes, people get caught […]
Read more..October 16, 2020
Lower the Voting Species
By NZB3
May as well lower the voting age or even lower the voting species! Once was a time the Consent of the Governed was sought from mature minds, from our Intellectual Self. Our sober, thinking parts were consulted when it came to decisions about the use of force or the direction our society ought to go. […]
Read more..October 15, 2020
“Explaining is Losing”
By NZB3
The phrase ‘If you’re explaining, you’re losing’ or ‘Explaining is Losing’ has become the conventional wisdom in the last few years. Especially, in politics. It’s true in a certain context and in our times but why is that? We’ve been in a Concrete Culture (Slave Culture era followed by a Honour Culture) time period for […]
Read more..October 15, 2020
Don’t Think- Vote!
By NZB3
By not voting you liberate your own civic energy to do good in your world. A major purpose of elections and political noise is to act as a sink for your vitality. “When a man takes the positive step of refusing to vote, though he has done nothing to prevent the politicians from continuing their […]
Read more..October 15, 2020
1942: The Maori War Effort Organisation
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Maori War Effort Organisation formed in July 1942. What was that? It was The State giving Maoris a little temporary permission to organise and unify because it wanted to extract soldiers, fundraising, and moral/political support for the war. This worked, and the Organisation exceeded the Government’s Native Department in services to Maoris to the […]
Read more..October 14, 2020
1970: Bonus Bonds
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Bonus Bonds (est.1970) was a National 2.0 scheme to tax something other than income and consumption. What vice it taxes I’m not certain but, like Lotto, it involves being statistically innumerate. Initially the random winners were not selected by a computerised process but then along came ‘Electronic Selective Indicator Equipment’ (ELSIE.) Prior to this, Bonus […]
Read more..September 29, 2020
1953: Herald Island Falls to The State
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Until 20 September 1953 there was no Local Government on Herald Island. With c.100 permanent residents, none paid property rates. No building permits required. This was Auckland Harbour but I’ve read similar things about islands in the Marlborough Sounds. Back in the day it seems the free people could build their own homes on unowned […]
Read more..September 20, 2020
