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We speak with long covid advocate Hayley Wolters about the current state of public health policy for the ongoing pandemic. In a few days the NZ government will be removing free RAT tests and there is no consolidated plan for action in the event that NZ faces a similar summer wave to the US.

Links!
The US is experiencing its largest summer Covid wave in at least two years | CNN

Sen. Bernie Sanders Introduces $10 Billion Long COVID Moonshot Legislation to Support Research, Healthcare, Education - COVID Health

About 400 Million People Worldwide Have Had Long Covid, Researchers Say - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Long Covid Support Aotearoa – You are not alone

Aotearoa Covid Action

New Zealand Pandemic Plan: A framework for action | Ministry of Health NZ

Reminder of end of free RATs on 30 September 2024 – Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora

Health negotiators told to put sovereignty ahead of stopping pandemics (newsroom.co.nz)

Early heart disease deaths rise to 14-year high - BHF

This episode’s co-hosts
Kyle, Hayley

Timestamps

0:00 Introductions

3:20 Working Through Apathetic Covid Policy

5:45 Long Covid

7:42 Economics of Covid

9:22 Government Support

11:29 RAT Availability

14:27 RAT Policy Effect

17:24 How Did We Get Here

21:24 Framework Change

25:50 Pharmaceutical Access

29:11 Clean Air

34:35 Long Covid Tracking

37:31 How to Reach Out

39:51 What’s Coming

42:36 False Commentaries

43:32 Closings

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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Performance pay for educators is terrible and here's why.

We’re joined by Associate Professor Jeremy Moses to discuss Israel’s terrorist attacks in Lebanon and the implications for Rules Based International Order, the Middle East, and global stability.

This episode’s co-hosts

Ginny, Simon, Kyle, Jeremy

Timestamps

0:00 Introductions

4:03 The Dissonance of Education in Today's Political Climate

9:11 Media and Self Responsibility

13:22 Inflection Points

22:37 The Perception of Terrorism

34:19 Electronic Explosions in Lebanon

41:29 Making People Realise the Implications

46:00 Corporation Problems

53:51 Supply Chain Hygiene

58:20 Reframing through Dehumanization

1:03:40 “It Could Happen to Us” 

1:08:06 Where Could Israel Go From Here

1:11:54 A Targeted Attack

1:14:24 Closings

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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Focusing entirely on local politics this week with a discussion of the multitude of ways that the National coalition government is currently attacking Māori alongside the longer term goals encompassed by the ACT Party’s racist “Treaty Principles” bill.

This episode’s co-hosts
Kyle, Pmax, Jack

Timestamps

0:00 Introductions

1:38 New Zealand's Most Explicitly Racist Government

7:04 Media and Government  

10:59 Dissecting the Sectors

16:34 Health Warning Scale

21:24 Māori and Pasifika in Healthcare 

26:01 What Comes After the Cuts

27:56 The Media Class

32:53 Syndication 

34:10 Treaty Principles Bill

47:43 Closings

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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We chat with Anthony Metcalf and Martyn Pepperell about the state of the music and entertainment industries, what’s happening on the ground and what’s exciting for the future.

This episode’s co-hosts
Kyle, Mitch, Anthony, Martyn

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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Pmax talks about everybody's favourite pedagogical comparisons and why they might not be the silver bullet for our own education woes.

We’re joined by special guest Bevan Holloway to discuss his report on the Ministerial Advisory Group hijacking review processes to drastically change the curriculum while ignoring expert advice, process and institutional norms. We discuss the issues, the details and the implications alongside the broader rightwing strategy to subvert democracy in favour of ideologues.

bevanholloway.com/2024/08/28/how-a-special-interest-group-took-over-the-refresh-of-the-new-zealand-curriculum/

This episode’s co-hosts
Kyle, Stephanie, Bevan

Timestamps

0:00 Introductions

1:43 The Curriculum Review

7:15 A Brief Rundown

16:36 How Does This Happen With the Ministry

21:25 Removal of Experts

23:31 Killing Ideology 

28:45 Curriculum vs Programme 

32:38 Picking Up the Pieces of Coverage

37:06 AI in the Classrooms

39:28 Cubical Farming

43:44 How Can We Pushback

49:59 Closings

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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System Change Aotearoa have kindly provided us the audio from their 20 August 2024 public meeting about a radical left party in NZ. Enjoy!

Do we need a new party of the radical left? This is a crucial question facing anticapitalists in Aotearoa today.

We live in an era of extreme inequality. The threat of climate breakdown looms over everything. Yet governments around the world sit idly by as the rich get richer and the climate crisis worsens.

On the left, we see a clear explanation for this: the capitalist system is designed to always prioritise corporate profits over people and planet. Yet right-wing populism is on the rise, scapegoating minorities for society's problems. Aotearoa now has the most right-wing government in decades, pursuing an agenda of austerity whilst attacking Te Tiriti.

We must organise to fight back. But do we need a new party to do this?

System Change Aotearoa is excited to host Sue Bradford to speak on this vital topic. Sue is a lifelong activist who has been fighting for working people for decades. She will be drawing on her experience as a former Green Party MP and candidate for Mana, as she shares her thoughts on why a new party is necessary.

Sue published a paper on this subject in 2017. She argued that the role of such a party is not merely to stand in elections. We are talking about a party which seeks to organise the resistance to capitalism across society, in workplaces and in the streets, and in Parliament only when it is strategic to do so.

Elliot Crossan will be speaking on behalf of System Change. He will be speaking on the rebirth of the radical left across the world in the last decade, and why the time for a new party is right.

Website: systemchange.nz

FB: facebook.com/systemchangenz

Insta: instagram.com/systemchangeaotearoa

Twitter: twitter.com/systemchangenz

This week we talk about the clear lack of shift in the US genocide policy, including the recent escalation by IOF in the West Bank and VP Harris continuing Biden’s platform. In NZ the right-wing National coalition continues to break norms while passing anti-democratic policy without a mandate or giving the public an opportunity to make submissions - we discuss the last minute change to “gang laws” and the hijacking of the curriculum review.

Bevan Holloway’s Curriculum Investigation

This episode’s co-hosts
Simon, Kyle, Gigi

Timestamps

0:00 Introductions

1:32 The Ongoing Genocide on Palestinians 

5:59 USA Number 1 (At Aiding Genocide)

10:15 Gigi Joins for An American’s Perspective

14:06 Liberal Media Darlings

26:27 Gang Law Changes

42:40 Education Review

58:00 Political Optics

1:01:01 Closings

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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Here's some RAW and UNFILTERED commentary from the chalkface. @PedagogyMaxima takes you through his perspective of the education sector - from ECE to Tertiary.

https://www.treasury.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2024-05/pc-inq-fcfa-sub-082-douglas-g-higgins.pdf