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

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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

The DNC Convention showcased the best of entertainment propaganda to run cover for US genocide complicity but they still couldn’t help themselves but reiterate their thirst for bloodshed. Closer to home lobbying and corruption accelerate in NZ under one of the most regressive governments we’ve ever had.

This episode’s co-hosts
Stephanie, Kyle, Josephine, Ginny

Timestamps

0:00 Introductions

2:00 DNC 

19:43 Lobbying and Corruption 

35:32 Education Curriculum Review

45:56 Incrementalism

1:03:38 Too Much to Cover

1:06:37 Closings

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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We discuss the incredibly punitive changes to MSD social welfare systems, the introduction of new RSE rules and the open war being waged in NZ by the capital class on the most vulnerable workers.

This episode’s co-hosts
Philip, Josephine, Simon, Kyle

Timestamps

0:00 Introductions

2:17 Benefit Changes

31:24 RSE Changes

55:58 Closings

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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We talk with University of Canterbury’s Jeremy Moses about BDS actions at UoC, countries boycotting Nagasaki commemorations and the shift of NZ towards integration with US military interests.

https://mickhall.substack.com/p/nz-not-attending-nagasaki-event-insists
https://x.com/jeremy_moses/status/1821777442694140009

This episode’s co-hosts
Ginny, Jeremy, Kyle


Timestamps

0:00 Introductions

2:28 Actual Good News From University of Canterbury

7:29 Feeling of Paralysis

12:31 States Standing with Israel

19:15 Gap Between Opinion and Leadership

25:26 Interoperability Between US Military and NZ

32:16 AI Technologies 

41:01 Weapons in New Zealand

48:15 Unlocking New Supplies of Weapons

56:32 New Harris Ticket 

58:23 What Happens Under a Trump Presidency 

1:02:40 Disenfranchisement

1:05:57 Closings 

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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