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		<title>Unions are to capitalism what opposition parties are to politics.</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2010/07/unions-are-to-capitalism-what-opposition-parties-are-to-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2010/07/unions-are-to-capitalism-what-opposition-parties-are-to-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the debates about the proposed labour law reforms there appears to be fundamental misunderstanding or ignorance by National and ACT of the purpose of unions in capitalism. The latter are seen by NACT as at best a source of inefficiency and profit loss; at worst parasitic wealth destroyers. They appear to misunderstand that capitalism [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Racial Basis of a Small SE Asian State.*</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2010/07/the-racial-basis-of-a-small-se-asian-state/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2010/07/the-racial-basis-of-a-small-se-asian-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 04:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National identity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From my perch in SE Asia I have observed with some bemusement what passes for immigration debate in the US, UK, Europe and NZ. I am bemused because the place that I live has a very non-PC approach to immigration and yet is held out as a beacon of ethno-cultural diversity, toleration and meritocratic entrepreneurship. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Between the Devil and the deep blue sea</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2010/06/between-the-devil-and-the-deep-blue-sea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2010/06/between-the-devil-and-the-deep-blue-sea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lew</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=5006</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
(Image, &#8220;Road to Hell&#8221;, stolen from Alexander West.)

And I did not mean to shout, just drive
Just get us out, dead or alive
The road&#8217;s too long to mention, Lord, it&#8217;s something to see
Laid down by the Good Intentions Paving Company
(Joanna Newsom)


John Key&#8217;s government is starting to play for keeps after a year and a bit warming [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Where Entitlements become Rights, and Rights  Outweigh Responsibilities.</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2010/05/where-entitlements-become-rights-and-rights-outweigh-responsibilities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2010/05/where-entitlements-become-rights-and-rights-outweigh-responsibilities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 08:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My partner and I are reaching the end of our sojourn in Greece and will be back in SE Asia by the end of the week. Her data collection and interview schedule have provided the follow-up material needed to finish the Greek chapter of her book (which includes Ireland and Portugal as the other case [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A chronicle of deaths foretold.</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2010/05/a-chronicle-of-deaths-foretold/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2010/05/a-chronicle-of-deaths-foretold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 16:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday May 5 there was a general strike in Greece. It was much publicised and anticipated, with posters hung throughout Athens in the week before calling for a day of &#8220;action&#8221; in protest against the IMF/European Central Bank austerity regime required for the approval of US$141 billion in bridge loans to the financially beleaguered Greek government. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Its all Greek to me.</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2010/05/its-all-greek-to-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 10:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a political rhythm to the Greek economic crisis. We spent a long weekend on Santorini dodging strikes&#8211;Tuesday was the transport workers, Wednesday was the wharfies, Saturday was the May Day demonstrations. Next Wednesday there is a general strike. Our timing has so far been impeccable. We took a ferry last Thursday, so missed the wharfie action that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Link: Is all against enough?</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2010/04/blog-link-is-all-against-enough/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2010/04/blog-link-is-all-against-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month&#8217;s Word from Afar essay focuses on the nature of and differences between proactive and reactive political movements, with particular reference to the Tea Party movement.
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		<title>Legislators versus representatives (or, how Scott Brown is about to get schooled).</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2010/01/legislators-versus-representatives-or-how-scott-brown-is-about-to-get-schooled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2010/01/legislators-versus-representatives-or-how-scott-brown-is-about-to-get-schooled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Cosmopolitan Magazine nude pinup boy Scott Brown&#8217;s victory in the special election to fill Ted Kennedy&#8217;s Senate seat is a body blow to the Democrats and Obama administration, especially with regard to its attempts at healthcare reform. The pundits have already well dissected the reasons for the first GOP senatorial victory in Massachusetts since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Note on Progressive Praxis in Aotearoa</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/12/a-note-on-progressive-praxis-in-aotearoa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/12/a-note-on-progressive-praxis-in-aotearoa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[An inclusive society]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent debates engaged here and elsewhere on the &#8220;proper&#8221; course to be taken by NZ Left/progressive politics has given me pause to think about the larger issue of Left/progressive praxis in a country such as this. I am on record as defending the class line-first approach, whereas Lew has quite eloquently expressed the primacy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winner does not take all</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/10/winner-does-not-take-all/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/10/winner-does-not-take-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lew</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Key]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Shirtcliffe is furious (audio), and well he might be, because the government&#8217;s plans for electoral reform are eminently sensible, subject to wide bipartisan support, and most critically, not at all hasty. This is electoral reform done right: for change, a majority of voters must reject the status quo system outright at two consecutive general [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratising democracy</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/09/democratising-democracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking of headlines, that&#8217;s a good one from OpenLeft.org.uk. And an interesting article, too, by British Labour MP James Purnell, which touches on a few things I&#8217;ve been thinking about recently.
Purnell identifies three initial steps toward fulfilling Lincoln&#8217;s &#8220;of the people, by the people, for the people&#8221; ideal of democracy in British politics, and to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bleg: what do people want in an electoral system?</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/09/bleg-what-do-people-want-in-an-electoral-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/09/bleg-what-do-people-want-in-an-electoral-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote most of this before DPF&#8217;s post on the threshold, including his link to Chris Bishop&#8217;s handy paper on representation and stability went up, so read that first. In fact, you&#8217;d also do very well to look over BK Drinkwater&#8217;s series comparing electoral systems: noise, wastage, proportionality, and a critique of some critiques of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contemplating the neofascist revival.</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/08/contemplating-the-neofascist-revival/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/08/contemplating-the-neofascist-revival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of Rob Taylor back in Karekare, here is a link to an interesting article about the rise of a neo- or proto-fascist movement in the US. Although I have some quibbles with the structural as well as some of the political aspects of the argument (at least in comparison with the original (European) versions of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smacked down</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/06/smacked-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/06/smacked-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sean Plunket delivered a stinging, if metaphorical, spank to Larry Baldock today on Morning Report (audio). Plunket challenged Baldock to demonstrate one case (just one) in which a parent was convicted of a criminal offence for smacking a child. He can&#8217;t, because there hasn&#8217;t been one. After several minutes of going around in circles arguing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deconstructing Democracy, Part 4: Entitlement.</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/06/deconstructing-democracy-part-4-entitlement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/06/deconstructing-democracy-part-4-entitlement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[An inclusive society]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most divisive issues in modern democracies is the notion of entitlements. In NZ the dividing line mostly centres on interpretations of Te Tiriti and its sequels.  In this discussion I shall try to unpack the concept in order to phrase its importance to sustainable democracy in broader terms.
To that end let us clarify what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A May Day Reminder.</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/05/a-may-day-reminder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 08:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For workers around the world, May Day is not just a statutory holiday. It represents over a century of hard won rights, rights that in most cases were won in the face of considerable structural and political odds. It is also a reminder that without vigilance, solidarity and organisation, those rights can be lost in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Representational democracy is fundamentally flawed</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/01/representational-democracy-is-fundamentally-flawed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/01/representational-democracy-is-fundamentally-flawed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anita</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Representational democracy in New Zealand necessarily fails entirely to live up to its name. With a hundred and twenty people representing four million or so, this should be obvious. It is a system that forces each voter to make a choice using only at most a few of their views. Which party, or which individual, represents the person who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Representing Pacific communities</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/01/representing-ethnic-communities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anita</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read an article by Anae Arthur Anae, National&#8217;s first Pacific Island MP. While it was written about 8 years ago, many of his points strike a chord when thinking about political representation of ethnic communities now.

He talks about his surprise, as National&#8217;s candidate for Auckland Central in 1993, that Pacific people in the [...]]]></description>
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