And unfortunately the generic managerialists within – often parachuted in from the empires, are quite happy with that
And the older I get, the more I realise just what conservatives JA and one or two of her teacher’s pets are. Unwilling to make any meaningful or fundamental sort of change to the status quo.
We have government agencies- again, often designed by Labour’s right wing predecessors where everything they touch turns to shit, and which have an investment in maintaining the status quo. And we have a government that despite the promises of kindness and transformation are unwilling to address the problem, That’s even if they recognise what the problem is – that would be the charitable explanation.
Ricardo Menéndez March was one of three new Green Party MPs elected to New Zealand’s parliament in October. Photograph: Wikipedia
New Zealand’s first Latin American MP has had a controversial start: he’s been labelled “disrespectful” for his attitude to senior citizens, called out the government for hypocrisy over the country’s “100% Pure” marketing campaign, and upset monarchists with a chihuahua meme about having to swear allegiance to the Queen.
Ricardo Menéndez March, who describes himself as a “proud socialist, transgressive queer”, is one of three new Green party MPs in parliament after a huge swing to the left in October’s general election.
‘Every passing year I become more of an anarchist at a time when the State will be essential for surviving the climate crisis.’
By the time your reach my age you’ll be awesome. That’s if the state hasn’t killed you.
You really are supposed to be a compliant nobody who consumes mindlessly, like the other ‘good’ citizens.
‘Our forefathers died and bled on foreign shores to prevent Governments from damaging their own people like this,’
I believe they died and bled on foreign shores to protect the vested interests and privileges of the scum at the top, especially British scum at the top.
Auckland Action Against Poverty supports the call from the Green Party to give everyone on a benefit a cash injection for Christmas.
“Everyone deserves to have a good Christmas, especially because of the year we’ve had. Everyone has had a particularly challenging year, but those of us who experience material hardship on the daily have found it extremely difficult. We are calling on the government to give everyone on a benefit a 2 week non recoverable grant for Christmas” says Auckland Action Against Poverty coordinator Brooke Stanley Pao.
“The Auckland City Mission said their phone lines were jammed because they received 42,000 calls in a day for their Christmas parcels, and we know many people and families who have missed out. The need in Tāmaki and across the country is so high. The government have indicated they’re not going to lift benefit levels this term and as we continue to push back they should at least give people some extra money to enjoy their Christmas.