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The Commerce Commission gets slightly more aggressive as the supermarket duopoly and government lean into failed, repressive carceral policy. The alleged UHC shooter has been caught -what does this mean for populos? TPM’s vote share looks to be on the rise, Māori continue to be the most likely electoral party for driving change. And the spectre of climate change is becoming a very violent poltergeist.

We host freelance reporter Glen Johnson and genocide researcher Kieran Kelly to discuss the recent events in Syria and what it might mean for the region.

Join us for the week that was! We talk about the death of the United Health Care CEO, the concept of Social Murder, political issues in South Korea and France and the (willing) appropriation of legacy media as a propaganda network alongside Western government authoritarianism.

We’re joined by Jathan Sadowski, AI critic and co-host of This Machine Kills to discuss his “ruthless criticism of AI and Capitalism and how it fits into the NZ context.

Back with current events after a few midweek episodes! We talk proxy wars, the fascist turn, and the increasing propensity of “centre left” parties in the west to be the ones moving towards authoritarian policy - particularly in regards to immigration and freedom of speech.

We are joined by PATHA president Jen Shields to discuss the recent government release about puberty blockers, the realities of trans healthcare and the extremely nasty attacks by right-wing parties.

We’re back with current events as we hurtle towards the end of 2024. Civil liberties, “libertarians”, hīkoi, haka and the ICC arrest warrants.

We post-mortem the US election and discuss the impact on media, information and NZ politics.

We’re joined by Tech Won’t Save Us host Paris Marx to talk Canadian politics and NZ parallels. We discuss the rise of right-wing ideology and PR as well as the influence of tech venture capital and western alignment around “security partnerships” like AUKUS.

We’re joined by Vijay Prashad to round up world events. We discuss the realignment starting to take shape via BRICS, the escalation of violence and imperialism in Palestine, and how organising for anti-imperialism is desperately needed in the Pacific.

Episode 100 of Season 2 has hit us far too quickly, but there’s just too much news! We give an overview of the current state of NZ politics - what we’ve got an eye on and possible solutions for the left.

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.

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.