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With The Stroke Of A Pen:   Populism, especially right-wing populism, invests all the power of an electoral/parliamentary majority in a sing...

Sic ’ em! The silver-tongued demagogue whips up the impoverished masses against those deemed responsible for both the nation’s decline and t...

Let ’s  Go Crazy! AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) rarks-up the voters of New York ’s  16th Congressional District. HAVE WE MOVED past peak ...

Fitting Right In: National retailed a reactionary manifesto of right-wing, racially-charged policies to the electorate throughout 2023. No ...

Not Welcome Here: Once celebrated for its broad inclusiveness, Chris Hipkins’ Labour Party has opted to greet potential supporters with a g...

In It For Your Votes: Political momentum comes from announcing policies (like removing GST from fruit and veges) that you already know “you...

Rising To The Challenge: Te Pāti Māori is reassuring the angry and the alienated that in 2023 voting will make a difference. Aotearoa is ch...

Bottom Rail On Top: Two powerful forces are driving the surges of right-wing populism which, for more than a decade, have been transforming...

Can She Raise It A Second Time? The question is: Can National’s current leader, Judith Collins, rely upon Don Brash’s Nationhood Soufflé re...

On The Comeback Trail? Having followed it all the way to the Deputy Prime Ministership and a coalition with National in 1996, Winston Peter...

Dangerous Times: This will be the choice confronting those coming of age in the 2020s. Embrace Neoliberalism’s belief in racial and sexual ...