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Media Link: Political Risk and Sustainable Enterprise.
Posted on 15:25, March 8th, 2016 by Pablo
I was invited by the nice folk at sustainnews.co.nz to contribute a short essay related to sustainable economics from my perspective as a geopolitical and strategic analysis consultant. The essay wound up making the connection between political risk and sustainable enterprise, and more importantly, the relationship between sustainable enterprise and democracy. You are welcome to view it here.
The hall echoed with the sound of apathy.
Posted on 16:50, August 7th, 2015 by Pablo
I attended the Auckland public meeting on the Intelligence Review organised by the NZ Council on Civil Liberties and a coalition of activist groups under the "Get Smart" banner. The idea was to encourage the public to join in submitting a "People's Review" of the NZ intelligence community that would go beyond the rather narrow terms of reference of the formal Review undertaken by Michael Cullen and Patsy Reddy. The meeting was held in a inner suburb library hall at 6:30 on a Thursday night. It had the makings of a stirring call to popular participation and civic action.
Counting myself, a total of ten people showed up to listen to the speakers and debate issues relevant to the Review. The speakers spoke about the evils and sins of the CIA, GCSB and SIS at home and abroad, about the dangers of recent expansions of spy agencies powers and related legislation such as the hastily passed foreign fighters bill, and about the patently bogus questions asked on the public submission forms for the Review (such as asking if people felt that the government should protect them from terrorism). But truth be told, the empty hall echoed with the sound of apathy. Not so much from those of us who attended and spoke, but from those who did not.
In any event it was a pretty dreary and dispiriting affair. Nowhere to be seen were those who championed Kim Dotcom's "Moment of Truth" or the voluminous clouds of conspiracy-mongering that went with it. From what I could tell, there was no one from UNITE, MANA, Internet Party, GPJA or any other activist group other than the Communist League. The usual assortment of Left pundits and party progressives, from the bombastic to the erudite, were nowhere to be seen. It was so bad, even Penny Bright did not show up.
I was told that meetings in Christchurch and Wellington were better attended, but from the looks of the Auckland gathering the issue of how, why and when the NZ intelligence community does what it does is no longer of import to local chattering classes, much less the fair minded among them.
I sure hope that I am wrong. I suggested at the meeting that a two pronged approach to the Review needed to be undertaken. On the one hand, the broad questioning of the intelligence community outlined in the terms of the People's Review is necessary for framing the larger counter-narrative to the official lines spun upon us about the value and benefits of NZ's intelligence operations. On the other hand, detailed, sophisticated and technical submissions sharply focused on the terms of reference are needed to prevent Cullen and Reddy from claiming that no practicable or actionable information was obtained from the submissions. I offered some thoughts on the need for better intelligence oversight mechanisms and how they could pave the way for further reforms of the intelligence community and legal frameworks governing it.
My comments were preceded by those of a fellow who spoke of spying on Maori at TVNZ. I was followed by a fellow from the Communist League. At that point it was time to take my 18 year old cousin in law back to dinner because even his eyes were rolling in the back of his head.
If this meeting is symptomatic of the state of the NZ Left, then it is well and truly screwed. Or perhaps it is just a Jafa thing.
Idle chatter.
Posted on 16:27, April 16th, 2015 by Pablo
Last year I wrote a series of posts outlining what in my view were the reasons the NZ Left was in major if not terminal decline. The posts began before and concluded after the 2014 election and can be found in chronological order here, here and here. There were plenty of people who disagreed with my take on things, with the most vocal detractor being that doyenne of the NZ Left, Chris Trotter. The second of my posts answered his original critique (link to his critique in the post) and he followed up some time later with another post in which he takes me to task for saying that the Left should not resort to Dirty Politics style tactics in order to prevail. He chided me for my idealism and noted that he dealt in pragmatics and pragmatism dictated that the Left should play dirty if it was to defeat the forces of darkness now reigning triumphant in this land.
Given that I have a fair bit of past practical experience with direct action politics, albeit not in NZ, I found the charge of idealism a bit odd. Given what he said previously about the Left's continued viability and strength, even odder was Chris's admission that Dirty Politics works and needs to be used by the Left if it is to succeed in the contemporary political arena. If the NZ Left were truly viable would it need to resort to playing dirty? I thought that was the province of pro-capitalist parties whose policies hurt the masses and have little popular appeal due to their elite focus.
Be that as it may, imagine then my surprise when I read this from the redoubtable Mr. Trotter. Therein Chris draws the parallel between the "clever and artistic" denizens of cabaret society in the Weimer Republic and what Dave Brown (in a comment on the post) pointedly calls the "chatterati" assembled to watch a panel discussion of media types–not all of them of the Left–gathered at a restaurant part owned by Laila Harre in order to to lament the demise of Campbell Live. Beyond noting that a well placed bomb would have eliminated the "cream" of Auckland's chattering Left, he goes on to note the distance between them and the "very different New Zealand" that exists outside of Ms. Harre's fine dining establishment and whose TV viewing preferences may not be akin to those sipping chardonnay's inside. His tone is implicitly insulting of those he broke bread with as the media commentators opined about Mr. Campbell, other talking heads, themselves and the state of the NZ media landscape.
Now, I am not one to gleefully point out contradictions or reversals by others, such as that done by some Left commentators on the subject of the Urewera Raids. And I must confess that I am little more than a chatterer myself these days. But given the thrust of Chris's latest post in light of what he has said before about the NZ Left, I have just one question to ask:
Is he still steering by the real?
Because if he is, then it appears that he has joined my side of the argument about the NZ Left and for that I salute him. Belated as it may be, it was time to wise up.
The issue now is how to move beyond the parlour talk of the chattering Left and into organizing a counter-hegemonic project grounded in effective praxis. As I have said before that is a very big task and needs to be oriented around a discernible class line. The UNITE union is a small beacon of hope in this regard, but there is much more that needs to be done if anything remotely close to a Left resurgence is to translate into contestable politics. Labour and the Greens are too committed to centrist politics and working within the system as given to be anything other than reformists and passive revolutionaries. Real change can only come from the grassroots and rank and file, and those need to be cultivated via ideological appeals that feel immediate and achievable and which transcend the diversionary rubbish pushed by popular culture, corporate media and a government hell bent on dumbing down the quality of political and social discourse.
What is needed, in other words, is a legitimate war of position, however incremental it may have to be fought.
That is something the chattering Left simply cannot do.
Left in tatters.
Posted on 12:14, September 21st, 2014 by Pablo
A while back I wrote a post arguing that the NZ Left was in serious disarray. Various Left pontificators fulminated from the depths of their revolutionary armchairs against my views, denouncing me for being defeatist. I responded as politely as I could.
Last night conservative, ring wing parties won nearly 64 percent of the popular vote. Left wing parties–such as they are given Labour's pro-capitalist bent, the Green's turn to the middle and Internet/Mana's schizophrenic leanings–mustered 36 percent of the vote. The message is clear: New Zealand is a right-leaning country. Nearly 30 years of pro-market policy (an entire generation's worth) has resulted in a country that no longer considers egalitarian and redistributive principles as hallmarks of the national identity. Instead, the turn to self-interest has seeped deeply into the social fabric.
That is the context in which the NZ Left must operate. That is the context that I was writing about in my earlier postings. And that is the context that we will have for the foreseeable future unless the Left learns to shift the terms of the political debate off of tax cuts, deficits, public spending, workforce flexibility and other pro-market arguments. So far it has not done so and in fact has often tried to operate within the context and political debate as given. Perhaps last night's drubbing will make the Left realise that this is a mistake.
After all, those who define the terms of the debate are those who win.
In order for the Left to re-define the terms of political debate in NZ there has to be a plausible counter-argument that can compete with the language of austerity, limited government, non-interference and self-interested maximising of opportunities. This election campaign demonstrated that concerns about civil liberties, privacy, child poverty, environmental degradation, corporate welfare, predatory trade and other progressive cornerstones took a back seat to economic stability as defined by market ideologues.
Given that fact, the process of re-definition has to start there: basic definition of economic stability. One way to do so if to move off of the usual market analytics favoured by bankers and corporates and onto the social costs of an increasingly unequal division of labour. Because the price for market stability is seen in a host of variables that are not amenable to standard market analysis, yet which are as real as the glue sniffing starved kid living rough and begging for change on the increasingly mean streets of Godzone.
Why Throw in the Towel?
Posted on 16:23, August 20th, 2014 by Pablo
In the wake of Nicky Hager's latest revelations, Chris Trotter has penned a cynical defense of dirty politics as being the norm. For Chris, when it comes to politics "(t)he options are not fair means or foul: they are foul means or fouler."
Idiot Savant at No Right Turn categorically rejects this view. I agree with him and can only add that either Chris has lost his ideological bearings or has consciously decided to join the Dark Side.
The Standard reprinted the NRT post and I commented on it there. Here is what I wrote:
"The stability of democracy is based on mutual contingent consent, not only between capitalists and workers but between opposing political factions. Mutual contingent consent requires that all actors accept mutual second best outcomes (that is, no one gets their preferred outcome all of the time), something that is evident, for example, in compromises over wages and employment conditions at the bargaining table or in the lobbying of political parties over legislation. "Winning" is therefore temporary and tempered by the pursuit of self-limiting strategies in pursuit of the mutual second best. Otherwise the political game descends into zero-sum self-interested maximisation of collective opportunities. That is not democracy, even if there are those within the democratic system who adhere to such views.
This is why Chris is wrong. He mistakes the venal pursuits of a political few for the general substance of democracy as a political form. The pursuit of dirty politics represents a fundamental corrosion of democratic principle and practice. It reflects a fundamental contempt for the foundational tenets of this type of governance. That this contempt is channeled into underhanded tactics by some does not undermine the core values upon which democracy rests and in fact serves to underscore what democracy is not. That the resort to dirty politics in NZ has at its core a group of people with pathological tendencies and profoundly disagreeable personalities is further proof that their style of play is not politics as usual.
Chris may be a bit jaded by years of fighting the good fight in losing wars. He seems to given up all hope that politics can be played cleanly. But he and many others (including some on the Right) would not have fought, and continue to fight, if they did not think that there was a better way to do things in pursuit of a just society. Mr. Slater, Mr. Ede, Mr. Bhatnagar, Ms. Odgers, Judith Collins and John Key clearly do not, but that does not mean that democracy as a whole is reducible to their contemptible view of politics."
Let us be crystal clear. There is no moral equivalence between what the Left does or may wish to do versus what the organised dirty tricks cell centred around Cameron Slater does. Moreover, what Slater and company do centrally underpins not just how National engages politics, but how ACT has done as well. In contrast, Left activist groups may sputter about "direct action," hold demonstrations and on occasion undertake animal liberations or environmental defense by climbing into trees or blocking trains, but they do not systematically attempt to uncover dirty laundry in order to smear, blackmail or undermine opponents within and outside their partisan ranks. They do not take covert money in order to cut and paste ghost written attack columns supplied by others. They do not get favoured backdoor access to sensitive government documents based upon their partisan, when not ministerial, connections. Perhaps that is why they are less effectual than those on the Dark Side.
The institutional Left centred in the Labour Party may gossip about their rivals across the aisle and backstab each other in factional disputes, but even then there are limits to where they will go in the pursuit of "winning." The Slater-led dirty tricksters have no such limits.
Whatever his motivations, Chris needs to reconsider his position. There still is room for the good fight to be fought fairly even if the opponent does not. Contrary to what John Key believes, that applies as much to politics as it does to sports.
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Eye Candy, Window Dressing and Deep Pockets.
Posted on 15:06, July 29th, 2014 by Pablo
I came back from six weeks abroad to see the beginning of the Internet Party's "Party party" launches. It leaves me with some questions.
It seems that what the Internet Party has done is this. Using Kim Dotcom's wallet as a springboard, it has selected a candidate group largely made up of attractive metrosexuals (only a few of whom have political experience), recruited as window dressing a seasoned (and also attractive) leftist female as party leader (even though she has no experience in the IT field), and run a slick PR campaign featuring cats that is long on rhetoric and promises and short on viable policies. The stated aim is to get out the apathetic youth vote and thereby reach the three percent electoral threshold.
The strategic alliance with the Mana Party makes sense, especially for Mana. They get additional resources to more effectively campaign for at least two electorate seats, especially given that it looks like the Maori Party is moribund and the Maori electoral roll will be more contestable even if Labour tries to reclaim its historical support in it. The Internet Party gets to coattail on Mana's activism and the presence of relatively seasoned cadres on the campaign trail. Between the two, they might well reach the five percent threshold, although current polling suggests something well less than that. The lack of political experience in the Internet Party could be problematic in any event.
But I am still left wondering what the IP stands for and how it proposes to effect change if its candidates are elected. We know that the IP came about mostly due to Dotcom's hatred of John Key. But Dotcom is ostensibly not part of the IP, which makes his attention-grabbing presence at its public events all the more puzzling. Leaving aside Dotcom's background and baggage for the moment, imagine if major financial donors stole the stage at Labour, National or Green Party rallies. What would the reaction be? Plus, hating on John Key is not a policy platform, however much the sentiment may be shared by a good portion of the general public (and that is debatable).
Giving free internet access to all seems nice, but how and who is going to pay for that? Wanting to repeal the 2013 GCSB Act and withdraw from the 5 Eyes intelligence network sounds interesting, but how would that happen and has a cost/benefits analysis been run on doing so? Likewise, opposition to the TPP seems sensible, but what is its position on trade in general? The policies on the environment and education seem laudable (and look to be very close to those of the Greens), and it is good to make a stand on privacy issues and NZ independence, but is that enough to present to voters?
More broadly, where does IP stand on early childhood education, pensions, occupational health and safety, immigration, transportation infrastructure, diplomatic alignment, defense spending or a myriad of other policy issues? Is it anything more than a protest party? Nothing I have seen in its policy platform indicates a comprehensive, well thought roadmap to a better future. In fact, some of the policy statements are surprisingly shallow and in some cases backed with citations from blogs and newspapers rather than legitimate research outlets.
Is having attractive candidates, catchy slogans and a narrow policy focus enough for IP to be a legitimate political contender?
I have read what its champions claim it to be, and have read what its detractors say it is. I am personally familiar with two IP candidates and have found them to be earnest people of integrity and conviction who want more than a narrow vendetta-driven agenda opportunistically married to an indigenous socialist movement. I would, in fact, love to see it succeed because I think that the political Left in NZ needs more varied forms of representation in parliament than currently available.
So my question to readers is simple: is the IP a viable and durable option in the NZ political landscape, or is it doomed to fail?
One thing is certain. If dark rumours are correct, the government has some unpleasant surprises for the IP in the weeks leading to the election. If that happens, it may take more than Glenn Greenwald and his revelations about John Key and the GCSB to redeem the IP in the eyes of the voting public. I would hope that both Dotcom and his IP candidates are acutely aware of what could be in store for them should the rumours prove true, and plan accordingly.
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Bowed but not Beaten: A Reply to Chris Trotter's rejoinder to "Nothing Left."
Posted on 15:29, January 23rd, 2014 by Pablo
The post on the death of the NZ political Left has elicited a fair bit of commentary. That is good, because my purpose in writing it as a polemic was to foster debate about the internal weakness of the NZ Left and possible solutions to that problem. I did not discuss all of the negative externalities that work against a revival of the Left, but many others have, both in the comments on the original post as well as in the commentary in places like The Standard. In fact, some of the discussion in the thread on the original post as well as the Standard thread has been very good.
Needless to say, the right wing blogosphere loved the post. Kiwiblog, Keeping Stock and Whaleoil jumped at the opportunity to put the boot in. I commented on the Kiwiblog thread, where I was accused of defining what the "real" and "fake" Left were and of being one of those people who denigrate anything that does not fit their narrow definition of what being "Left" means. One nice person on the Standard derided me for being a "defeatist" and engaging in "self-flagellation." This kind soul also harked to the idealism and determination of Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King to show that we should not give up the fight, perhaps forgetting that Mandela renounced socialism once he became president (supposedly to protect democracy) and MLK –never a Leftist, he–got shot for his troubles long before racial equality was achieved in the US. Anyway, it was all quite entertaining.
Now Chris Trotter has entered the fray with this exposition: http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2014/01/23/theres-plenty-left-chris-trotter-responds-to-paul-buchanans-critique-of-the-new-zealand-left/
I wrote a response but it was not published by the Daily Blog administrator. Since my comment on Chris's rejoinder was submitted more than 15 hours ago and 29 other comments have appeared, I assume that it will not be published, so I shall re-print it here:
"Fair rejoinder, but a bit off the mark.
The point of my polemic was to stir debate about the internal weaknesses of the NZ Left that have neutered it as a political alternative to the capitalist socio-political project. Besides the abandonment of a broad working class focus and socialist principles by the institutionalized Left (the party-union nexus) in favour of more narrow po-mo concerns and piecemeal challenges to the market-driven project, there is the factionalization, in-fighting, oligarchical leadership and general political insignificance of the activist Left. This opens the door to opportunists and charlatans to claim ideological leadership within the Left as a vehicle for self-interested advancement.
I see the cultural Left as having significance, but as a political force nether it or much of the informed Left commentariat have much political sway. And when some of that commentariat quietly seek remunerated ties to political actors who are the antithesis of everything socialism stands for, well, that is unfortunate.
So no, I do not share your optimism, but I am far from defeatist by directly addressing what I see as the elephants in the NZ Left room. Self-criticism and self-assessment are good things to do in good times and bad, and in my view the current moment is bad for the NZ Left.
Some of the commentary on the original post address ways to recapture the moment.
I do like your use of Gramsci though. Shallow as it may be in the context of this rejoinder, it points to the necessity of waging an effective counter-hegemonic war of position within the system, using what is given as instruments of usurpation of the ideological status quo."
I should note that in his post Chris waxes positive about the Labour Party, the Greens, Mana and the CTU. In doing so he helps make my original case: none of these organizations are "Left" in the sense of being socialist or even primarily worker-focused, whatever they may have been at their inception. They may use socialist rhetoric and act "progressive" when compared to National and its allies, and they may be a better choice for Left-leaning people when it comes to electoral preferences and collective representation, but the hard fact is that play the game by the rules as given, do not challenge the system as given and, to be honest, just chip away around the superstructural margins of the edifice that is NZ capitalism.
Although I believe that the NZ political left is comatose if not dead, this does not mean that it cannot be revived or resurrected. As I said to a commentator on my original post, Keynesian economics in liberal democracies led to a 60 year period of class compromise that replaced the politics of class conflict extant prior to 1930. The so-called neo-liberal project in NZ was trialled under authoritarian conditions in places like Chile (yes Chris, I do remember Pinochet in part because his economic policies were emulated by Roger Douglas and company and marked the turn towards feral market-driven policy that persists in NZ today despite your protestations). It if founded on a direct return to the politics of class conflict, this time initiated by the upper bourgeoisie operating from an advantaged global position against the organized working classes via regressive labor legislation and the privatization of state provided welfare, health and education programs.
Many say the neoliberal elite are hegemonic when doing so. I disagree, in part because unlike Chris (who threw some Antonio Gramsci quotes into his rejoinder) I have spent a lot of time studying Gramsci's concept of "egemonia," (hegemony, or ideological leadership by consent) specifically its difference with the concept of "dominio" (domination, or rule by submission or acquiescence). Giovanni Tiso wrote a comment of Chris's post that captures just a part of why Chris went a bit to far with his misuse of the words of the person who coined the non-Leninist interpretation of that special concept amongst the po-mo Left. I mention this because the entire thrust of Chris's rejoinder read more like an instance of intellectual one-upmanship rather than a reasoned counter-argument.
The fact is that the current ideological dominance of the market-focused elite is only hegemonic in the measure that the political Left allows it to be. In NZ fair-minded people obey but do not consent to the system as given. In my view internal problems in the Left prevent it from presenting a viable counter-argument, much less counter-hegemonic alternative to the contemporary status quo.
It may not be armed conflict but the NZ market project, be it subtle, buffered or stark, is a war against the working classes, one that is based on the atomization of said classes via the destruction of class-based unions and ideological diversions that promote narrow sectoral representation based upon collective assumptions about the primacy of individual self-interest over solidarity, and which privileges greed over empathy.
In comments on the original post I offer some limited suggestions about a new Left praxis in NZ. I am sure that there are many other avenues to explore along those lines. The market-driven project (which is no longer "neoliberal" in the original sense of the term), was an obvious and transparent return to the politics of class conflict, with preferential terms dictated by the financial elite.
No matter how dominant this ideology is at this moment, it opens a window of opportunity for the NZ Left, if it knows how to take the advantage. Rather than a monolithic compendium of all that is impossible to those born wrong, it renders bare the inegalitarian and exploitative foundations of the current socio-economic order as well as the abjectly quisling nature of the political elite that support it.
One final thought. I do not object to Leftists trying to earn a living, even if that means working in capitalist institutions on capitalist terms. I have to do so.
I do not even mind Leftists who live off of trust funds or marry well. In fact, I do not object to Leftists taking up paid work for non-Left parties as part of a tactical alliance against a common enemy or as a way of learning about the enemy from within.
I believe that those on the Left, much more so than those on the Right, need to be upfront about these apparent contradictions. They need to understand that touching power is not the same as confronting, much less wielding it. That is why I object to concealment of financial relationships between capitalist economic and political entities and those who publicly proclaim themselves to be Lions of the Left and champions of the dispossessed and voiceless.
My bottom line? We all have contradictions in our lives. For those on the Left the contradictions of living in a capitalist society can be overwhelming at times. It is how we resolve our ideological contradictions that separates the honest from the hypocritical.
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Political Fratricide.
Posted on 08:11, November 21st, 2012 by Pablo
In light of recent events involving the NZ Labour Party, it is worth pondering the phenomenon known as political fratricide and its sub-set, party fratricide.
Political fratricide is the tearing apart of a political movement or organization due to internecine differences amongst political allies or the ideologically kindred. It is fratricidal in that erstwhile brothers and sisters in political arms turn on each other over differences of ideas, strategy and tactics to the point that the movement can no longer sustain itself as a coherent political entity. The original movement is purged of dissenters by the dominant, and often increasingly authoritarian faction. Clear examples are provided by a myriad array of Left movements that fracture and split over ideological hair-splitting and matters of praxis. This weakens their broader appeal, segments them into marginal factions, and therefore diminishes their overall import in the political debates of the day. The more intense and acrimonious the political fratricide, the less likely a movement will recover its original shape and play an effective role in mainstream politics. In most instances that means permanent marginalization.
Party fratricide is a sub-set of this phenomenon. It is characterized by increasing cleavages, factionalization and fragmentation within political parties over any number of issues, including issues of leadership. Party fratricide results in the elimination or purging of losing factions. It is due to either of two reasons. One is irreconcilable differences within the Party on core beliefs. In this instance the very nature of the Party as a political entity becomes the subject of angry internal debate to the point that it can no longer function as a coherent whole. That forces splits and defections by discontented Party members that ultimately results in the formation of new Party off-shoots. As with the case of political movements, this dilutes the electoral strength of the original Party, which may or may not be replaced by one of its off-shoots as the preferred vehicle for the marshaling of a given political cause or belief system. Although the original Party may survive, its core belief structure will be modified by the defections and emergence of ideological competitors holding different conceptualizations of the original beliefs that once bound them together. That has the overall effect of diluting support for the belief system itself because the increased number of disputed interpretations resultant from the fratricidal process muddles popular interpretations of what the "pure" belief really is.
The second cause of Party fratricide is an absence of core values. In this instance, which often is seen in "catch-all" parties that seek to appeal to the widest array of interests possible, the absence of an ideological core leads to the narrow pursuit of segmented interests and policy implementation by a variety of internal factions. That in turn sets the stage for tactical opportunism, be it in the trading of favors via pork-barreling or log-rolling, or in regular shifting of support for policy positions or party factions based upon self-interest and the contemporary dynamics of the Party at any given moment. People of ideological principle finds themselves isolated and outflanked by the tactically astute who are less rooted in ideological conviction. The more this occurs the more likely that bitter personal antipathies develop within the Party as ambitious individuals joust for leadership roles in an evolving informal or subterranean contest that parallels the formal rules of Party leadership contestation and selection. Since there is no one central belief system to which all adhere, the field is left open for cunning tactical opportunists to hold sway in internal party debates.
This appears to be what has happened to the Republican Party in the US, and it shows signs of occurring in the Australian and British Labor/Labour parties. It seems to be what happened to ACT. These parties contest power not out of a core belief system but because of the platform of temporally shared policy interests that they represent. Although that may suffice to win power or office, it also is a source of constant internal tension that has the potential to explode into outright conflict should personal animosities or policy differences turn irreconcilable.
Party fratricide does not necessarily spell the death of the Party but is a sign not only of deep division within it, but of fundamental weakness. After all, if a Party cannot unite around a common set of objectives, leaders or beliefs in the face of a coherent and well-organized opposition, then it is less a political Party than an amalgam of sectoral interests forced together by political circumstance and shallow ideological affinity.
All of this is quite obvious. The question for the day is whether a Party that is exhibiting signs of fratricide can pull back and regroup in a manner that retains its coherence and effectiveness as a political interlocutor. One way may be to rehabilitate, resurrect or recruit again those that have lost favor or been relegated by the internecine battles (many a political Laxarus has been returned to the fray in NZ and elsewhere). There are a number of other means for re-constituting a coherent political platform and leadership cadre that enjoy the support of the Party membership as a whole. Thus the solution set to the problem may be as varied as it is difficult, but for one NZ political party at least, it is also absolutely necessary.
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A Turn to Mean.
Posted on 14:04, April 12th, 2012 by Pablo
As I watched various labour conflicts over the past few months, then took in accounts of greed-mongering of various types (the wheel-clamping rort being the latest), I set to wondering if things have turned mean in NZ. I tend to think so, and believe a lot of it has to do with National's presence in government as well as the increasing stratification of NZ society–something National's policies tend to exacerbate. Some of this collusion is obvious, such as changes to labour laws that strip worker's of collective rights while enhancing employer prerogatives when hiring and firing (under the banner of so-called "flexibility"). Some is less so, such as in the "look the other way" approach to the conditions that led to the Pike River and Rena disasters and the hands-off government reaction to them. But the trend towards meanness began well before National returned to government in 2008 even if it has gotten worse under it.
It strikes me that the syllogism involved goes something like this: increased employment precariousness born of economic recession in climates of market austerity premised on cost-cutting in both the public and private sectors leads to increased anxiety, then desperation amongst the salaried classes as their life opportunities narrow. In the measure that collective means of defense and redress are also pared down and stripped of legal cover, agency takes precedence over principal to the point that individual rank and file interests are sacrificed in favor of continued union bureaucratic presence (however diminished) in those economic sectors that remain at least partially organized. In the measure that workers realize that their agents have adopted the "iron law of oligarchy" where bureaucratic self-interest and survival becomes the primary objective to which rank and file interests must be subordinated, notions of collective solidarity are abandoned in favor of individual self-interest. Since this is the dominant ethos at play in unorganized sectors of the economy and amongst the managerial and financial elites, the move to survivalist alienation becomes endemic (and indeed pandemic, if we include the fact that immigrants are socialized into the culture of meanness, thereby propagating the "disease" beyond its original culture). The original agents of transmission, in any case, would appear to be the market ideologues who have metastasized into the managerial elites of the present day.
When survivalist alienation becomes endemic, cultural, ethnic, religious and other forms of ascriptive categorization are used to justify the "me first" approach to social intercourse. Until then people may just be bitter. But this is the point when things turn mean.
I could be wrong and this has always been the case in NZ. My impressions are formed since 1997, so perhaps what existed before was indeed a land of milk and honey. But it seems to me, beyond the inter-generational inevitability of the trend towards hyper-individualism there lay a number of accelerants that have made things worse in the last ten years.
Question of the Day.
Posted on 12:45, October 18th, 2011 by Pablo
Is the global "Occupy" movement a genuine grassroots mobilisation with revolutionary potential or is it bound to fizzle out, be coopted, voluntarily moderate its demands or splinter into myriad fringe groups without promoting substantive change in the socio-economic status quo?
Interested readers are invited to share their views.
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Southern Gardening: A million uses for a Million Bells
Million Bells is one of my favorite flowering plants in the early summer. I think you'll find this plant to be a good choice for the summer landscape in your Mississippi garden.
Million Bells are known botanically as Calibrachoa, and you may see them called by either name in garden centers. Regardless of what name they go by, you need to have some of these garden performers in your landscape.
Roadside murders linked
UPDATE: A suspect in this case was taken into custody. Look for a complete story in our May 25 edition and watch facebook and twitter for updates.
Drivers are being cautioned to take extra safety measures in the wake of two shooting deaths on area highways in 10 days, after investigators established a link between the two incidents.
In a press conference Monday in Hernando, DeSoto County District Attorney John Champion and sheriffs from Tunica, Tate, Panola, Coahoma and DeSoto counties announced that a multi-agency taskforce is working on evidence found at the scene of a May 8 homicide in Panola County and a similar murder in Tunica County on May 11.
"We don't know anything concrete at this point," Champion said. "We have determined that these homicides are possibly linked.
"Both subjects were on the side of the road," Champion said in response to media questions.
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Before taking up their regular agenda, county supervisors took under advisement bids for two or more trucks for the road department and heard from citizen Tony Perkins and representatives of the Tunica Museum and housing program. The apparent low bid for a bucket truck was Aerial Truck Equipment Co.'s $112,000. For one or more pick-ups, Country Ford submitted the apparent low bid of $28,986.72.
Perkins spoke eloquently in favor of the county's proposed Second Chance Program, saying such a program "would be a real blessing to somebody like me."
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Two more days full of puzzles and diaper-changing and playing monster trucks. Two more days to bundle up and head to the park and run errands and steam clean the carpets because this may be the only chance I get until a few holidays in the spring.
Sometimes I think that's the hardest part of the new year – going from a break spent with family to knowing that it's an office with nothing but cold outside for the next few months.
But mommas, we can do this. We're already seeing the days getting longer and we have Christmas memories stored up to last us at least until February. Not to mention goals and resolutions to make and at least attempt to keep.
I have spent this holiday break well. With the exception of this morning, tapping out six (six!) Babble posts in just a few hours, I have spent it on mild "blogging break" in order to soak up time with my kiddo. Heading back to work on Wednesday, I will have no regrets as to how I spent the week with Harry and how much fun we had together.
I think that's the best way to walk away from time at home, don't you?
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The main source of income for the family is from agricultural activities. In particular, they have 4 milk cows. The cows are milked everyday to produce dairy products. The products are sold at the local markets and among the villagers. The family has additional income from Viladin's mother in-law's monthly pension.
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With his credit Viladin will purchase a mini-bus. Kesalo is a small village and the nearest market is in Gardabani district. It's hard for the local people to travel there to buy the daily products as there are not many transports going in that direction. Viladin will drive the bus to transport his villagers to Gardabani center, where they can purchase all the needed products. Viladin will start earning additional income for the family and also will help his villagers to have better access to the city. The new business initiative, financed with the Kiva Start-up loan will significantly improve the living conditions of the family.
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Awesome as always, BP.
You definitely cut pretty damn well, BP. Did you learn how to on your own or goto school/job to learn the craft? Too bad you can't get better compression and reproduction out of it. I would love to learn the craft. For one reason, I have a huge library of underground music I'd love to appropriate to video, and two, it just seems damn fun to do.
im a graphic designer, but never messed with video until now..
how do you make it play in HD - I used to see an icon or something, but don't see it anymore.
nice as usual
okay, i used to be able to just post a link to the youtube page, but now we have like an automatic embedding thing that posts the youtube video in the thread.. this is a no-no to Zod since my stuff is not NFL approved..
so i am just posting the link to my youtube account, if you click the link that takes you to the page, for instance = "Saints2" then you will be able to get the option of HD in the usuall space..
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the music selection this time was amazing!
Another great one, BP!!!
Very, very sweeeeeeeet.
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1Find a piece of black leather. You can cut a strip from an old leather jacket or find a wide black leather belt. If you don't want to cut your jacket or belt, or your not allowed to, many craft store carry strips of leather of different thicknesses and widths.
2Obtain several screws of the same size. Make sure they are not too long; they could snag on clothing and feel uncomfortable. Try to look for small to medium length screws.
3Push the screws into the back of the leather so that they protrude through the "good" side of the leather. If possible, make a perforation in the leather, to act as sort of a "guide hole" for the screw. You can make a pattern with the screws, or just align them. Some patterns include:
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- A zig-zag arrangement (2 screws on the same level with 1 screw on a lower level between them.
- Three (or two) rows of screws, with medium screws on the top and bottom rows and small in the middle (or vise versa)
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In Outlook 2007, is there a way to delete multiple sub folders under a given folder in one go? I would like to keep a few sub folders and delete the rest. How can I do it in one fell swoop, instead of selecting each sub folder and deleting it? There must be an easier way...
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There's a tool called Pandali Folder Master for Outlook which allows you to select multiple folders by clicking checkboxes or Shift+Clicking to select a range, and then you can copy, move, or delete them.
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You could try moving the subfolders you'd like to keep somewhere else and deleting everything else you have in the folder. This would be easy if you only want to keep a small number of subfolders, otherwise it's not really worth it.
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DAKAR, Senegal In veiled swipes at China's investments in Africa, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday urged African leaders to embrace democracy and partnerships with responsible foreign powers as a means to improving their living standards and addressing the root causes of extremism on the continent.
Clinton, speaking to university students, lawmakers and diplomats in Senegal's capital, challenged Africa's elite to fully respect human rights and she warned of the consequences of rampant abuses, corruption and intolerance that breed contempt and contribute to instability.
"There are still too many places in the region and across the continent where democracy is threatened, where human rights are abused, and the rule of law is undermined," Clinton said. "Too many Africans still live under autocratic rulers who care more about preserving their grip on power than promoting the welfare of their citizens. Violent extremism, transnational crime and rampant corruption all threaten democracy."
She said America would stand by African reformers and she indirectly took on China. Beijing has been criticized for ignoring human rights concerns, local laws and environmental regulations as it boosts investment in Africa in search of energy and resources to fuel its exploding economy.
By contrast, she said the United States is committed to "a model of sustainable partnership that adds value, rather than extracts it" from Africa. "The days of having outsiders come and extract the wealth of Africa for themselves leaving nothing or very little behind should be over in the 21st century," she said.
Without mentioning China by name, she maintained that unlike other countries, "America will stand up for democracy and universal human rights even when it might be easier or more profitable to look the other way, to keep the resources flowing."
"Not every partner makes that choice, but we do and we will," she said, calling support for democracy and human rights the "heart of the American model of partnership."
A senior U.S. official, who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity, said the administration believes the US and China, among others, are competing for African resources. Further, administration officials say they think the U.S. is acting more in the interests of the African people by conditioning aid on good governance and requiring American companies to respect local laws and regulations.
Clinton's comments follow a China-Africa summit last month at which Chinese President Hu Jintao pledged $20 billion in credit to African governments over the next three years to support infrastructure, agriculture, manufacturing and small business growth. At the event, Hu commended the hands-off approach of China's investment decisions on the continent.
China will "give genuine support to African countries' independent choice of development path," he said. Hu suggested that human rights conditions and other rules imposed by the West on assistance are unnecessary and burdensome.
Hu also said China and African nations should increase cooperation to "oppose the practices of the big bullying the small, the strong domineering over the weak and the rich oppressing the poor."
Analysts say China's growing role is on the minds of American and African policymakers. Clinton's visit comes as Africans are seeking to redefine their relationship with China to that of "equal partners" and not only resource providers, according to Haroon Bhorat, an economist at the University of Cape Town.
Clinton was in Dakar on the first leg of an 11-day African tour that will take her to at least six other nations, including Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Ghana. In Ghana, she will attend the state funeral for the late president, John Atta Mills, who died last week.


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From Denny: Do you enjoy cheesecake but want an easier way to make it? Then this recipe is for you. I like cheesecake too but find it too large for just two of us to eat and too time consuming to make unless I plan on entertaining a hungry crowd.
A springform pan is an absolute must to make a proper cheesecake - and the patience of a saint to leave the oven door cracked open as it slowly cools down for hours so you can hopefully avoid it cracking straight down the middle like an ugly scar. Usually, I've been pretty lucky over the years. Of course, when I wasn't lucky it was evident that a wonderful fruit topping like blueberry or strawberry could hide a multitude of sins just like gravy on a screwed up dinner. :)
Well, this recipe from food writer Helana Brigman is for the cheesecake challenged and the impatient. You make this cheesecake in mini tartlets pans that are individual portions in just bite sized pieces rather than a huge honking slice of 6,000 calories like you get served at the Cheesecake Bistro.
What's involved in this recipe is to first make a simple graham cracker crust you crush up in your food processor or blender. If you don't have that available then resort to the manual method of crushing graham crackers between two pieces of waxed paper using a pastry rolling pin.
If you are really desperate just use a heavy jar of applesauce or canned "something" to roll over the waxed paper. Yes, I have been wildly creative over the years, especially when the weather was too yucky to run out and get an ingredient that was missing or the electricity went out. During hurricanes it's easy to get bored so you start working on what you can for a meal until the electricity comes back on to finish it.
The cheese filling could not be simpler: cream cheese, vanilla, sugar and lemon zest.
The fruit glaze is made with fresh ripe strawberries, sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice that you heat up in a nonstick pan. If you don't like nonstick pans like I don't then use a double boiler. Just place medium high heated water in bottom pot that is turned down to a slow simmer and place a smaller pot or even a pasta bowl on top to heat your ingredients. Just be careful as you remove the cooked fruit glaze from the bottom pot because the steam can burn you.
Assemble by lightly spraying your tartlet pans with oil or rub with a little soft butter. Press the crushed graham cracker crumb mixture until you line the sides well. Bake the crust. Make your cheese filling and spread over the cooled crusts. Make your fruit glaze, cool it, and then spread onto the tartlets. There will be leftover fruit glaze you can enjoy on your pancakes or ice cream. Rinse your raspberries and arrange in the center of the tartlets with sprinkles of sliced almonds all along the outside edges in a ring.
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What is the best strategy for Nazei Zombies?
I'm pretty good at Zombies, but only problem is that they always get me in like a dog pile. Someone give me some ideas for survivng longer without a glitch and to not get overwhelmed.
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Well it depends mostly on how many players you're playing with,
I suggest you play with other online people *preferably your friends* and here is my advice:
2 players: at the start of the game, both you and your friend try to get the M1 Carabine (600 points). after you both get around 2000-3000 points (around the 4-5th rounds) clear the Debris upstairs, and then immediatly both you and your friend get a Trench gun (i believe 1500 points or so) and then clear the other Debris in order to get to the Root Cellar but DO NOT open the door. And maybe if you want, get a Thompson (1200 points). after all that has been accomplished, either you or your friend gards the stairs, while the other one gards the 2 windows and the wall. and between each rounds, try to get an extra gun from the mystery box instead of your thompson (i strongly disagree in obtaining sniper or semi-automatic rifles, but i strongly agree in taking any other fully-automatic machinge gun or the almighty Ray gun or Flamethrower). i lasted for around 20 rounds this way.
3-4 players: This one is a little different. My plan is to ONLY open the Root Cellar. and go with the 2 in each room plan. also in between rounds try your luck on the mystery box. Also, take the M1 at the beginning and the thomspon after openeing the Root Cellar.
**Root Cellar is the room with Help or Hell On it.
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OU football: Bob Stoops impressed with OSU's performance against Baylor
NORMAN — Bob Stoops watched Oklahoma State's 49-17 rout of Baylor last weekend and came away impressed with the Cowboys.
"They played good fundamental defense; they were great on possession downs; and their offense stayed on the field — I think 10 minutes longer than (Baylor) did," Stoops said Monday.
In other words, OSU did exactly what Oklahoma couldn't do in its losses to Texas and Baylor.
But with redshirt freshman Trevor Knight running the offense again — and far more comfortable than he was at the beginning of the season — Oklahoma was efficient on third- and fourth-down conversions, balanced and controlled the clock in Saturday's 41-31 win at Kansas State.
Stoops declined to name a starting quarterback for Oklahoma's regular-season finale at Oklahoma State in two weeks, but based on Saturday's performance, Knight seems to have taken the job back from junior Blake Bell.
Knight completed 14 of 20 passes for 171 yards, one touchdown and one interception against the Wildcats, and rushed for 82 yards and a score, showcasing — really, for the first time this season — the enormous talent and potential that prompted coaches to name him the starting quarterback in August.
With Bell running the offense in Oklahoma's two losses, the Sooners were a combined 6 of 30 on third-down attempts, and lost the time of possession battle in both games.
Saturday at Kansas State, though, Knight and the Sooners converted 9 of 15 third-down attempts and possessed the ball for 10 more minutes than the Wildcats.
Oklahoma State's offense was fantastic against Baylor and has improved throughout the season, so for the Sooners to have a shot at upsetting the Cowboys in Stillwater, their offense will have to replicate that performance in Manhattan.
Knight wowed his coaches and teammates last year running the scout team, and he won the starting job in August because of his big-play ability and electric athleticism.
OU defensive coordinator Mike Stoops watched Knight shine against his first-team unit a year ago, and said Monday "there's not a throw on the football field he can't make."
"It's probably the most difficult position in all of sports," Mike Stoops said. "I don't think I'm jumping out on a limb saying that. I think to play it at the highest level for young players takes time. You're gonna go throw evolutions and progressions.
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This chapter book was not as interesting or as I had hoped it to be however, I find that the Magic Treehouse books are great because they have both a lead boy and girl character. This makes it so it is equally as likely to appeal to a boy or a girl. In my read alouds, I have noticed that vey few girls like to read or listen to books with only a male lead character and vice-versa. This book would be an appropriate reading and content level for 3rd-5th grade.
Jack and Annie go on a quest to New York during the Depression to save a Unicorn. A blizzard has hit the city and they are followed by a pair of sorcerers they believe to be their friend but are not. The siblings follow the clues to a tapestry that holds the unicorn. In the end they defeat their foes and their friends show up to take the unicorn back to Merlin.
This was really nice. I'm intrigued to see what, if anything, will happen with the new magicians we meet in this book! Some kind of continuing conflict would be nice.
In this exciting new Merlin Mission, Jack and Annie go back in time to New York City, during one of the darkest periods in the city's history — the Great Depression. Even worse, the city is in the grip of a terrible snowstorm. To stop the blizzard, Jack and Annie must save the unicorn made famous in the Cloisters' medieval tapestries. But will that be enough to help a city that faces so many troubles?
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5 Years of Everyday Bluesby EverydayBlues on 14. Februar 2015 at 10:17
So it's been five years now – Wow.
I never know what to say in these things, since I always assume this one is the last. Then ideas last for another year.
I'd like to thank you all for your continuous support of reading, sharing and, most importantly, enjoying this little project of mine. I couldn't do it without you! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!
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That's about it – 5 years: About half as long as "Calvin and Hobbe"s ran, and about a 1/10th of "The Peanuts".
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It's that time of year again! Everyday Blues will soon turn five – and you know what that means? It's time again to have a contest aka. Do stuff, win stuff! Yay!
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We continue our relentless and hectic release schedule with another debut 1605 outing for another new artist. Not to be confused with the glam/power rock band of the same name, Tesla has provided us with an excellent 2 track EP that is very well suited to our particular brand of visceral techno.
The a-side, aptly entitled "The Third Biohazard" offers a familiar array of jarring rhythms and shuffling, momentum enhancing beats peppered with a vast array of bleeps and and stabs which complement the chugging bassline. The welcome addition of a haunting yet melodic synth line that cuts through the core of the track adds a welcome dimension to the proceedings and is our bet for total dancefloor ignition.
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Manchester United and Arsenal have been encouraged in their pursuit of Freiburg youngster Matthais Ginter.
The Sunday Express says Ginter could be available for approximately £7m in the summer after telling Freiburg that he has ambitions to move to a bigger club.
United have a week off from Premier League action and reports suggest David Moyes travelled to Germany to watch Ginter in action, after making a similar trip to look at Bayern Munich's Toni Kroos earlier in the season.
Arsenal were heavily linked with a move for Ginter in the summer, only to be told that Freiburg weren't interested in selling.
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Cross-town rivals Shelby County and Collins high schools took to the diamond Monday night and the two teams didn't disappoint with pitchers Will McDonald and Michael Gammons turning in gems on the mound, as Collins squeezed out a 1-0 win on the road and took command of the 30th District race.
The two pitchers combined for 14 strikeouts in complete game performances, but it was Collins' bats – with McDonald in another key role – that finally broke through in the 6th.
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The fired Jacksonville city manager says he is frustrated by his dismissal last week.
Kristoff Bauer spoke out for the first time Thursday to WITN News. "To have this come in the middle of trying to accomplish so many things is truly frustrating," the former city manager said.
Bauer was fired on a split 4-2 vote after more than three years leading Jacksonville government.
Bauer says he disagrees with the council members who fired him, saying this was a long consideration and not an overnight decision.
While at least one member of council said they voted the city manager out because he tried to control council, Bauer says he's still searching for a definitive reason for his termination. "I'm comfortable letting the record stand for itself. I think if you take a look at what we did accomplish, I think there were goals and difficult things that challenged us, and we have accomplished them."
Now Bauer says he's focusing on finding a new job in these tough economic times. "We've been working for years to put down roots in the community, really I expected to be here for a good long time," Bauer told WITN.
Bauer will recieve 9 months severance pay. He said he is already applying for jobs outside of the area.