As it turns out, the “inequality gap” between the United States and Europe is not explicable by the comparative generosity of the latter’s welfare states, which are in fact funded by more regressive systems of indirect taxation. Rather, the key to Europe’s relatively higher levels of equality is a more egalitarian distribution of pretax market incomes.
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/left-inequality-predistribution-economic-policy/
“Australia faces a serious challenge. Despite important progress on gender equality over recent decades, a looming crisis now threatens the economic security of older women. Without urgent and bold action, we risk consigning further generations of women to poverty in retirement.” and Aotearoa doesn’t have the super system Australia has. Oz report is Older Women’s economic security in retirement
https://smcaustralia.com/report-older-womens-economic-security-in-retirement/
#nzpol #auspol
So Winston Peters is concerned about politicians being intimidated and not being able to feel safe, even at home? Making even their families feel at risk?
He is suggesting political parties could be inflaming the feelings of people who might turn to aggression?
He should have a chat about it with ex-MP Benjamin Doyle.
Chinese New Zealander Mengzhu Fu reflects on how to practice solidarity with Māori.
For some time now, Hobson’s Pledge has used Asian languages and faces alongside te reo Māori in its “We Belong” campaign. The campaign is a form of “astroturfing,” designed to mimic a grassroots movement, but using generic images and quotes.
It’s infuriating to see Asian experiences of racism appropriated to incite anti-Māori racism.
As a teenager, I remember seeing ACT Party election signs in Chinese around my neighbourhood. More recently, I heard the cringey pronunciation of Mandarin Lunar New Year greetings from the ACT Party and saw them politicking at our New Year celebrations. We regularly see them targeting Asian communities in their campaigning, painting Māori rights as a threat to equality.
https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/we-all-have-a-stake-in-the-future-of-this-place/
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death. In it, she discusses blasting Trump and Musk deep into space and shares the message, "Don't lose hope"
"This is all wrong. I shouldn't be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to us young people for hope. How dare you! You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. And yet I'm one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!"
--Greta Thunberg, New York
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