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Green it.

So I hope you’ve all seen the new look Greens website. I think it looks really good and it will be fantastic for election year for people coming to the site for the first time. It’s really easy to find what you’re looking for. Well done to the team that sorted that […]

Iraq I Roll

Yesterday (otherwise known as today in the rest of the world who haven’t caught up yet) was the 5th Anniversary of the US Invasion of Iraq. So I’ve been thinking about what my contribution was gonna be to the blogswarm.

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Skateistan

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Skateistan is Afghanistan’s first dedicated co-educational skateboarding school. The project will engage with the growing numbers of urbanised Afghan youth in Kabul through skateboarding and provide new opportunities in cross-cultural interaction and education.

Sayin It Like It Is

I love the BLF. This is the sort of stuff I would love to do if I was organised and clever enough. I tend to restrict my billboard liberation to the occasional scrawling on tram shelter ads. And then only when I get really incensed by offensive condescending advertising. Especially the stuff that tells me how much of a better mother I’d be if I bought more stuff*.

Waitangi Day in Melbourne

Tena koutou nga Tangata e tautoko ana te kaupapa Tino Rangatiratanga me te Mana Motuhake o Aotearoa
To show our solidarity for the kaupapa of Tino Rangatiratanga we will be assembling outside the NZ settler consulate this Waitangi Day where we will proudly display our Tino Rangatiratanga (Maori Sovereignty) flag.
* The Treaty of Waitangi still […]

State of the Planet

One year I will make it to Waiheke for the annual State of the Planet speech.  In the meantime, at least I get to read it.
“We welcome all fellow travellers. But to paraphrase Dylan,
“The old order is agein’ – if you can’t give us a hand with the new one, get out of the way.” […]

A Crafter Manifesto

This one was written by Ulla-Maaria who has her own site here.   I quite like it.  It touches on a lot of the things I’ve been talking to people about in relation to craft ideology activism.
Last night I was guest host on the Renegade Economist radio show on 3CR Community Radio here in Melbourne […]

Right On Sister

We’re fighting for our rights militantly!!!!

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Blatant Political Brain Bashing

It’s funny, in Aotearoa, there is a whole lot of people who don’t get how MMP works. It seems to be too complicated to work out. But here, I can’t even work it all out and I’m ’smart’. And to make things more fun, voting is compulsory! What kind of brilliant […]

Operation LandGrab

Created by some of my favourite people. Deadly work crew!
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