1/200 Episode 117 - Lock Down for What
Mikey and Ross join the cast to discuss Auckland’s Lockdown changes, the parallel experiences of the pandemic and ‘lockdown fatigue’ - whatever that is!
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1/200 Episode 116 - People's Epidemic Response Committee
Aotearoa has had an excellent response to Covid compared to most countries, but it's not beyond scrutiny. In fact there continue to be serious problems with Government action and strategy on the response. Last year politicians formed an Epidemic Response Committee to question Government decisions. But since then we've seen most politicians can't or won't point out Government failures where they really matter. So we have to do it ourselves. Let's find out what we can do better. Let's share this f...
1/200 Episode 115 - Trudeaun't Dream it’s Over
We talk about NZ’s current COVID response and the attack in Auckland mall late last week. We’re then joined by Luke Savage to talk about the current electoral situation in Canada where Justin Trudeau and the ruling Liberal Party have just called a snap election - 2 years early. If you enjoy the episode remember to give us that 5* and consider heading over to the Patreon to support us
1of200 Episode 114 - Data, Data, Lets Call the Whole Thing Off
We have Mark Rickerby , David Hood and Andrew Chen on the cast to talk information, data and the communication of that to a variety of audiences during NZ’s Covid response. Andrew also fills us in on the recent issues with Bluetooth use for the Tracing app and we talk about flows of information within the health and political system....
1/200 Episode 113 - Delta Bad Hand?
Ross and James join the cast to talk NZ’s latest COVID outbreak of the Delta variety. We talk about the response so far, and the hesitancy of Labour to take action beyond the health response.
Blueprints S2E6 - Nurses Strike - NZ 2018
In 2018, nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants went on strike for the first time in 29 years. They won significant concessions from the DHBs, but their ultimate goal of addressing the chronic understaffing was promised and not delivered. At the start of the bargaining there was no campaign, and members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, NZNO, built one themselves, against the wishes of their union leadership. We spoke with; Erin , a nurse based in Wellington Grant Brookes, member elect...
1/200 Episode 112 - Energy Policy w/ Gareth Hughes & Amanda Larsson
We talk to ex-Green MP Gareth Hughes and Greenpeace campaigner Amanda Larsson about the current state of NZ’s Energy infrastructure and what possibilities there are for the future.
1/200 Episode 111 - The Spice of Venture Capital Must Flow
1/200 is joined by Paris Marx to talk tech, media and political economy. How should we analyse and critique the growth of tech-capitalism and what action can we take?
Blueprints S2E3 - Wairoa x Talleys Meatworkers Lockout - NZ 2010 - 2016 - Part 3
Part 3! In 2010, Talleys, one of NZ’s biggest companies and owned by one of its richest families, took full control of the AFFCO Meatworks. It then embarked on a 5 year campaign to de-unionise it’s workforce. But workers in Wairoa and towns across the country said no. They were locked out 3 times in 5 years. This is the story of their resistance and goes to the heart of strategic debate about what is symbolic vs what builds leverage. We spoke with; Peter Amato , Meatworker in the beefhouse at Wa...
Blueprints S2E3 - Wairoa x Talleys Meatworkers Lockout - NZ 2010 - 2016 - Part 2
In 2010, Talleys, one of NZ’s biggest companies and owned by one of its richest families, took full control of the AFFCO Meatworks. It then embarked on a 5 year campaign to de-unionise it’s workforce. But workers in Wairoa and towns across the country said no. They were locked out 3 times in 5 years. This is the story of their resistance and goes to the heart of strategic debate about what is symbolic vs what builds leverage. We spoke with; Peter Amato , Meatworker in the beefhouse at Wairoa and...
Blueprints S2E3 - Wairoa x Talleys Meatworkers Lockout - NZ 2010 - 2016 - Part 1
In 2010, Talleys, one of NZ’s biggest companies and owned by one of its richest families, took full control of the AFFCO Meatworks. It then embarked on a 5 year campaign to de-unionise it’s workforce. But workers in Wairoa and towns across the country said no. They were locked out 3 times in 5 years. This is the story of their resistance and goes to the heart of strategic debate about what is symbolic vs what builds leverage. We spoke with; Peter Amato , Meatworker in the beefhouse at Wairoa and...
1/200 Episode 110 - The Neoliberalisation of Tertiary Education w/ TEAGA
Philip & Justine talk to Aimee Simpson & Leon Salter from the Tertiary Education Action Group Aotearoa (TEAGA). Their reasons for forming, structural issues in tertiary education, some recent history and where we are headed. Maybe running education like any other business is... bad?
1/200 Episode 109 - No Direction Home
Branko and Kyle talk NZ’s housing market, recent COVID and Immigration/MIQ news and briefly touch on the current situation with Cuba
Blueprints S2E2 - Unite the Union Ends Zero Hours Contracts - NZ 2015
In 2016, Aotearoa New Zealand’s parliament passed a law banning the use of Zero Hours Contracts. In the preceding two years, Unite the Union had forced fast-food companies to stop using them in their contracts. The campaign was the culmination of their organising which started in the Supersize My Pay campaign from 2003. The campaign was an excellent example of having an industrial strategy as a lever for a political strategy. By having a concrete focus - trying to stop fast-food companies from u...
1/200 Episode 108 - This Ain't a Scene, It's a Farms Race
We talk with Byron Clark about the groups involved with last week’s “Farmers’” protests organised by Groundswell NZ. Justine , James and I pitch in with our thoughts about media framing and rural v urban narratives and realities. Remember to subscribe, 5 star and share with your friends if you’ve enjoyed the episode!...
1/200 Episode 107 - Mental Health Service
We speak with Ross and Mikey about Mental Health Services in NZ, Government rhetoric and systemic issues over the preceding decades. If you found this useful please give us a 5 star rating and share with other people you think will find it useful. You can find more of our content on our website and support us on Patreon...
Blueprints S2E1 - Homosexual Law Reform - NZ 1984 - 1986
On this day 35 years ago, July 9, the homosexual law reform bill passed it’s third reading and sex between men was finally decriminalised. The campaign polarised New Zealand to levels not seen since the Springbok Tour in 1981, as a vicious anti-campaign took hold, driven by fundamentalist churches. The campaign mobilised support from a broad range of organisations, as gay men, lesbians and others tried to keep their coalition together, in the face of different objectives internally and ferocious...
1/200 Episode 106 - Substacks on Stacks on Stacks
We speak with David Slack about alternate media platforms like Substack, the inertia of current established media, and the challenges for independent journalists and content creators. If you enjoyed this episode please give us those stars/likes and consider popping over to our Patreon to become a subscriber.
1/200 Episode 105 - Do Androids Dream of Electoral Sheep
We talk with Joel about electoral politics, party systems and the possibilities for left-wing electoralism.
1/200 Episode 104 - Dawn Raids Apology
We spoke with Lisa Meto Fox about the announcement of an official Government apology for the Dawn Raids, the context and history of that, and the generational effects of the policy. Newsroom article by Dylan Asafo Twitter Thread from Lisa about some recent developments with an article attached If you’ve enjoyed this podcast share it with your friends and family, and give us a follow and thumbs up on your podcast app....
1/200 Episode 103 - Trans Rights and Nurses' Strikes
We have Ross and Justine on the cast to talk about the proliferation of transphobic views in NZ including within our electoral politics. In the second half we discuss the recent strike action by health workers and the sorry state of our health infrastructure. Ross’s medium post about trans people “just wanting to get on with their day” NZNO petition for Fair Pay and Safe Staffing...
1/200 Episode 102 - National Bigotry and 'Lab Leaks' w/ Olivier Jutel
Branko and Kyle speak with Olivier Jutel about the NZ National Party's swing into some hard bigotry and discuss the recent reappearance of the COVID-19 'lab leak' theory. Music by Prophet Motive If you’ve enjoyed the episode please give us a 5 star rating and share with a friend!...
Blueprints BONUS Episode - How Bernie Sanders Won The Burlington Mayoralty - USA 1981 - 1983
In 1981, at the same time as Ronald Reagan, an anti-tax, far right celebrity won the Presidency, socialist Bernie Sanders became the mayor of Burlington in the then conservative state of Vermont. The campaign around him stunned everyone, and won by just 10 votes. It was the start of a political revolution in Vermont, and the strategy for how they won and then governed would, against all the odds, win them a clear majority in the 1983 re-election. We spoke with staff writer at Jacobin and 1...
1/200 Episode 101 - Waikeria, Human Rights and Israel/Palestine w/ Ti and Justine
We speak with Ti about the situation post-Waikeria protests and People Against Prisons Aotearoa ’s Reconnection Fund. Justine then speaks with us about recent Israeli atrocities in Gaza and Palestinian human rights. Reconnect Fund found here Music by Prophet Motive If you’ve enjoyed the episode please give us a 5 star rating and share with a friend!...
1/200 Episode 100 - #Budget21 - Bring Out Your Debt
1/200 and guest Paul Kelland talk NZ’s Budget21, the public service payfreeze, welfare, and everything else we could get to in Budget discourse
Blueprints S1E6 - Kua Tae Te Wa: Teachers Strike - NZ 2019
On May 29 2019, Aotearoa New Zealand’s entire education sector went out on a ‘mega-strike’, for the first time in history. During 10 years of the National Government the education sector was in crisis. NZEI Te Riu Roa, the primary teachers union, had steadily grown its capacity to campaign when teachers resisted some of the worst reforms imposed on them. By 2019 the profession was united around a strategy of deep member engagement, escalation and a clear narrative, ‘It’s Time’. We spoke with NZE...
1/200 Episode 99 - #payfreeze and Migrant Rights w/ Anu Kaloti
We talk #payfreeze austerity from NZ Labour and incompetence from UK Labour before Branko interviews President of the Migrant Workers’ Association Anu Kaloti about migrant work and migrant rights in NZ.
1/200 Episode 98 - Tough Sell
Kyle speaks with John and Reece about the NZ Rugby sale to Silver Lake and the failure of the European Super League pitch earlier in April.
1/200 Episode 97 - NZ Bus Lockout with Richard Wagstaff
Kyle, Branko and Justine cover some of the week’s politics before talking with President of the NZ Council of Trade Unions, Richard Wagstaff, about workers rights in Wellington following strike action and an indefinite lockout of NZ Bus workers by their employer.
Blueprints S1E5 - Amy McMahon Becomes Green MP for South Brisbane - AUS 2020
In October’s 2020 state election, the Queensland Green Party won its second seat, as Amy McMahon beat Labour Deputy Premier Jackie Trad. Part of a long term plan to hold the balance of power in the state parliament, the Greens have been patiently building since Johnathan Sri’s 2016 win in a local council ward. Running a left populist narrative, with a more explicit class politics than their New Zealand counterparts, they’re building a political movement to transform their state. Find out how the...