Housing and the shape of the state
Gramsci and Kropotkin, on why rent has always been political.
- I. Diagnosis
- II. Disagreement
- III. Proposal
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A once-in-a-generation opportunity?
Luxon and Freire on the New Zealand-India free trade agreement.
- I. Diagnosis
- II. Disagreement
- III. Proposal
Sources & further reading
- MFAT — New Zealand–India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement — signed 27 April 2026, New Delhi
- NZ Parliament — first reading Hansard — 25 June 2026, 93 to 29
- Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1968) — chapters 2 and 3 — banking vs. dialogical education
- The Kiwi Dialectic — full course notes and further reading
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The boogeyman with the DeLorean
Novelly and Bakunin on nuclear-free New Zealand.
- I. The Boogeyman
- II. Carry Your Own Water
- III. Whose Friends
Sources & further reading
- RNZ — New US ambassador would like chance to work on NZ's nuclear policy — Lillian Hanly, 3 July 2026 — all Novelly quotes verbatim
- The Spinoff — US Senate confirms Trump's pick for ambassador to NZ — background on Novelly's Apex Oil family and Republican donor history
- ProPublica — Trump team financial disclosures, Novelly Jared
- St Louis Magazine — Novelly's push to unseat Kestelman — March 2025 corporate raid on Illawarra Hawks / NBL
- Justia — Apex Oil Chapter 11 appeals (960 F.2d 728) — 1987 bankruptcy; self-dealing allegations unproven; creditors paid 64–86¢/$
- Nuclear Free New Zealand Act 1987 — the law Novelly wants "the chance to work on"
- Bakunin, Statism and Anarchy (1873) — chapter on the alliance of church, state, and capital
- The Kiwi Dialectic — full course notes and further reading
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