Stephanie Rodgers

Feminist, leftie, green māmā from Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Category: Economy

  • TPPA day of action tomorrow

    Tomorrow is the signing of the TPPA in Auckland and events are planned up and down the country to demonstrate to this government that we oppose their ridiculous, minimal-benefit, high-risk…

  • Bold politics: redefining a good business model

    I’m slightly in love with this idea of Jeremy Corbyn’s: to stop companies paying dividends until they pay the people who work for them a living wage. He said in…

  • No shit: money alleviates poverty

    It’s understandable why we’ve generally accepted the rightwing line that “you can’t just throw money at the problem” of poverty. It seems far too simple: people do not have enough…

  • The people win against Talleys

    Congratulations to the members of the Meat Workers Union who have won in court against New Zealand’s most douchebaggy of employers, Talley’s. The Court unanimously decided that the lockout of…

  • The best arguments for a living wage are its opponents

    The fundamental difference between the left and the right is that the left think people are more important than money. That statement usually raises the hackles of nice moderate rightwingers,…