by Cimino | 11 Jul 2012 | Global democracy
World government was the logical next step. Had Albert Einstein, Mohandas K Gandhi and J Robert Oppenheimer had their wish, the United Nations would have quickly transitioned to global government. Nations had plenty of incentive, given the dreadful dawning reality of...
by Daniele Archibugi et al | 27 Jun 2012 | Global democracy
Daniele Archibugi Noam Chomsky Richard Falk David Held Fernando Iglesias Lucio Levi Giacomo Marramao George Monbiot Heikki Patomāki Mary Kaldor Saskia Sassen Richard Sennet Vandana Shiva Andy Strauss Politics lags behind the facts. We live in an era of deep...
by Cimino | 8 May 2012 | MMP, STV
The primary motivation in producing the Mahurangi Magazine to champion the Mahurangi harbourscape. Just an hour’s bus ride away from the city centre—or it will be once the Mahurangi Coastal Trail is complete—the Mahurangi is many Aucklanders’ favourite bolthole, a...
by David Cunliffe | 29 Apr 2012 | Climate action economics, Election turnout
Speech to the New Lynn Women’s Branch of the Labour Party Introduction You know that at the last election, the one that we lost so badly, nearly one million people didn’t vote; more thansorry, sorry, but the Mahurangi Magazine just cannot bring itself allow ‘over’ in...
by Cimino | 5 Apr 2012 | Coalition democratisation, MMP
As submitted to the Electoral Commission The Mahurangi Magazine has campaigned for MMP to be retained and improved for four and a half years—‘1 2 3, tune-up MMP.’ This submission primarily addresses an inherent historical deficiency of mixed member proportional...
by Cimino | 2 Apr 2012 | MMP
It’s a graphic illustration of the limitations of an electoral system. Despite every poll screaming its opposition to asset sales, the National Party ploughs ahead claiming that last year’s win over Labour provides it with an unassailable mandate to implement its...
