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Glenn Greenwald And The Irrelevance Of Electoral Politics

November 21, 2014 By Endarken 2 Comments

Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald gave an interview that, were it properly analyzed and circulated globally, should turn geopolitics on its head and destroy the critics who claimed he was taking a political “side” in his appearance at ‘The Moment of Truth.‘

Greenwald’s answers to leading Kiwi political commentator and new media aficionado Russell Brown gets to the heart of the largest conceivable electoral issue: one that makes it clear our politicians are little more than reality TV stars in a projected fantasy; an illusion of democracy and governance that masks our true rulers.

The resulting conversation gives further context to the revelations of the warrant-less spying and mass-surveillance activities of the GCSB, New Zealand’s equivalent of the NSA:

Filed Under: Elections, Foreign Affairs Tagged With: Barack Obama, capitalism, Change Management, Climate change, Corporate America, democracy, Edward Snowden, election 2014, environment, freedom, GCSB, Glenn Greenwald, Institutional Thinking, intelligence, Liberty, money, New Zealand, NSA, Privacy, Risk Management, Russell Brown, surveillance, The Internet Party, The Moment of Truth, Wall Street

The Two Poles Of Kiwi Journalism And A New Vanguard

October 10, 2014 By Endarken Leave a Comment

Mainstream Kiwi journalism in the wake of Dotcom, Assange, Snowden & Greenwald’s pre-election ‘Moment of Truth‘ event has fallen squarely along ideological lines. The media have yet to give any serious consideration to the possibility of any new political paradigm outside of the left-right sphere in which they remain firmly entrenched. The results are predictable and […]

Filed Under: Elections, Foreign Affairs Tagged With: campaign finance, David Farrar, Dirty Politics, Edward Snowden, election 2014, Glenn Greenwald, Internet Mana, Internet Party, Julian Assange, Keith Ng, Kim Dotcom, Kiwiblog, Public Address, The Moment of Truth

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