{"id":370239,"date":"2018-07-20T22:57:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T21:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/new-zealand-labour-aligned-daily-blog-posts-pro-war-anti-china-tirade\/"},"modified":"2018-07-20T22:57:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T21:57:22","slug":"new-zealand-labour-aligned-daily-blog-posts-pro-war-anti-china-tirade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/new-zealand-labour-aligned-daily-blog-posts-pro-war-anti-china-tirade\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Labour-aligned Daily Blog posts pro-war, anti-China tirade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3 class=\"nomargin\">\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h2>New Zealand Labour-aligned Daily Blog posts pro-war, anti-China tirade<\/h2>\n<h5>\n<p>    By<br \/>\n    John Braddock<br \/>\n    <br \/>20 July 2018<\/p>\n<\/h5>\n<p>The <em>Daily Blog<\/em>, an on-line commentary site funded by several New Zealand trade unions, has posted a reactionary article fomenting anti-Chinese xenophobia and endorsing stepped-up preparations for a US-led war.<\/p>\n<p>The self-styled \u201cleft-wing\u201d blog is a support base for the Labour-NZ First-Green Party government. Edited by Martyn Bradbury, a former student newspaper editor and \u201calternative\u201d media figure, it provides a forum for a layer of commentators, academics, trade union officials and pseudo-left activists. Bradbury has had affiliations with the Maori nationalist Mana Party and tech entrepreneur Kim Dotcom\u2019s Internet Party.<\/p>\n<p>On July 8, Bradbury posted a commentary following Defence Minister Ron Mark\u2019s appearance on TV1\u2019s \u201cQ+A\u201d program. Mark, a leader of the anti-immigrant NZ First Party and former soldier, was interviewed about the Labour-led government\u2019s Strategic Defence Policy Statement, released two days earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The statement explicitly targets China and Russia as principal global \u201cthreats.\u201d It represents a sharp shift by the ruling elite, echoing the Trump administration\u2019s demand for increased military preparations for looming inter-imperialist conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>The document demands expanded measures to protect New Zealand\u2019s \u201cnational security.\u201d These include, externally, \u201cengaging in targeted interventions offshore to protect New Zealand\u2019s interests,\u201d particularly in the Pacific, and internally, preventing \u201cactivities aimed at undermining or overturning Government institutions, principles and values\u201d\u2014a clear warning to the increasingly restive working class.<\/p>\n<p>Mark used his television appearance to confirm a $NZ2.3 billion purchase&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2018\/07\/20\/blog-j20.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 New Zealand Labour-aligned Daily Blog posts pro-war, anti-China tirade By John Braddock 20 July 2018 The Daily Blog, an on-line commentary site funded by several New Zealand trade unions, has posted a reactionary article fomenting anti-Chinese xenophobia and endorsing stepped-up preparations for a US-led war. The self-styled \u201cleft-wing\u201d blog is a support base for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2526,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-370239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2526"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}