Archive for May, 2010

Freedom of Speech: Up In Smoke

Posted by Luke H on May 11th, 2010

“Our most basic freedoms are threatened by an outrageous attempt to shut down peaceful activist magazine NORML News,” declares Libertarianz Drugs Spokesman Luke Howison. Three issues of the popular cannabis activism magazine NORML News have been submitted to the Office of Film & Literature Classification for ‘classification’ – which is potentially a precursor for a [...]

Catastrophes, Culture, Free Speech, Freedom, Libertarianz, New Zealand, Police, Politics | 1 Comment »

Karori: A National Security Threat?

Posted by Luke H on May 10th, 2010

I’ve noticed something weird going on in Karori recently.  Check out this sign from the window of the Karori Post Office (click for big): That’s right.  It’s a serious-looking Big Brother poster warning Karori residents that surveillance and recording of their physical whereabouts, conversations, phone calls, text messages and internet use “may” be operating, for [...]

Culture, Freedom, New Zealand, Photos, Police, Politics, Wellington | 4 Comments »

Wellington Search and Surveillance Bill Protest

Posted by Luke H on May 5th, 2010

On Saturday April 24th 2010, Phil and I went along to the Wellington protest against the Search and Surveillance Bill, which proposes: Sweeping powers to spy, bug conversations and hack into private computers could be given to a web of state agencies as diverse as Inland Revenue and the Meat Board. The Human Rights Commission [...]

Free Speech, Freedom, Libertarianz, New Zealand, Personal, Photos, Police, Politics, Wellington | 1 Comment »