GOVT: ‘Look Over There!’ *Cripples Democracy*
The next two years—to certain people—represent an opportunity for one thing: profit
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Read Online
Welcome to the Salient blog! Here you'll find every piece of writing we've published this year. Browse by category, or just go for a scroll.
Henry Broadbent
Aug 122 min read
Pōneke Student Justice for Palestine: DIVEST NOW!
The letter demands VUW: divest from Israel, implement a BDS policy, and establish scholarships for Palestinian students and academics.
Henry Broadbent
Aug 52 min read
Making Strides for Workers Rights—in Eight Inch Heels
Fired Up Stilettos continues to fight for the rights of adult entertainers in Aotearoa, following their Petition for Strippers Labour Rights
Henry Broadbent
Jul 153 min read
UniQ and QED Turf out the TERFS.What’s Next for VUW?
Last Tuesday, the usually quiet mezzanine floor in Rutherford House was transformed into a successful protest
Henry Broadbent
May 275 min read
All My Homies Hate the Binary
Rambled by Henry Broadbent (he/him) Last summer, in what feels like an oddly distant past, Phoebe and I spent our New Year’s poolside...
Henry Broadbent
May 274 min read
Pōneke. Protest!
Written and photgraphed by HENRY BROADBENT (HE/HIM) OPINION: On Saturday the 18th of May, Inflection Point, which identifies itself as “a...
Henry Broadbent
May 203 min read
Winnie Wants to Look at Your Junk
A solution in search of a problem HENRY BROADBENT (HE/HIM) CW: Transphobia, Sexual Violence, Winston Peters On May 10th NZ First...
Henry Broadbent
May 132 min read
Students Aren’t the Only Ones Struggling
A Message of Solidarity to University Staff HENRY BROADBENT (HE/HIM) While staff at Victoria University reel from last year’s job cuts,...
Henry Broadbent
Apr 294 min read
Navigating the Algorithm
I’m going to make a confession. I love Spotify Wrapped.
Henry Broadbent
Apr 223 min read
Nic Smith—Freedom of Speech Crusader
HENRY BROADBENT (HE/HIM) OPINION: Earlier this month an email from the Office of the Vice Chancellor Nic Smith circulated among staff,...
Henry Broadbent
Apr 151 min read
Government Launches University Advisory Group, Doesn’t Consult Students
HENRY BROADBENT (HE/HIM) On March 27, Tertiary Education and Skills Minister Penny Simmonds announced the creation of a new University...
Henry Broadbent
Apr 152 min read
Justice for Palestine: Hope in the Face of Horror
Words and Photos by HENRY BROADBENT (HE/HIM) On Sunday the 7th of April thousands of Wellingtonians marched from Civic Square to...
Henry Broadbent
Apr 51 min read
Hundreds Rally Against Coalition Government
Photo: Henry Broadbent This year’s School Strike for Climate was a broad-church action, held collboratively today by Toitū Te Tiriti,...
Phoebe Robertson
Mar 251 min read
Whaikaha Narrows Access to Disability Services, via Facebook Post.
PHOEBE ROBERTSON (she/her), HENRY BROADBENT (he/him) On Wednesday 20th Whaikaha, the Ministry of Disabled People, revealed their...
Henry Broadbent
Mar 252 min read
Large-Scale Famine, Mass Death Loom in Gaza.
HENRY BROADBENT (he/him) A UN-backed IPC report has warned “famine is imminent” in Gaza. It states the “entire population in the Gaza...
Henry Broadbent
Mar 182 min read
Week in Review: Glazer and The Zone of Disinterest
HENRY BROADBENT (HE/HIM) The week in Aotearoa has seen various pundits whinging at the bothersome intrusion of petty concepts like ‘human...
Henry Broadbent
Mar 51 min read
Chasing the Nats: A Retrospective:
11a.m, Clubs Day: A sunny morning in Kelburn. Campus swarms with idealistic undergraduates. In a shaded corner of the Hub, Nicola Willis,...
Henry Broadbent
Mar 43 min read
Patch Notes
HENRY BROADBENT (HE/HIM) The Coalition Government last week announced new legislation banning gang patches in public will become law—even...
Henry Broadbent
Mar 41 min read
US Senator Tom Woods on the LGBTQ+ Community: “We are a religious state, and we are going to fight it to keep that filth out of the state of Oklahoma.”
CW: Transphobia, Queerphobia, Violence HENRY BROADBENT (HE/HIM) In 2022 Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt enacted a law requiring public school...
Henry Broadbent
Feb 262 min read
The Week in Review
HENRY BROADBENT (HE/HIM) Government Announces ‘Full Force’ Benefit Sanctions Early in the week, PM Christopher Luxon and Minister for...
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