tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post8971735547315619774..comments2023-10-30T02:03:56.081+13:00Comments on Capitalism Bad; Tree Pretty: That's twice I've agreed with the Prime Minister this yearMaiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212711843307060731noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-17527409866868238792007-09-26T01:18:00.000+12:002007-09-26T01:18:00.000+12:00I also admire Dick Scott. I recently lent 'Would a...I also admire Dick Scott. I recently lent 'Would a good man die?', his book on New Zealand's bizarre and disastrous rule in Niue, to a friend who spends a lot of time there, and <BR/>I've just blogged about the Parihaka prisoners in Dunedin, whom Scott described in Ask That Mountain, in response to an American racist who has been attacking Maori. <BR/><BR/>Scott cocked up though when he decided to conclude his otherwise-admirable history of the 1951 waterside lockout with a denunciation of the influence of American comic books on Kiwi kids! Ah well, we all make mistakes. <BR/><BR/>Scott has just gifted a chunk of his private his papers to the Auckland museum archives, and a few odds and bobs from them (pages of mss, a leaflet from the '81 tour etc) are on display temporarily in the glass case at the entrance to the museum library. Once the papers are catalogued they will surely be a great resource for left-wing scholars.mapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209906216745532870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-42781509077676717972007-09-19T14:54:00.000+12:002007-09-19T14:54:00.000+12:00Maybe but you still have to face the fact that Mao...Maybe but you still have to face the fact that Maori are a conquered people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com