From The Daily Blog
Remember Seymour in an interview denied any connection to Atlas which is not true. He called it conspiracy … EWNZ
The Article 2/2/25:
By Martyn Bradbury
Last night [1 Feb] during the reading of ACTs Bill to dump the Productivity Commission, Labour mentioned the Atlas Network for the first time in Parliament…
Whose interests are ACT actually serving here by silencing the Productivity Commission?
The Atlas Network is an international far right think tank whose extreme policy platform seeks to attack public servants, push for radical privatization, dismantle regulation protecting workers and the environment and champions Landlords over renters.
That sounds remarkably similar to this Government. Who is behind the ACT Party and their policy? The Atlas Network sounds exactly like the policy platform of this new Government and the ACT Party, the Taxpayers’ Union and The NZ Initiative all have links to the Atlas Network so I ask , who is really pulling the strings here?
…the Atlas Network are an international far right think tank and George Monbiot has done an expose on how the Atlas Network influences UK politics and TDB has highlighted the links between them and NZ politics.
Look at the Atlas International play book and ask yourself if it sounds familiar…
A crash programme of massive cuts; demolishing public services; privatising public assets; centralising political power; sacking civil servants; sweeping away constraints on corporations and oligarchs; destroying regulations that protect workers, vulnerable people and the living world; supporting landlords against tenants; criminalising peaceful protest; restricting the right to strike.
…watch how each of these extremist free market agendas are being slowly and quietly implemented. The new draconian gang powers
Atlas Network also gets mentioned by the Public Health Communication Centre who note the connections between Tobacco Lobbyists and the Atlas Network…
| Tobacco Company | Political connections | Evidence of industry links |
| British American Tobacco | Casey Costello (NZ First Party) formerly Chair and member of Tax Payers’ Union Board. Now Minister with responsibility for the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990; vaping; smokeless tobacco; oral nicotine.1 | Guardian investigation reported TPU received funding from British American Tobacco
TPU has links with the Atlas Network, which has received tobacco industry funding.
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…it also notes that Nicola Willis is a former Nazgul at the NZ Initiative…
| British American Tobacco
Imperial Brands Australasia |
Nicola Willis, Deputy leader National Party, formerly Board Director New Zealand Initiative | NZI list tobacco companies British American Tobacco and Imperial Brands Australasia as members. |
…at some point the mainstream media are going to have two investigate the influence of the Atlas Network over the Political Right in NZ.
It’s good that Labour has started that questioning.
Where are the Greens and the Māori Party?
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Everytime the expression “far right” is used, one has to stop and wonder what is meant. Is it the real far right and neo-liberal or is it actually far left (something based on Socialism)? If someone from the left expressing the opinion, the latter is valid …
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I find it confusing myself SasjaL. Lost me a while back. Think it’s likely planned that way.
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Well, before Germany’s attack on Soviet (Operation Barbarossa), National Socialism [NS] was considered left wing all over the world. There are even quotes by Winston Churchill refering them as Socialists. Some “bright” leftist thought that a Socialist country can not go to war with other Socialist countries, so NS has to be right wing. The usual flawed leftard logic … and the expression “Nazism” was created, so people in general shouldn’t realise the lie … It’s rare to hear a leftist use the correct name of the ideology …
An ideology that starts in a labour party (which is based on Socialism) can not become right wing and at the same time keep the Socialistic foundation that NS did. NS started in the German Labour Party. Have seen some argue that trade was not regulated much in NS (refering indirectly to Com.), so it can’t be left wing, but that can [could] be said about Social “Democracy” too …
Same apply to Fascism, due to the ties to NS, but started in the Italian Labour party. (They had the sense to ditch Mussolini & Co. before it was too late …)
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That’s interesting SasjaL. You have a great detailed knowledge of that era.
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History class wasn’t even close to be a favorite in school. The [limited] interest came later, specifically regarding fact vs. tought fiction … Have one parent with experience of both of the two worst Socialistic ideologies in practice. The stories told differed a bit from those taught and publically presented, so one thing led to another. Never liked politics, but it has almost replaced religion in modern time, as the main reason of wars.
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That resonates. I didn’t like the topic in younger years but now I find it very interesting.
That knowledge from one parent … how invaluable. And agree re the wars. My dad in his latter years (having served in WW2 in Middle East & Italy) said wars will never end because wars make money.
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