Gordon Campbell on our unreal optimism about the economic impact of coronavirus
At this week’s Chinese New Year celebrations, PM Jacinda Ardern was resolutely upbeat that business with China would soon bounce back to normal – better […]
Gordon Campbell on the Iran aftermath
So, evidently, you can get away with murder. It looks as though a further escalation in the ongoing war between Iran and the US has […]
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Gordon Campbell on our unreal optimism about the economic impact of coronavirus
No CommentsByAt this week’s Chinese New Year celebrations, PM Jacinda Ardern was resolutely upbeat that business with China would soon bounce …
Gordon Campbell on the political donations scandals
No CommentsByEven paranoids have real enemies. While there has been something delusionary about the way New Zealand First has been living …
Gordon Campbell on the addiction to Chinese student fees, and a possible future for RNZ Concert
No CommentsByLast week, Australian PM Scott Morrison extended its ban on foreign visitors from or passing through from mainland China – …
Gordon Campbell on the rise of Amy Klobuchar and Michael Bloomberg
No CommentsByOh, the burden of being the front-runner. In 2016, when he was still the feisty underdog, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders …
Gordon Campbell on Concert being bled to enable RNZ’s youth station
No CommentsByRelease the frequencies! If only all political crises could be resolved with such (suspicious) ease. In December, the RNZ board …
Gordon Campbell on the survival of RNZ Concert
No CommentsByCome July and under current plans, RNZ Concert as we now know it will have ceased to exist. Instead, it …
Gordon Campbell on the economic impact of coronavirus, and the Iowa debacle
No CommentsByAs Bloomberg says, the coronavirus shutdown is creating the world’s biggest work-from-home experiment. On the upside, the mortality rate with …
Gordon Campbell on dodging a bullet over the transport cost over-runs
No CommentsByAs New Zealand gears up to begin its $6.8 billion programme of large scale roading projects all around the country, …
Gordon Campbell on National’s hopes of driving NZF out of Parliament
No CommentsByFor months, National’s best (and only?) hope of winning Election 2020 has involved keeping New Zealand First down below the …
Gordon Campbell on Kobemania, Palestine, and the infrastructure package
No CommentsByQuick quiz to end the week. What deserves the more attention – the death of a US basketball legend, or …
Gordon Campbell on China treating our citizens as coronavirus hostages, and Election 2020
No CommentsByMore than once at her post-Cabinet press conference yesterday, PM Jacinda Ardern claimed it would be “very difficult” to evacuate …Gordon Campbell On The Coronavirus Outbreak
No CommentsByThe coronavirus – its official World Health Organisation designation is 2019-nCoV – is believed to have originated as a seafood-to-human …