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	Talking Dotcom Interviews with Kim Dotcom, his lawyer Ira Rothken and Eric Goldman by Gordon Campbell
	Mining Below The Floorboards An unprecedented proposal to mine underneath residential homes in Waihi raises the question: Is there anywhere it’s not OK to mine? by Alison McCulloch
	Turkey : from Tahrir to Taksim What caused the uprising in Turkey, and what are its chances of survival? by by Kerem Oktem
	The One That Got Away The continuing adventures of Jesse and Celine… by Philip Matthews
	Having It All, Doing It All More women are earning more than their spouses, and doing more housework/childcare at the same time by Gordon Campbell
	From The Hood – Plot, Mega-Plot Who really did in Peter Dunne? by Lyndon Hood
	Zombie Love: Chewing on the Entrails of Genre Contemporary Zombie Narrative Meets Horror by Mark Williams
	London Calling : Racism, Woolwich, and Beyond Two Weeks In Battleground Britain by Rory MacKinnon
	The Complicatist : Lil B, the Based God The clown prince of hip hop comes to town by Gordon Campbell
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	Risky Business The threat posed to our marine and coastal environment by the Texas oil company, Anadarko by Gordon Campbell
	Fighting To Choose An excerpt from Alison McCulloch’s new book about the battle for abortion rights in New Zealand by by Alison McCulloch
	The Quiet American Celebrating the career of film-maker, Les Blank by Gordon Campbell
	Testing, Testing… But Not Teaching How standardised classroom tests are producing some frightening outcomes in the US by Gordon Campbell
	Iceland Walks Itself Backwards Iceland’s attempt to write a new Constitution hits an electoral headwind by Giulia Dessi
	Campion, Gatsby, Godard and Jesus Franco What should we make of Jane Campion’s return to television? Also: should you be worried about Baz Luhrmann’s Great Gatsby? Is Godard great – and who was Jesus Franco? by Philip Matthews
	From The Hood : Factual Correctness Gone Mad In which we hear about the journalistic standard of accuracy and think it sounds like a fantastic idea. by Lyndon Hood
	The Complicatist : Precious Bryant Paying dues to the Piedmont style of blues by Gordon Campbell
	One Person’s Trash is Another’s Treasure Practical sustainability, as a part of everyday life in Argentina by Amy Vinicombe
	Travelling Light : Argentina Plays By Its Own Rules A visit to a country with striking similarities to New Zealand, but vastly different policies by Marc Thornley
	* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 38, March 27, 2013 * * * * * The March 2013 Edition of Werewolf by Werewolf
	The Show (And Tell) Trial Is Kim Dotcom bound to get a raw deal at his extradition hearing? by Gordon Campbell
	Toxins In The Timber Mills The remarkable struggle of Joe Harawira and the Sawmill Workers Against Poisons shows it will take more than good rules to keep workers and the environment safe by Alison McCulloch
	At Home, Far From Home Ten years on, an American recalls being in New Zealand on the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq by Peter Dyer
	Who Controls Iraq’s Oil? Ten years on from the invasion, it is not the Americans by Gordon Campbell
	London Calling : Sold, and Cold Selling off state-owned energy companies has been a disaster in Britain by Rory MacKinnon
	Beyond The Pixie Dream Girl Silver Linings Playbook, Liberal Arts and the universal love for Jennifer Lawrence by Gordon Campbell
	Egypt In Freefall The Morsi government is leading and feeding the spiral of violence in Egypt by Laura Gribbon
	From The Hood : Ich Bin Ein Wiener The French have A Word For It by Lyndon Hood
	Blurring the Boundaries The convergence of television and politics is a disease without a cure by Gordon Campbell

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Hi and welcome to the 40th issue of Werewolf. This month’s cover story examines the legal foundations of the Dotcom case, via interviews with Kim Dotcom, his US lawyer Ira Rothken and the world-recognised copyright law expert Professor Eric Goldman, Director of the High Tech Law Institute at the Santa Clara University of Law , California. The conclusion? The New Zealand court system, and our law enforcement agencies are being used by the US government and its friends in the entertainment industry to railroad Dotcom and his associates on legal grounds that we demonstrate to be of dubious merit . Especially in the light of the latest US court findings in the recent Viacom vs Youtube civil case in the US, which has swept aside many of the same sort of allegations being made here against Dotcom.

Talking of legal rights, Alison McCulloch has another strong story in this issue about the struggle for justice by the residents of Waihi. Once again Waihi residents have found that their residential property rights , health and wellbeing have been subordinated to the economic interests of the mining industry , to a degree unprecedented in New Zealand’s history. Elsewhere in this issue, we examine the US data on households where women have become the main income earner , and the socio-economic causes – plus, the fact that most women face, who at the same time, lopsided responsibilities for childcare and housework. (Not to mention a deeply-in-denial corporate culture that continues to regard long hours spent at the office as a crucial sign of worker commitment.) Also in this issue, we examine the causes and future prospects of the current turmoil in Turkey . In addition, London correspondent Rory MacKinnon outlines the fortnight of unrest and racist division that has broken out in Britain in the wake of the murder in Woolwich of British soldier Lee Rigby.

In his film column this month, http://werewolf.co.nz/2013/06/the-one-that-got-away/ Philip Matthews looks back at the first two movies in the Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight trilogy directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. An examination of chance, romance and commitment that exerts some of the same fascination as the Seven Up documentaries, Linklater’s series has its latest instalment Before Midnight in New Zealand cinemas later this month. In his satirical column, Lyndon Hood tries to find out which conspiracy theory can stake the most convincing claim to have taken down Peter Dunne . Talking of staking, Mark P. Williams offers a sweeping, encyclopedic analysis of the various claims that zombies, vampires and werewolves etc have made for territory in the realm of horror, and human consciousness – up to and including the spam zombies that come grasping for human connection into our inboxes every day of the week. Kill, kill ! In our music column The Complicatist this month, we celebrate the life, works and meta-textual meaning of Lil B , the Based God – the mercurial hip hop artist who will be giving one concert in New Zealand this month.

Thanks to Lyndon Hood and Alastair Thompson for helping me post this online this month. And to everyone who’s shown an interest in reading Werewolf and keeping it going…thanks a bunch. If you want to be involved and talk over some story ideas, contact me at gordon@scoop.co.nz

Cheers,
Gordon Campbell
Werewolf/Scoop
gordon@werewolf.co.nz

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