Syria Diary
The Free Syrian Army – How To Lose Support And Alienate People In No Time
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Abortion in the Dock
The Supreme Court’s recent upholding of the status quo on abortion access doesn’t fix the problems our outdated abortion laws continue to create
The Dizzying Heights
This year, Vertigo finally replaced Citizen Kane as the best film ever made. If you can believe film critics, that is.
Hating Australians Is Boring
Isn’t it time we gave up bitching about the neighbours?
Rigging It For Romney
How the Republicans are using voter ID laws to steal the Presidency
The Gorilla In Their Midst
Can Waihi count many blessings from the mine on its doorstep?
R.I.P. Time For PPPs
Britain sends a message to its former colony
Paste-Ups, People and Profits
The endless search for space on the city’s walls…
West of Memphis, and Beyond
New Zealand hosts Damien Echols, and the new film on the West Memphis Three
Dark Knight of the Soul
The Batman finale, plus Alyx Duncan and Dan Salmon
100 Years On: The Waihi Miners’ Strike
Waihi’s story is history in the present tense…
Has The Peak Oil Idea… Peaked?
And if so, does the planet stand a chance?
Efficiency Is Not Your Friend
When they say ‘efficiency’ that’s when you should reach for your revolver
On Shaky Ground
Waihi tries to come to terms with the mine in its midst
Manufacturing a Menace
Is Algeria Orchestrating the Terrorist Threat in Mali ?
Return of the DIY Abortion
A hostile law, and stretched services, are pushing women onto the Internet for abortion care
Would Jesus Support Asset Sales?
The role of the Almighty in political debate
There’s No Failure Like Success
Why is the government slowly turning down the heat on the home insulation scheme ?
Plutonic Love
Why we still care about Pluto, the little non-planet
Globalisation and self-sufficiency
How do we avoid losing more than we gain from free trade?
Old Blighty Goes Down For The Count
Patrick Keiller’s films about his faux intellectual, Robinson. Also : Aki Kaurismaki’s Le Havre
Death Rides A Quad Bike
The human costs of our “light-handed” approach to workplace health and safety
On the Tauranga Waterfront
Unpacking the casualising of how and when you work
Public Office, Private Gain?
The saga of Keith Holyoake and Kinloch
Smart Idiots
Just because you’re educated doesn’t mean you’re not an idiot
Webs of Maya
Underground film-maker Maya Deren still casts a spell
What Would Katniss Do?
The Hunger Games heroine is a sign that women are adapting better to today’s economic realities….
Womad : Saved by the Sun
Will the local government reforms put Womad in jeopardy?
Personal Archaeology
The Politicisation of Remembering —Judge Dredd and Horror Stories
Waiting For The Man
An interview with new Labour leader, David Shearer