Gordon Campbell on Thompson+ Clark, and Russia’s FIFA World Cup
Daily, the coalition government keeps running into examples of the toxic legacy left behind by National – and just as regularly, even the simple fixes […]
China
Gordon Campbell on our unthinking readiness to confront China
Other countries regard trade deals as an adjunct of diplomacy and defence and proceed accordingly.
What does Winston Peters want his legacy to be?
From here on, his power will diminish…
John Pilger, and making war on China
Why is New Zealand taking part in military war games aimed at our main trading partner?
Gordon Campbell on our China Cringe
Surprise. So we have a new round of revelations about the Key government’s handling of the threats to our exports by China – if we […]
Gordon Campbell on China Steel Dumping Allegations
Over the course of the past decade, MFAT had managed to concoct a China policy of infinite subtlety, a gossamer illusion that – alas – […]
Waiting For The Man
An interview with new Labour leader, David Shearer
Why State Capitalism Is Beating The Free Market
And why New Zealand is no good at either…
Train Wreck at Kiwirail
Behind the job losses at Hillside and Woburn…
The case for corporate reform
An interview with business analyst Rod Oram
Mao Is Alive and Well (& Living in Kathmandu)
The Nepalese Experiment with Maoism hits gridloc
Playing Aussie Rules on Defence
Why the Rapid Reaction Force would do more harm than good to the ANZAC spirit
Shaping Up To Fight
Will the new White Paper on Defence raise the chances of us getting involved in other peoples’ wars?