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National Maori Action Day' demonstrators protest in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Thousands of protesters rallied against the New Zealand government's Indigenous policies on Tuesday as the Parliament convened for the first time since October elections. (Jason Dorday/New Zealand Herald via AP)

Gordon Campbell On The Government’s Assault On Maori

December 6, 2023 0

This isn’t news, but the National-led coalition is mounting a sustained assault on Treaty rights and obligations. Even so, Christopher Luxon has described yesterday’s nationwide […]

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Gordon Campbell on National’s divisive plans to heal our divisions

October 18, 2023 0

As we wait for crime to cease, rents to fall, and food prices to plummet, how does the Luxon government propose to heal the divisions […]

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Gordon Campbell on the Keen-Minshull fallout, and the zombie revival of national standards

March 27, 2023 0

Oh, the irony. Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull has made a career out of inciting public hostility against the trans community, only to find herself on the receiving […]

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Gordon Campbell on the protests inside Israel

February 15, 2023 0

This week in Jerusalem, about 100,000 Israelis took to the streets to demonstrate against plans by the recently elected coalition government of Benjamin “ Bibi” […]

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Gordon Campbell on Iran getting worse, alcohol in sport and a music playlist

November 1, 2022 0

So we’ve found a ledge for our Iran policy, and are now doing our best to call it a mezzanine. Yesterday, the government announced the […]

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Gordon Campbell on the protests in Iran

October 11, 2022 0

The bravery of the young demonstrators in Iran is extraordinary. This is the third major wave of demonstrations to wrack the country in the past […]

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Gordon Campbell on abortion rights

May 5, 2022 0

So a Supreme Court stacked with ideologues selected by Donald Trump is about to make an ideological decision to ban the legal right of American […]

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Gordon Campbell on framing the media debate

April 7, 2022 0

Quite justifiably, TVNZ has got a lot of stick on social media for the bizarre framing it used in last night’s 6pm nws bulletin to […]

FILE PHOTO: Protesters rally against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions and vaccine mandates in Wellington, New Zealand, November 9, 2021.  REUTERS/Praveen Menon/File Photo

Gordon Campbell on the rise of vigilante “sovereign justice”

April 4, 2022 0

If you or I decided to exempt ourselves from the laws of the land, and -moreover- made public our intention to kidnap and murder the […]

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Gordon Campbell on the peace flotilla and the oligarch

March 10, 2022 0

As the peace flotilla converges on the Northland luxury resort owned by Russian steel magnate Alexander Abramov, the government is putting in place the full […]

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Gordon Campbell on the impotence of onlookers

March 4, 2022 0

Against its will, the world has become conditioned to driving by acts of genocide and peering at them through the window with alarm – before […]

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Gordon Campbell on the protests, Putin’s Pyrrhic victory, plus a playlist

March 2, 2022 0

The protest encampment at Parliament long ago ceased to have any rational purpose beyond perpetuating its own existence. Social media has already condemned the way […]

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Gordon Campbell on the Ottawa precedent for Police action

February 21, 2022 0

First contain, then clear. This morning’s belated “traffic management operation” by the Police is clearly a containment exercise meant to create boundaries beyond which the […]

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Gordon Campbell on why compromise isn’t an option

February 14, 2022 0

Gosh, as one academic advocated on RNZ this morning, why don’t some politicians just go out and meet the protesters, listen to them, and suggest […]

A convoy of vehicles block an intersection near New Zealand's Parliament in Wellington Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Hundreds of people protesting vaccine and mask mandates drove in convoy to New Zealand's capital on Tuesday and converged outside Parliament as lawmakers reconvened after a summer break. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP)

Gordon Campbell on the Police tactics at Parliament

February 11, 2022 0

Canada is better known for being the home of relentlessly nice people. Yet its trucking protests have become an unlikely model for social disruption, as […]

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Gordon Campbell on fostering the culture of Covid complaint

December 16, 2021 0

Success can be its own worst enemy. If the plane doesn’t crash or the ship doesn’t sink, that doesn’t prove the safety measures were unnecessary, […]

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Gordon Campbell on farmers playing the victim, plus Chile’s right turn

November 23, 2021 0

Among the farming lobby groups, the good cop/bad cop routine has been working a treat. It suits Federated Farmers to keep daylight between itself and […]

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Gordon Campbell on the politics of anger, plus a music playlist

November 19, 2021 0

Angry? Are you talkin’ to ME? Of late, the Code Red levels of resentment inspired by the government’s Covid policy almost make one hanker for […]

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Gordon Campbell on the Myanmar coup and the immense, enduring success of BTS

March 16, 2021 0

During yesterday’s protests in Myanmar over 50 demonstrators were shot dead, one police officer died, and several Chinese owned factories were set on fire. Among […]

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Gordon Campbell on why Trump is unlikely to get re-elected

June 19, 2020 0

So….Is the world likely to have to endure a second term of Donald Trump’s proto-fascist presidency? Probably not, at this point. The opinion polls – […]

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