Gordon Campbell on the human rights dimension of Jacinda Ardern’s visit to China
It is also difficult to imagine that even a moral lecture by a New Zealand PM would do much to improve the lot of the persecuted, or make the tyrants mend their ways
Turkey
Gordon Campbell on what the Ardern government could have done better
Across New Zealand and the world , PM Jacinda Ardern has justifiably won praise for how she has responded to the Christchurch attacks. There have been a few areas where the performance of the government has been less than stellar.
Gordon Campbell on justice for Kiwi jihadis
Mark Taylor, the Kiwi recruit to ISIS, ultimately put himself in the hands of the Kurdish forces in northern Syria. That was smart of him, and/or lucky.
Gordon Campbell on our history of selling out the Kurds
For the past 100 years, the West has sold out the Kurds over and over again.
Gordon Campbell on the selling out of the Kurds
Once every decade, the Kurds flicker across the Western world’s radar, usually in the role of victims.
Turkey : from Tahrir to Taksim
What caused the uprising in Turkey, and what are its chances of survival?
Slutwalk and Hijab
An interview Professor Leila Ahmed of Harvard Divinity School