Gordon Campbell on juggling Covid, and France’s Trump-like populist
It is the age-old Covid problem. How to balance the needs for firms (and schools) to re-open against the need to protect public health. In […]
Gordon Campbell on juggling Covid, and France’s Trump-like populist
It is the age-old Covid problem. How to balance the needs for firms (and schools) to re-open against the need to protect public health. In […]
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Gordon Campbell on juggling Covid, and France’s Trump-like populist
No CommentsByIt is the age-old Covid problem. How to balance the needs for firms (and schools) to re-open against the need …
Gordon Campbell on the perils of declaring premature victory
No CommentsBySure enough, Saturday’s Vaxathon was a barrel of fun and a throwback not merely to the Telethons of the past. …
Gordon Campbell on the epic fails of Kris Faafoi
No CommentsByEver since Winston Peters first breathed life into this government in 2018, its own branding has been all about social …
Gordon Campbell on Covid mandates, and the Covid pill
No CommentsByThe cliché about “living with Covid” will not mean life as we’ve known it, Jim. Vaccination is fast becoming a …
Gordon Campbell on Korea’s global cultural domination, plus a K-pop playlist
No CommentsBySo far, South Korea’s culture industries seem to be pandemic proof. They’re also winning huge global audiences, and not merely …
Gordon Campbell on the civil war (and looming famine) in Ethiopia
No CommentsByWhen the United Nations wheels out its toughest language – Yemen in 2017 was /is“the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe” and …
Gordon Campbell on lifting the lockdowns, and the Covid pill
No CommentsByOne can sympathise with firms struggling under the financial stress caused by Covid restrictions. Yet business (and other critics)appear to …
Gordon Campbell on National’s Covid re-opening plan
No CommentsByAfter banging for what has seemed an eternity about how the government doesn’t have a plan for removing restrictions and …
Gordon Campbell on living in Seymour World
No CommentsBySo far, the horse race journalism surrounding the polling rise of the Act Party has not included much consideration of …
Gordon Campbell on Covid vaccine inequality, plus Cowboy Bebop
No CommentsByPlainly, the Big Pharma model – where vaccine development, distribution, and pricing is left in the hands of the private …
Gordon Campbell on Canada’s election, and the AUKUS defence pact
No CommentsByYesterday, Canada held an election in which everyone lost, including the voters. After holding its most expensive ( $C600 million) …
Gordon Campbell on the Great Covid Mask Debate, plus a music playlist
No CommentsByAy caramba. Only yesterday, Otago University epidemiologist Dr Nick Wilson was still feeling it necessary to suggest that the government …