Gordon Campbell on the fall of Assad, and the new Dylan movie
Hold the champagne. Ugly and brutal as it was, the Assad regime may have been the lesser evil for Syria, the Middle East region and […]
Gordon Campbell on what’s wrong with the Treaty Principles Bill
It has taken until 2024, but even the All Blacks now recognise that Māori are the tangata whenua of this country. There is no consensus […]
Gordon Campbell on the Royal Commission’s fine-tuning of vaccine mandates and lockdowns
ByLet’s hope politicians of all stripes can agree to limit their urge to politicise the Royal Commission of Inquiry findings about the Covid response. Since [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell on what’s wrong with the Treaty Principles Bill
ByIt has taken until 2024, but even the All Blacks now recognise that Māori are the tangata whenua of this country. There is no consensus [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Hikoi Aftermath
ByThe euphoria from yesterday’s hikoi may be transitory, but is no less valuable for that. It is pretty rare for the left to feel itself [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Hikoi Arrival, And Tyler Childers
ByPoliticians like to bang on all about the need to heal society’s racial/economic divisions, but in their actions they’re more keen on stoking those divisions, [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell on the folly of making apologies in a social vacuum.
ByDay One of the Treaty Principles Bill…and everyone got what they wanted, and did what they liked. Heated words were exchanged. Culturally appropriate acts of [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell on the Crown’s sorry excuse for an apology
ByThe world over, politicians are finding “sorry” to be the easiest word. Without disclosing the size and formula of the monetary compensation that the government [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell on abortion’s role in the US election
ByYesterday, America moved decisively to the right not only politically, but socially and economically. This rightwards shift was evident not merely in the red states [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On US Voter Suppression, Plus The Races To Watch
ByOn Wednesday evening, as our television relays images of long lines of people queuing to vote, keep this in mind: since 2012, America has closed [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell on America’s fear of foreigners
ByMike King’s latest comments about the relationship between alcohol and mental health – according to King, alcohol does more good than harm – raises red [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell on why so many young males like Donald Trump
ByTo foreigners, the fact that so many millions of Americans are buying the used and poisonous goods that Donald Trump is selling is an unfathomable [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell on dissing Wellington, and Porridge Radio
ByNational has never forgiven Wellington – or its public servants – for voting for Labour and the Greens. (Red-blooded Kiwis work in the private sector.) [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell on the Three Strikes cycle of failure
ByWe all know the “tough on crime” approach is only a stop gap measure at best, and that a justice model based on incarceration doesn’t [...] Read More »