Gordon Campbell on the government’s war with itself
Article – Gordon Campbell All hands in the crew steering the good ship NZ Inc are supposed to be (a) pulling their own weight and […]
December 2010
Gordon Campbell on Helen Clark’s sob story, and the persecution of Jafar Panahi
So former Prime Minister Helen Clark is ‘incensed’ at US diplomatic cables that suggests her real reason for sending New Zealand engineers into Iraq, was […]
Record Shop R.I.P
A few seasonal thoughts on the demise of ye olde record store
West Papua: from Morning Star to Mourning
The freedom & democracy movement in West Papua is using non-violent action to advance its cause.
Mao Is Alive and Well (& Living in Kathmandu)
The Nepalese Experiment with Maoism hits gridloc
Letter from America : Christmas in New York
Santa’s Sleigh makes its way to the U.S. of A.
Classics : The Incredible Journey (1961)
About the bond between animals and humans….
Milestone Movies : The Best of 2010
Art – and reality are always a construct
From The Hood : Mustn’t Grumble
Lyndon Hood looks back at 2010 and feels reasonably satisfied
The Complicatist : How To Dress Well
Memory and desire – plus, the best of 2010
Cartoon Alley: Barnsey Malone
Barnsey Malone (11) lives in Newtown, she normally does her drawings on whiteboard and rubs them out.
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 18, November 2010 * * * * *
The November 2010 Edition of Werewolf
On the fiasco in overseas aid funding and the latest evidence that watching Fox News really does make you more stupid
The personal vendetta being waged by Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully against aid sector NGOs has now reached its inevitable, illogical conclusion – half of […]
On faster (pricier) broadband, and our ongoing Afghan delusions
As the government gradually releases the detail of its ultrafast broadband package, it is becoming clear that this initiative will not be the boon for […]
On disenfranchising prisoners, and 'Desperate Housewives' as a Saudi tool of oppression
The pre-Christmas period is traditionally a time for dumping politically noxious material on the public, in the hope they’ll be too distracted to notice. Certainly, […]
On the Wongs, and more on Police pursuits
Surprise surprise. Sammy Wong may not have told Lockwood Smith’s appointed Parliamentary Services investigator all of the relevant truth relating to one of Wong’s taxpayer […]
On needless Police pursuit deaths, and the new Catch 22 powers of the SIS
At his post Cabinet press conference yesterday, Prime Minister John Key confirmed that 18 people had died in police pursuits this year. Scoop asked him […]
On Treasury’s ideological hostility to film tax breaks
Treasury’s religious objection to tax breaks and the left wing’s objection to paying subsidies to US multinationals like Warners have converged in their joint hostility […]
On the Wikileaks window on US diplomacy
The Wikileaks release of diplomatic cables has unearthed some great moments in US diplomacy. High affairs of state? Not always. Hillary Clinton’s belief that Argentine […]