Gordon Campbell On The Coalition’s Empty Gestures, And Abortion Refusal As The New Slavery
This whooping cough story from south Auckland is a good example of the coalition government’s approach to social need – spend money on urging people […]
Gordon Campbell on the government’s ongoing ferries disaster
I wouldn’t have picked Nicola Willis to be a big AC/DC fan, but “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” must have been the theme song for […]
Gordon Campbell on the fall of Assad, and the new Dylan movie
ByHold the champagne. Ugly and brutal as it was, the Assad regime may have been the lesser evil for Syria, the Middle East region and [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On How Slavishly This Government Is Serving Its Corporate Donors
ByFor much of 2024, centre stage has been taken by (a) the government’s relentless attacks on all forms of Māori empowerment and (b) by the [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Why An AUKUS Led By Trump Is A Scary Prospect
ByAccording to Social Development Minister Louise Upton her latest crackdown on the unemployed is just “common sense.” Oh, really. Upston is threatening to reduce or [...] Read More »
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 »