Travelling Light : Argentina Plays By Its Own Rules
A visit to a country with striking similarities to New Zealand, but vastly different policies
Articles by lyndon
The Show (And Tell) Trial
Is Kim Dotcom bound to get a raw deal at his extradition hearing?
Toxins In The Timber Mills
The remarkable struggle of Joe Harawira and the Sawmill Workers Against Poisons shows it will take more than good rules to keep workers and the environment safe
At Home, Far From Home
Ten years on, an American recalls being in New Zealand on the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Who Controls Iraq’s Oil?
Ten years on from the invasion, it is not the Americans
London Calling : Sold, and Cold
Selling off state-owned energy companies has been a disaster in Britain
Beyond The Pixie Dream Girl
Silver Linings Playbook, Liberal Arts and the universal love for Jennifer Lawrence
Egypt In Freefall
The Morsi government is leading and feeding the spiral of violence in Egypt
From The Hood : Ich Bin Ein Wiener
The French have A Word For It
Blurring the Boundaries
The convergence of television and politics is a disease without a cure
The Complicatist : Lee Moses, and Friends
More obscure soul music gems from the vaults
Cool Capital, Cold Comfort
Does the elected council in Wellington even know what’s happening to its Council work force and services?
Capital at the Crossroads
An interview with Wellington mayor Celia Wade-Brown
Policing Pregnancy
In the rush to protect children, are the rights of pregnant women being overlooked?
Assange At Bay
An interview with Julian Assange’s lawyer, Jennifer Robinson
Slaves To The Rhythm
Two decades after Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino is treading water. (But P.T. Anderson’s The Master is original and innovative.)
Bringing The Living Wage To Life
How to create a legal mechanism to promote social justice
The Art of Torture
Zero Dark Thirty and Argo tangle with journalism, and journalism loses
Pussy Riot Are Just The Tip Of The Iceberg
The Russians are mounting a stealth attack at the UN on the definition of human rights
From The Hood : Texts From My PM
Lyndon Hood wonders why these people haven’t run out of credit
The Complicatist : Somewhere In Time
Celebrating the life and music of Gary Stewart
That Muslim Look
‘Looking Muslim’ is already problematic for some travelers
Into The Cave of Dreams – Trans Pacific Partnership
Is the Trans Pacific Partnership a free trade mirage?
Selling the Farm – Trans Pacific Partnership
Just how much could a TPP deal to get our dairy into the United States really cost us?
The Neutering Of Pharmac – Trans Pacific Partnership
How the TPP trade deal means trouble for our drugs buying agency.
Head First Into The Spaghetti Bowl – Trans Pacific Partnership
An exclusive interview with the world’s leading trade scholar, Jagdish Bhagwati.
MegaContradictions
Copyright infringement is allegedly theft – so how come state agencies and corporates advertise on pirate sites?
Hipster Irony and Capitalism
Hipsters are (really annoying) people too
Go To China
The best (and worst) films of 2012
Art On Desolation Row
A great art museum endures, amidst social and environmental disaster by the Aral Sea