Gordon Campbell on war crimes and the Afghan insurgency
Truly, with friends like former defence Minster Wayne Mapp, the SAS does not need enemies.
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Gordon Campbell on the Hit and Run book
Without an independent inquiry into this incident it will remain a blot on our military record, and on any subsequent Anzac Day celebrations of the exploits of our troops abroad.
Gordon Campbell on Chuck Berry
A 30-ish black r&b musician from a middle class family in St Louis managed to recreate the world of white teenagers, at a time when the very notion of a “teenager” had just been invented.
Gordon Campbell on Dutch lessons for Labour
Do yesterday’s election results in the Netherlands have any lessons for our own election campaign this year?
Gordon Campbell on the conflicts over abortion
The 1977 legislation is a conservative law on the books that has been interpreted liberally in practice.
Gordon Campbell on the Transport Ministry scandal, quad bikes and Frankie Cosmos
There will always be a risk in bringing the wrong-doing by one’s superiors to the attention of senior management. That’s why the protections for whistle blowers were created.
Gordon Campbell on National’s token National Super age hike
A policy rollout about appearances rather than urgency, driven more by National’s political need to guard its flank than the country’s best interests. Is there a pattern here?
From the Hood: In Which My Computer Develops A Bug
Some free verse poetry a cockroach typed into my computer over the weekend.
Gordon Campbell on Labour’s latest love letter to the centre-right
Labour leader Andrew Little chose to appoint Winston Peters – and not Greens’ leader James Shaw – to Parliament’s committee on the security and intelligence services.
Gordon Campbell on Ardern’s ascension & Trump’s triumph
It’s about time we cut the crap about Jacinda Ardern being only a show pony.
Gordon Campbell on the runway extension’s latest court failure
The Court of Appeal has ringingly found in favour of the pilots’ union over the safety issues raised by the Wellington runway extension.
Gordon Campbell on the Mt Albert aftermath
Now Labour has got a Jacinda Arden – young, smart, compassionate, politically and media adept – what on earth does it do with her?
Gordon Campbell on using ‘kaupapa Maori’ as a cloak
Surely in an election year, it is very much open to question whether the Maori Party’s collaboration with the National government is consistent with a viable, sustainable sense of kaupapa Maori.
Gordon Campbell on the Mana-Maori Party deal
If the self-interest involved wasn’t so blatant, the electorate deal between the Maori Party and Hone Harawira would be kind of poignant.
Gordon Campbell on what Trump may mean for us
The chaotic presidency of Donald Trump has been a weird form of spectator sport for the past three weeks. Horrible, but you can’t stop watching […]
Anne Russell on the misogyny at The Daily Blog
After various leftist media outlets spoke out against the inclusion of rape apologist Willie Jackson in the Labour Party’s election planning , The Daily Blog welcomed its new influx of male readers
Gordon Campbell on Labour’s candidacy troubles
So its official. Greg O’Connor will indeed be Labour’s candidate in Ohariu and – as also signaled well in advance – the Greens will not […]
Gordon Campbell on the limits of conspiracy thinking
On the left, there’s long been a tendency to attribute phenomenal powers of competence and technological expertise to its opponents on the political right.
Gordon Campbell on the looming conflict over the Iranian nuclear deal
Iran and the Trump administration are on a collision course over Iran’s testing of ballistic missiles.
John Quiggin on Australia’s flirtations with Trumpism
Australia has had no less than four Trumpist political parties and may yet get a fifth. The good news is they have been surprisingly ineffectual.
Gordon Campbell on the Bill English phone call, La La Land, and jazz
The reality is that the President enjoys sweeping powers under the Immigration and Nationality Act
Gordon Campbell on NZ as an escape hatch for US survivalists
Nice to see that former Internal Affairs Minister Nathan Guy has regained his memory about signing off on Peter Thiel’s bid for citizenship.
Gordon Campbell on NZ’s silence over Trump’s anti-Muslim agenda
Shame that the New Zealand government has been missing in action over the weekend, during the time when the Trump presidency has been carrying out […]
Gordon Campbell on Peter Thiel’s bid for citizenship
So we now we know how much it costs to buy New Zealand citizenship.
Gordon Campbell on journalism’s future in the era of “alternative facts.”
Already, the White House has made it clear that the media are the new enemy that the new President’s supporters will be encouraged to unite against.
Gordon Campbell on the team behind the throne
Team of charlatans, bigots and stunningly ignorant crackpots that Trump is appointing to head key federal agencies is alarming.
Gordon Campbell on Bill English, abroad
If David Cameron was the closest thing John Key had to a political mentor, their successors also share a whole lot in common. Theresa May […]
A Small Ode on a Trump Inauguration Poem
I figure if this guy can write an inauguration poem, anyone can.
Gordon Campbell on populism and Labour 2017
For many on the centre-left, populism is a dirty word, and shorthand for the politics of bigotry.
The best albums of 2016
I’m not even going to try and rationalise this surrender to a ‘best of’ listicle.