Gordon Campbell on why the opinion polls for Key and Trump defy gravity
The commentariat tends to treat politics as boxing – the public, however, seem to experience politics as the static pageant of a wrestling match
Columns
Gordon Campbell on Todd McClay’s faulty memory
McClay’s obvious difficulty in getting his story straight is part of a wider credibility problem with this government.
Gordon Campbell on the IOC’s treatment of Russian sport, and lone wolf terrorism
An IOC blanket ban on Russian athletes would have been marked contrast to its treatment of the track and field team from Kenya
Gordon Campbell on the Reserve Bank, the UN shortlist, and Trump
Can there really be there any link between the US presidential elections and yesterday’s RBNZ signals on interest rates and the NZ dollar? Well, maybe. […]
Gordon Campbell on what John Key should be asking Joe Biden
Key needs to be asking Biden about how – and why – the White House is busily circumventing the TPP deal signed earlier this year
Gordon Campbell on China Steel Dumping Allegations
Over the course of the past decade, MFAT had managed to concoct a China policy of infinite subtlety, a gossamer illusion that – alas – […]
Gordon Campbell on the censorship wreaking havoc within South Africa’s state broadcaster
Decrees include no further negative news about the President and an end to camera angles that made him ‘look shorter’.
Gordon Campbell on Labour’s housing policy, and TPP rewrites
Driving round Dunedin South yesterday was an interesting place to be hearing the news of Labour’s new housing policy launch.
Gordon Campbell on Tony Blair and the Chilcot Report
Alongside this litany of criticisms of Blair’s style of government and decision-making, Chilcot has also given Blair a remarkable amount of wiggle room.
Gordon Campbell on John Key’s weird pilgrimage to Europe
The current Key/McClay expedition to the UK and Europe looks decidedly peculiar.
Gordon Campbell on a bad week for Malcolm Turnbull, and the Queen
Malcolm Turnbull’s immediate goal – mere survival – is still within his grasp… In every other respect, this election has been a disaster for the Liberals
Gordon Campbell on bidding bye bye to Boris
Boris Johnson’s exit from the Conservative leadership contest supports the conspiracy theory that he never really expected “Leave” to win
Gordon Campbell on Bill English living in denial
The working poor have been a direct byproduct of the economic policies in vogue for the past 30 years or more, all over the Western world.
Gordon Campbell on Britain’s pleas for mercy
On Brexit, the Europeans clearly want Britain to get on with it, but no British politician seems willing to step up
Gordon Campbell on political smears and begging
Can a ministerial spin merchant ‘accidentally’ pass on to a journalist the fact that a prominent critic of their Minister is under Police investigation?
On the new Defence White Paper
Once again, government spending on Defence is increasing by leaps and bounds, without any rational cost/benefit analysis.
Gordon Campbell on Muhammad Ali
As with Bob Dylan, Muhammad Ali changed the times so thoroughly that anyone coming along afterwards will probably struggle to understand.
Republican tribalism
Or…Trump as a disaster for neo-liberalism
Keeping The Sea Lanes Open
Is securing the sea lanes a valid rationale for Defence spending?
From The Hood: Home, And A Way
Auckland struggles to cope with its over-supply of advice on housing affordability…
From the Hood : The Afterlife of Pablo
Kanye do something with this album cover meme? Ye kan!
The Complicatist : Japanese Music
Japanese hip-hop, noise music, J-Pop, and a whole lot more besides….
Do You Believe In Second Chances?
The Sundance TV series Rectify takes the difficulties of faith, forgiveness and family seriously
From The Hood : Illegal in an Illegal Land
Reading the fine print, except it’s not actually fine at all.
The Complicatist : Hip Hop’s Vanishing Sense of Community
A collective music based on allegiance to the ‘hood now belongs to remote and isolated solo stars
The Complicatist : Frankie Cosmos, and other sounds of whiteness
Some musical journeys in the worlds of white people….
Panic in Detroit
Why David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows is a teenage sensation.
From The Hood : We Called Him Tortoise, Because He Deports Us
Australia and Other Nonsense
The Complicatist: Bradford Cox of Deerhunter
Stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
The Complicatist Pt 2: Galesburg, Revisited
Holding aloft a flickering torch for John Darnielle’s older stuff