The corporate welfarism that lies behind foreign aid programme changes
Can a subsidy to our own national airline really qualify as foreign aid to the Pacific ? Apparently it can. As Scoop reported on Monday, […]
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Murray McCully’s attack on New Zealand’s foreign aid programme
These days, much of our foreign aid should be being directed into providing a safety net for the poor. If you count the oil price […]
How Treasury put us on the hook to finance companies
Click to enlarge If a firm stopped taking deposits last September, and was heavily exposed in the current economic climate to a major loan to […]
Our Dependence On Australia; Tax Cuts; TVNZ
Click to enlarge One bonus of being a branch office of the Australian economy is that we can shelter at times in the shade of […]
Gordon Campbell on Friday’s job summit, and whether anyone has an end game for the recession
How bad is bad likely to be ? At this point, Friday’s job summit will begin under the shadow of a great unknown. No-one it […]
Gordon Campbell On Who May Succeed Jeanette Fitzsimons
Click to enlarge The fortunes of politicians can change overnight – cock of the walk one day, coq au vin the next. Not that Green […]
Gordon Campbell on National’s shambolically popular style of government, plus the Israeli election
Click to enlarge Much as he’d dislike the comparison, Bill English is being almost Bolgeresque in the non- ideological approach he’s taken to running the […]
Gordon Campbell on how spying on politicians should be managed in future
Click to enlarge For the meantime, Prime Minister John Key has kicked for touch on whether security services directly responsible to him should be allowed […]
John Key’s infrastructure announcement
Click to enlarge So earlier today, we saw Prime Minister John Key unveil phase two of his government’s ‘rolling maul’ of solutions to the financial […]
Campbell: Sir Roger Douglas, And His Orewa Speech
Quaint. 25 years after Roger Douglas first won the power to affect this country, he has returned to Orewa, the elephant’s graveyard of politicians ( […]
Gordon Campbell: Obama, Locke & Israeli Elections
One of the year’s major foreign policy decisions will soon be landing on the table of John Key’s government. The US will be coming round […]
Gordon Campbell: Obama, Locke & Israeli Elections
One of the year’s major foreign policy decisions will soon be landing on the table of John Key’s government. The US will be coming round […]
Gordon Campbell on the challenges that the RMA changes pose for the Maori Party
Click to enlarge The Maori Party and the National Party are strange bedfellows, and this week has offered a few more examples of the tricky […]
How the government’s media imagery diverges from reality
The media loves a little Westie battler, but is not quite so keen on people who use privilege to get what they want. Last week […]
Gregg Gillis of ‘Girl Talk’ Talks Copyright
Greg Gillis – pumping out a set of ‘fair use’ jams in Wellington 2009 – image courtesy of Neon Sleep ***** Gregg Gillis is Girl […]
Gregg Gillis of 'Girl Talk' Talks Copyright
Greg Gillis – pumping out a set of ‘fair use’ jams in Wellington 2009 – image courtesy of Neon Sleep ***** Gregg Gillis is Girl […]
Gordon Campbell on Obama’s closing of Guantanamo
Yes, this is change we can believe in. Barack Obama’s executive order on interrogation stipulates that the US must close its black detention sites, cease […]
Gordon Campbell on Obama's closing of Guantanamo
Yes, this is change we can believe in. Barack Obama’s executive order on interrogation stipulates that the US must close its black detention sites, cease […]
The Dividing Line Between PR and News Disappears
Click to enlarge Gordon Campbell asks whether TVNZ and TV3 should be tutoring the spin merchants Should shepherds be in the business of selling the […]
Obama’s Debt To Martin Luther King's Legacy
Barack Obama, Sr ***** Gordon Campbell on Obama’s debt to the other, hidden legacy of Martin Luther King As Barack Obama wakes up for the […]
Obama’s Debt To Martin Luther King’s Legacy
Barack Obama, Sr ***** Gordon Campbell on Obama’s debt to the other, hidden legacy of Martin Luther King As Barack Obama wakes up for the […]
On The Gaza Ceasefire, And Its Aftermath
On The Gaza Ceasefire, And Its Aftermath By Gordon Campbell The carnage in Gaza has ended in a unilateral ceasefire. Israel has called a halt […]
Obama and Key’s responses to the financial crisis
Gordon Campbell Stung by comments that his government has been on holiday for nearly a third of its first 100 days of action, Prime Minister […]
Gordon Campbell: NZ’s Gaza Timidity & Goodbye Bush
Gordon Campbell on the NZ response to Gaza, and on saying goodbye to George W. Bush Murray McCully, head down and rucking – Not so […]
Gordon Campbell: NZ's Gaza Timidity & Goodbye Bush
Gordon Campbell on the NZ response to Gaza, and on saying goodbye to George W. Bush Murray McCully, head down and rucking – Not so […]
Why NZ Should Say “No’ to Obama’s War in Afghanistan
By Gordon Campbell The Taliban circa 2001 ***** If Iraq has been George Bush’s war, Afghanistan is shaping up to be an operation that is […]
Gordon Campbell on Israel’s offensive in Gaza
Collective punishment is a war crime under section 33 of the Geneva Convention, and New Zealand is one of the 194 signatory countries to that […]
Gordon Campbell on 2008, and a holiday beyond politics
Over the next fortnight or so, the mainstream media will be providing Year in Review space fillers aplenty, so enough already for the Barack Obama/John […]
New Zealand needs to change tack on Fiji
Gordon Campbell Commodore Bainimarama – Image Selwyn Manning ***** In every crisis there is an opportunity, and Commodore Bainimarama has given the new National-led government […]
Gordon Campbell On The Transition Package, And Paid Police Spies Within Protest Groups
The Transition Package There is a striking lack of co-ordination between the existing benefit system and the government’s ‘worst case scenario’ transition package. Although the […]