Gordon Campbell on the Labour Party annual conference
It seems to be a basic law of political thermodynamics that centre left parties can only ‘lurch’ or ‘swing’ when they begin to sound more […]
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Gordon Campbell on the NSA spying scandal
Not many winners in the NSA spy scandal, are there? Oh sure, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been reaping some political applause at home for […]
Gordon Campbell on the Reserve Bank, and the death of Lou Reed
A curiously meandering interview on RNZ’s Business programme by Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler, this morning. During it, Wheeler shed crocodile tears on behalf of […]
Gordon Campbell on the Meridian share float, and Anadarko
So only 62,000 investors have lined up to buy Meridian, even at the rock bottom price of $1.50 a share. That’s even after the process […]
Gordon Campbell on the America’s Cup and convention centre handouts
According to Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce, Team New Zealand “is not a job for life” but it certainly seems the next best thing to […]
Gordon Campbell on the Police being above the law
A lot of the time, policing is a difficult and unpleasant job and when its done well, the Police get little credit for doing it. […]
Gordon Campbell on what John Banks and Nick Smith have in common
The defence that John Banks has been offering to the charges of electoral fraud – that he didn’t read the document he signed, and therefore […]
Gordon Campbell on Len Brown, trust, and Simon Bridges
Leaving aside the tawdry details of Auckland mayor Len Brown’s extramarital affair, the oddest feature is the timing of the revelations. By Brown’s own account […]
Gordon Campbell on the US meltdown and criminalising the partners of welfare fraudsters
It seems incredible that a tiny faction of the Republican opposition in the US Senate can hold to ransom the entire country – and the […]
Gordon Campbell on the Cunliffe speech, and the Mark Lundy decision
The style of David Cunliffe’s speech to the Council of Trade Unions conference yesterday was almost as important as the content. Plainly, Labour now has […]
Gordon Campbell on that alluringly elusive TPP trade deal
How is this for a ‘cart before the horse’ notion of democracy, as practiced by the Key government? From the NZ Herald this morning: [Prime […]
Gordon Campbell on the media’s duty to evaluate the Trans Pacific Partnership
One downside of so called ‘objectivity’ is that it can turn the media into a simple megaphone for those in power – especially in situations […]
Gordon Campbell on the shutdown of the US government by Tea Party terrorists
Surely, isn’t it time for the Republican Party to be designated as a terrorist organisation? Their current shutdown of the federal government has been bad […]
TPP : The Parley in Bali
The TPP trade deal is in deep trouble…
TPP : No Ifs, No Butts
The TPP trade deal needs to take a stand against Big Tobacco
Doing Less, For Fewer
National’s policies on refugees are an exercise in cost-cutting and officialese
The Politics of Low Expectations
The economy’s role in Election 2014 – an interview with business analyst Rod Oram
Killing The Dream
The murder of South African housing activist Nkululeko Gwala
The Complicatist : Listening To Breaking Bad
The use of music in Vince Gilligan’s great series
Profiting Off Prisoners
Dealing with the problems created by the prison industry
From The Hood : Pure Petroleume
As if royals are in charge of anything these days.
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 42, September 2013 * * * * *
The September 2013 Edition of Werewolf
Gordon Campbell on John Key at the UN, and the Breaking Bad finale
Prime Minister John Key’s speech to the United Nations was aimed mainly at the audience back home, in a plucky, we’re punching above our weight […]
Gordon Campbell on muzzling the Ruataniwha dam evidence
In case anyone still questions the value of our public investment in state radio, the revelations about the Ruataniwha dam project – which began with […]
Gordon Campbell on the Labour reshuffle
Like a dog with a bone, the media can’t seem to let a good angle about the Labour team reshuffle die without a fight. It […]
Gordon Campbell on the Nick Smith saga, and the America’s Cup
Yesterday’s attempts by Conservation Minister Nick Smith to nitpick his way out of the Ruataniwha scandal seem to have reached a stalemate. Smith continues to […]
Gordon Campbell on Nick Smith’s latest steps to undermine river quality
The Ruataniwha dam proposed for Hawke’s Bay has been controversial on a number of counts, but the issues involved have just cranked up a whole […]
Gordon Campbell on the government’s dubious mandate for its asset sales programme
The decision to proceed with the share float of Meridian Energy is outrageous enough, given that a referendum on the entire asset sales programme is […]
Gordon Campbell on David Cunliffe winning the Labour leadership
Finally, David Cunliffe can begin the task of rebuilding and repositioning the Labour Party that should have occurred at the end of the Helen Clark […]
Gordon Campbell on dialling back the anti-Key rhetoric, and the Putin Plan For Syria
It goes without saying that Labour supporters don’t like Prime Minister John Key very much. And since it will be Labour Party members, unions and […]