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One Person’s Trash is Another’s Treasure
Practical sustainability, as a part of everyday life in Argentina
Travelling Light : Argentina Plays By Its Own Rules
A visit to a country with striking similarities to New Zealand, but vastly different policies
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 38, March 27, 2013 * * * * *
The March 2013 Edition of Werewolf
Gordon Campbell on yesterday’s Anzac Day celebrations
Yesterday’s Anzac Day saw the usual strong turnout at dawn ceremonies, to mark an occasion that is already displacing Waitangi Day – if we can […]
Gordon Campbell on lurching towards the centre on power prices
Anyone looking for legacy traces of the late Margaret Thatcher in New Zealand politics will have found them in the government’s scare tactics – “a […]
Gordon Campbell on the Labour/Greens plan to cut power bills
As sure as night follows day, you could bet some financial analyst would see the death of the free market in the plans unveiled last […]
Gordon Campbell on the same-sex marriage vote, and the current Dotcom law case
Since politics is so often about the perpetuation of privilege, we should all celebrate the times when Parliament gets something right. The passage of Louisa […]
Gordon Campbell on the GCSB's practice of spying on New Zealanders
It is hard to decide what is the most alarming aspect of Prime Minister John Key’s plans to expand the role of Big Brother. Or, […]
On Criminalising Protest, and Christchurch Cathedral Options
The Tauranga MP Simon Bridges – he’s also the Labour Minister and the Minister of Energy and Resources – is carving out quite a niche […]
Gordon Campbell on John Key’s gaffe about North Korea
Just how Prime Minister John Key thought that invoking the “proud history” of our 1950s Korean War contribution would help to minimize the current tensions […]
Gordon Campbell on Ian Fletcher, Jon Stewart and the new avian flu
At this point, the Ian Fletcher affair risks getting lost in the‘angels on pinheads’ detail that fascinates the Beltway, and bores the pants off everyone […]
Gordon Campbell on the GCSB appointment, and bird flu scares in Beijing
In our political system, which has few checks and balances – a single chamber Parliament, no written Constitution, a weak Bill of Rights etc – […]
Gordon Campbell on the smelter fiasco, and its impact on the asset sales programme
Mum and Dad investors were supposed to be plain ordinary folks that the government was rewarding with the option of buying ..er, of re-buying a […]
Gordon Campbell on the “Rocket Docket” US injustice that Dotcom faces, and the Bluff smelter
This month’s Werewolf cover story is about the Kim Dotcom extradition case and is available here, but there’s an interesting footnote…This week, ABC television news […]
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
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 37, February 27, 2013 * * * * *
The February 2013 Edition of Werewolf
Gordon Campbell on the latest messy falling out among Syria’s rebels
Routinely, US foreign policy in the Middle East seems to suffer from a karmic backlash. Ten years ago, the Iraq invasion was supposed to produce […]
Gordon Campbell on Susan Devoy’s appointment, and the Gillard non-coup
It is hard to tell which aspect of Susan Devoy becoming Race Relations Commissioner is worse. Was it the selection of someone who plainly has […]
Gordon Campbell on the official emergency plan to steal from your bank account
“Some rob you with a six gun, some with a fountain pen” – Woody Guthrie Put your money in the bank, not under the mattress. […]
On the Solid Energy debacle
So according to its former chairman John Palmer, Solid Energy could have done nothing about the sudden and dramatic fall in the price of coal. […]