Gordon Campbell on how Tariana Turia is facing a Katie Holmes moment
The Maori Party’s relationship with National is looking more and more like that of a battered spouse, a pitiable creature who will swallow any indignity […]
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Gordon Campbell on the job losses at KiwiRail
So KiwiRail is about to cut up to 220 jobs by October, and SOE Minister Tony Ryall has refused to front up to explain what […]
Gordon Campbell on private sector delivery as an inter-generational scam
Public private partnerships (PPPs) are still being envisaged by the Key government’s as its favoured method for financing new schools, motorways etc, but the experience […]
Gordon Campbell on the lack of context (and love of tears) in our news bulletins
Television news is notorious for having no memory, and little room for history or context. The average news bulletin consists of a series of talking […]
Gordon Campbell on drug testing for those on benefits
During the past month, how many people working in the Parliamentary precinct might have engaged in recreational drug use that impaired their performance on the […]
Gordon Campbell on the Dotcom/Obamacare rulings and Star Trek
A good morning for the rule of law. The High Court here finds the search of Kim Dotcom’s house to have been illegal and ditto […]
Has The Peak Oil Idea… Peaked?
And if so, does the planet stand a chance?
Efficiency Is Not Your Friend
When they say ‘efficiency’ that’s when you should reach for your revolver
On Shaky Ground
Waihi tries to come to terms with the mine in its midst
Ghosts and Empty Sockets
Looking back at Paul Simon, Graceland and the end of apartheid
Manufacturing a Menace
Is Algeria Orchestrating the Terrorist Threat in Mali ?
London Calling: A Society in Lockdown
Forget the Queen’s diamond jubilee – the riots anniversary tells a different story about the state of Britain
From The Hood: Eurorecovery Made Easy
The Spanish Economy, by a New Zealand Observer
The Complicatist: El-P, Killer Mike
Philip K. Dick Meets the Rappers, Downtown
Milestone Movies: Out of the Past (1947) and Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
The past may be a far country, but we still live in it
Cartoon Alley : Brent Willis
Brent Willis currently lives in Lyall Bay, Wellington and has been making underground self-published comics since the mid 1990s.
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 31, May 21, 2012 * * * * *
The May 2012 Edition of Werewolf
Gordon Campbell on the government’s new social targets
Imagine this wacky, unbelievable scenario. Prime Minister John Key announces that for too long, too many people earning over $100,000 have been paying too little […]
Gordon Campbell on the incentive payments at ACC
The chances of achieving culture change at the Accident Compansation Corporation would seem to be almost zero if those in charge of the organisation cannot […]
Gordon Campbell on funding the IMF, while under-funding core agencies at home
So New Zealand has pledged up to $4 billion in repayable loans to the International Monetary Fund as our contribution to a stabilization fund to […]
Gordon Campbell on blaming the Greeks, and on David Cunliffe
By all measures, the Greek election result was a relatively good outcome for the global economy, in that pro-austerity parties now seem able to form […]
Gordon Campbell on the leaks about the Trans Pacific Partnership
The leaked document on the US Public Citizen website confirm the worst fears about the Trans Pacific Partnership talks. The leaked text, and Public Citizen’s […]
Gordon Campbell on the ongoing debacle at ACC
The non re-appointment of Accident Compensation Corporation chairman John Judge falls a long, long way short of what will be required to effect a culture […]
Gordon Campbell on the affordability of state support for the elderly
The public debate on raising the entitlement age of National Superannuation is still tending to be couched in terms of affordability and generational fairness. Can […]
Gordon Campbell on Hekia Parata’s big backdown
The government backdown on class sizes is looking like one of those non-apologies where people say they’re sorry because of how you’ve reacted, rather than […]
Gordon Campbell on the opportunity to force Petrobras’ hand on oil exploration
The proposals by the Brazilian firm Petrobras for exploratory oil and gas drilling off East Cape are still controversial. Yet as New Zealand heads towards […]
Gordon Campbell on the lack of options in Syria
Is the Assad regime better or worse than what is likely to follow in its wake? Given the carnage in Iraq and the drift towards […]
Gordon Campbell on the turmoil in education
Article – Gordon Campbell Cartoon by Martin Doyle The Budget changes in education are following a pattern, which seems to have been learned at the […]
Gordon Campbell on the media traffic in vicarious emotion
Over the course of the past week, the news bulletins have featured a series of nightmare events – the fire in Doha, the murdered hitchhiker […]
Gordon Campbell on affording National Super (and ignoring child poverty)
It may be called “National” Superannuation, but the relationship between the National Party and retirement income has rarely been a happy one, over the last […]