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 in Auckland earlier this year. First published on Werewolf
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Gordon Campbell on Labour’s housing policy, and TPP rewrites
Column – Gordon Campbell D riving round Dunedin South yesterday was an interesting place to be hearing the news of Labours new housing policy launch. In Corstorphine and Kew came street after street of state housing built in a previous era by an effective government …
Gordon Campbell on the RCEP trade deal and other entanglements
Article – Gordon Campbell So China and the US both have competing trade deals on offer the TPP for the US and the RCEP for the Chinese – each of which pointedly exclude the other superpower. That fact alone should signal that these deals are not primarily about mere trade …
Gordon Campbell on our refugee response, and a TPP rewrite
Column – Gordon Campbell T he miserly nature of New Zealands response to the global refugee crisis continues apace. Yesterdays announcement of an increase in our intake of UNHCR refugees from 750 to 1,000 refugees will only kick in from 2018, after the recent special …
Gordon Campbell on tobacco politics, and the TPP death watch
Column – Gordon Campbell Has Act leader David Seymour got the easiest job in the world, or what? Roll out of bed, turn on the radio and hmmthere do seem to be a lot of problems out there in the world. Must think of something. And so it came to pass that this morning , …
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Gordon Campbell on how class colours Panama Papers reactions
Column – Gordon Campbell Not many heroes so far in the Panama Papers saga, but any number of villains. Those villains happen to include: criminals laundering their ill gotten gains, terrorists funding their nefarious activities, and shadowy figures guilty of varying levels …
Gordon Campbell on Trump and the Madman Theory
Column – Gordon Campbell Years ago, Richard Nixon explained to his chief adviser Bob Haldeman what has since become known as the Madman Theory of foreign policy .
Gordon Campbell on (missing) US links to the Panama Papers
Column – Gordon Campbell Belatedly, US complicity in the global tax avoidance systems is now trickling out into daylight. To some, one of the suspicious aspects of the scandal to date has been how few firms and individuals from the US have featured in the document dump …
Gordon Campbell on govt’s impotence towards banks, and Iran
Column – Gordon Campbell O ne of the defining features of this governments political style is how often Prime Minister John Key chooses to sound like a mere observer of political events. The public may think that they elected him to lead, and to be the captain on the …
Gordon Campbell on the Aussie banks
Column – Gordon Campbell If the New Zealand economy was a tennis player, it would be Maria Sharapova a player reportedly reliant on artificial stimulants, and corporate endorsements. In similar vein, our economy is seemingly dependent on artificial boosts to activity …
Gordon Campbell on the security services review
Column – Gordon Campbell T o no-ones real surprise, the Cullen/Reddy review of the security services has recommended an extension of the powers of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), mainly to legally enable the agency to use its technological expertise …
Gordon Campbell Fonterra, Affco and Todd Barclay
Column – Gordon Campbell Fonterras explanation for its behavior towards the small firms it engages it has reportedly asked its suppliers to reduce their charges in order to boost efficiency is the sort of behavior you’d expect from Tony Soprano. As in : …
