Column – Gordon Campbell It has been a fairly typical week for this government mental health services in Christchurch slashed , further massive cuts to DHB funding , and the abdication of its responsibility for social housing .
Gordon Campbell on the Defence Force’s spending bonanza Read More »
Article – Werewolf Hi and welcome to the 59th edition of Werewolf, in which we revisit the TPP debate, and critically examine the claims that the Trans Pacific Partnership really is the spiffing, up-to-date document that our government and its business cronies claim …
Out Now: Werewolf 59 – The TPP, Obsolete At Birth Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell Does this sound familiar? In the mid 2000s, New Zealand wanted to pursue a humanitarian policy, on live sheep exports. This happened to offend a Saudi foreign investor, who eventually threatened legal action against it. The Key government chose to buy …
Gordon Campbell on bribing the Saudis and Oscar racism Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell Gordon Campbell on why the TPP is something we shouldnt sign, and that Labour should oppose
Gordon Campbell: why the TPP is something we shouldn’t sign Read More »
Article – Gordon Campbell Come November, the world will have a new US president-elect and the least unlikely winner still looks to be Hillary Clinton. Right now though, the polls are showing a rocky stretch ahead for her in the immediate future. It is still three weeks before …
Gordon Campbell on Clinton, Sanders, Trump and Cruz Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell In case you were still holding your breath about the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal, you can relax. For months, it has seemed increasingly unlikely that a Republican- dominated Congress would ratify the TPP, and the battle lines have now been drawn. …
Gordon Campbell on how the Republicans just buried the TPP Read More »
Opinion – Gordon Campbell If you ever played word association games with the name Tim Groser it would normally take a long, long time for anyone to suggest him as an ideal match for the word diplomatic. Thats why his retirement from Parliament earlier this week …
Gordon Campbell on Tim Groser’s new job in Washington Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell Sorry for being out of radio contact overseas for much of this week, even as the Cunliffe/Mahuta duo were being deep-sixed by that feisty Labour leader Andrew Little. (Actually, Ill believe feisty when Little says goodnight and goodbye …
Gordon Campbell on the view from Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell So why did Turkey shoot down that Russian plane? According to the Russian president Dmitri Medvedev, it was all about Turkey (a) being hand in glove with Islamic State in general, and (b) wanting to protect the lucrative joint Turkish/Islamic State …
Gordon Campbell On Turkey And Russia Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell A few days ago, Google finally and comprehensively won a very long-running case brought against it by the Authors Guild which had claimed that Googles Book Project which operates as a digital library catalogue with a few snippets of content …
Gordon Campbell on copyright, the Authors Guild case & TPP Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell So Canada has delivered a resounding goodbye and good riddance to Stephen Harper and his Conservative government. Yesterdays landslide victory for Justin Trudeaus Liberal Party was the outcome of a campaign that (a) started out as a …
Gordon Campbell on the lessons of the Canada election result Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell Should we be surprised that Labour has ended up as the medias cheap and easy target over the TPP ? Clearly, it would be more risky to attack with similar gusto the government that actually negotiated and signed this deal. Treasonous even, for …
Gordon Campbell on Labour-bashing over the TPP, and Canada Read More »
