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Thursday, 30 September 2004, 9:26 am | Fighting Talk

Tim Watkin - guest speaker, Auckland Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - I first heard talk of ASPA, or an organization something like it late on a Friday night in 1990. I was lounging in some old couches in a student association building somewhere. It ... More >>

Fighting Talk: Up With Students, Down With Terror

Wednesday, 22 September 2004, 11:04 am | Fighting Talk

The answer to the question is No. Most people would say it's Yes, but it's No. The question? It's about terrorism. In the words the Weekend Herald to advertise this recent article: are we living in ''a new and grim age, fated to live with the constant ... More >>

Fighting Talk – Latest Talk Sep 15

Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 12:49 am | Fighting Talk

Lyndon Hood - arborophile, Lower Hutt Wednesday, September 15, 2004 I've written my first letter to the editor. Well, technically it was an email, and by 'letter to the editor' I mean one intended for publication - I have corresponded with the ... More >>

Fighting Talk - Selling Terrorism

Thursday, 9 September 2004, 2:29 pm | Fighting Talk

Two new ways to get what you want when you want it, brought to you exclusively by FightingTalk: 1. How to get everybody to listen to you: Promoting the budget 2. How to be a terrorist and get noticed More >>

Fighting Talk - Jesus Christ And Liberal Fascists

Friday, 3 September 2004, 12:51 am | Fighting Talk

And so it was that Jesus of Nazareth was called to a town where a man was said to be possessed by a demon. The man with the unclean spirit was given to loud proclamations and was exceedingly fierce. More >>

Fighting Talk - Philosophy And Full Of Me

Friday, 20 August 2004, 11:52 am | Fighting Talk

Astute readers of both Fighting Talk and the Listener's contents page may have noticed a FT-flavoured double team in this week's issue. If you haven't already bought and devoured (by which I mean 'read') a copy, check out the article Matt and I wrote ... More >>

Fighting Talk: Media Rivalry And A Cast-Iron Tit

Thursday, 12 August 2004, 12:15 am | Fighting Talk

Fighting Talk Digest: Media Rivalry, Probing Documentaries, Gay Old Taranaki, And A Cast-Iron Tit More >>

Fighting Talk: Flag Burning/Inappropriate Laughter

Thursday, 5 August 2004, 2:27 pm | Fighting Talk

CUT TO: EXT. FALLUJAH – DAY But, contrary to BUSH's assertions, it's apparent that things aren't under control in the liberated Iraq. The lack of stability is apparent in the CHARRED BODIES of two US contractors/mercs, which we see in MONTAGE: More >>

Fighting Talk From Fighting Talk

Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 1:28 pm | Fighting Talk

If you want to fit in, don’t throw meat bones over your shoulder. It’s a rainy night and up at AUT's Four Seasons restaurant, overlooking Mayoral Drive, David Wang's hospitality class is hosting a group from the Chinese Students Association interested ... More >>

Fighting Talk - Latest Talk

Thursday, 22 July 2004, 6:00 pm | Fighting Talk

Latest talk: Local intelligence, a fair trial, fast food, loving your neighbour, and rugby. More >>

FIGHTING TALK - Latest talk: 14 July 2004

Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 1:36 pm | Fighting Talk

As I sat down to watch Fahrenheit 9/11 at the weekend, I felt a little like Michael Moore's cheated wife. More >>

FIGHTING TALK - Latest talk: 14 July 2004

Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 1:24 pm | Fighting Talk

As I sat down to watch Fahrenheit 9/11 at the weekend, I felt a little like Michael Moore's cheated wife. More >>

Fighting Talk From Fighting Talk

Thursday, 8 July 2004, 5:18 pm | Fighting Talk

It looks like pretty soon I'm gonna be flush. I'm expecting $2.2 million, you see, from a barrister who recently made my acquaintance. And that's American money. Yep, two million greenbacks, sir. Or, should you be calling me sir? More >>

Fighting Talk - latest talk June 9

Wednesday, 9 June 2004, 12:59 am | Fighting Talk

Let us hope that I'm about as good at predicting US Presidential races as I am at picking the winners of upcoming cricket test series More >>

Fighting Talk - latest talk

Wednesday, 2 June 2004, 10:29 am | Fighting Talk

If infamy is far better than obscurity, I guess I ain't doin' too bad. Arriving at class on Monday, I was surprised to see this schoolyard diatribe in the letters to the editor pages of the AUT student publication Debate. The editor is one Rebecca ... More >>

Latest Fighting Talk From Fighting Talk

Wednesday, 2 June 2004, 12:51 am | Fighting Talk

The other week I got a phone call with the Good News. The Destiny New Zealand Political Party was coming to Wellington! Knowing, as they did, I wanted to live in a decent society but that looking at the TV I could see that this wasn't the case, they had ... More >>

Fighting Talk From Fighting Talk

Friday, 21 May 2004, 10:26 am | Fighting Talk

Is the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987 so untouchable that the mere suggestion that maybe we could think about changing it a little is a threat to all that is New Zealand? More >>

Fighting Talk From Fighting Talk

Friday, 14 May 2004, 12:45 am | Fighting Talk

I was at the Hikoi. I still can't deciding whether I was participating, watching, or just practicing with my digital camera. I didn't do any marching as such. I can tell you that what bought me out on that alarmingly windy lunchtime was the strong ... More >>

Fighting Talk - Latest Talk

Thursday, 6 May 2004, 2:45 pm | Fighting Talk

WELLINGTON - A defiant Helen Clark startled political observers Monday by calling hikoi protestors "hataz and wreckaz" and "bitch-ass niggaz". "Playa hataz just frontin'," the Prime Minister told a press conference, before asking, "Can I get a 'hell yeah'?" More >>

Fighting Talk From Fighting Talk - Blog Digest

Wednesday, 28 April 2004, 2:10 pm | Fighting Talk

So I though I'd have a look on the web, and sure enough: any number of people were discussing the actions of the Coalition of the Mislead and Coerced in Iraq with reference to the opinions of Niccolò di Bernado Machiavelli. Opinions, unsurprisingly, varied ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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