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Gordon Campbell on the government’s timidity on welfare
Tuesday, 7 May 2019, 11:13 am | Gordon Campbell
O nly six months ago, the jury was still out on whether the Ardern government would enter the history books as a radical force for change, or as mere tinkerers with the status quo. That verdict was always going to hinge on the fate of (a) the Tax ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on collective punishment in Venezuela
Monday, 6 May 2019, 12:00 pm | Gordon Campbell
Yemen, Venezuela, Iran, Gaza… beyond the particulars of their suffering, each of these countries currently share one thing in common: their ordinary citizens are being subjected to collective punishment, in order to bring about regime change. ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Christchurch shooter trial coverage
Thursday, 2 May 2019, 11:12 am | Gordon Campbell
Gordon Campbell on the media’s novel rules for the Christchurch shooter’s trial First published on Werewolf More >>
Gordon Campbell on why we should support the junior doctors
Tuesday, 30 April 2019, 11:33 am | Gordon Campbell
If they want to settle the junior doctors strike on anything like reasonable grounds, the DHBs should stop acting as if they’re still living 30 years in the past. Meaning: the powers that individual DHBs are seeking (ie to unilaterally determine the rosters ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the left-wing victory in Spain
Monday, 29 April 2019, 1:07 pm | Gordon Campbell
P ortugal and Spain continue to be striking exceptions to the rise of rightwing populism in Europe, a fact that’s commonly explained by the relatively recent experience both countries have had of living under fascist regimes. (Franco in Spain, and Salazar ... More >>
On Ardern and Macron’s campaign against violent social media
Friday, 26 April 2019, 10:27 am | Gordon Campbell
Should tech companies be liable for the content they carry on their digital platforms? No more so surely, than a library should be held responsible for what readers do with the books on its shelves. Yet in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings, ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Islam’s view of Easter
Tuesday, 23 April 2019, 11:42 am | Gordon Campbell
T he “You are Us” messaging since the Christchurch mosque attacks has been a genuine and heartwarming recognition of our shared humanity. Given this current mood of mutual tolerance, it seemed worthwhile to take a closer look at what Islam says ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on scrapping the capital gains tax
Thursday, 18 April 2019, 10:05 am | Gordon Campbell
W ith the wisdom of hindsight, the Labour/Greens combo never did have the numbers to get a meaningful capital gains tax (CGT) across the line. New Zealand First was unlikely to abandon the Mum and Dad property investors and small business owners ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the extradition of Julian Assange
Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 10:07 am | Gordon Campbell
I t isn’t necessary to like Julian Assange to think that his extradition to the US (on the charge of aiding and abetting Chelsea Manning) would be a major injustice. And lest that be construed as a claim that the right to justice of his Swedish accusers ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the policing of social media content
Thursday, 11 April 2019, 11:42 am | Gordon Campbell
At the height of the Arab Spring less than a decade ago, social media platforms were hailed as bright new tools of liberation in the hands of the oppressed. In the wake of the Christchurch mosque attacks though, the pendulum has swung in the opposite ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the pitfalls facing the Royal Commission
Tuesday, 9 April 2019, 10:11 am | Gordon Campbell
Much of that information about the leadup to the attacks will be useful only to the extent that it illuminates two of the meatier aspects of the Inquiry’s terms of reference... More >>
Gordon Campbell: Islamic State Meets 'The Searchers'
Thursday, 4 April 2019, 2:48 pm | Gordon Campbell
The fall of Islamic State gives fresh relevance to John Wayne’s classic Western by Gordon Campbell More >>
Gordon Campbell on the legal crackdown on hate crimes
Tuesday, 2 April 2019, 12:42 pm | Gordon Campbell
U nexpectedly, Justice Minister/SIS Minister Andrew Little has proven to be something of a loose cannon in the government’s response to the mosque attacks. Allegedly a safe pair of hands, Little initially tried to pre-empt criticism of the security ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on human rights and Ardern's visit to China
Thursday, 28 March 2019, 11:53 am | Gordon Campbell
Fairly and otherwise, the media often gets criticized for not speaking truth to power, especially on human rights issues. Why didn’t the media ask the government to take a stand on the dreadful human rights situation in Brutopia, or Thuggovia? And if ... More >>
Gordon Campbell the Net and white supremacist propaganda
Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 9:46 am | Gordon Campbell
So there is to be a Royal Commission inquiry after all, into the mosque attacks – and it will be less focussed on the actions of the first responders on the day, and more on the prelude to the attack. More >>
Gordon Campbell on what government could have done better
Thursday, 21 March 2019, 12:36 pm | Gordon Campbell
Across New Zealand and the wide world beyond, PM Jacinda Ardern has justifiably won a ton of praise for how she has responded to the Christchurch attacks... Arguably though, and alongside those significant achievements, there have been a few areas ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Brexit and Christchurch tragedy porn
Wednesday, 20 March 2019, 12:00 pm | Gordon Campbell
J ust when we thought the Brexit mess couldn’t get any messier, it suddenly has. For months and months, UK Prime Minister Theresa May has been playing a lethal game of chicken with the British Parliament. Accept my wretched deal, she has been repeatedly ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Christchurch massacre inquiry
Tuesday, 19 March 2019, 2:04 pm | Gordon Campbell
So far, so good. At Cabinet yesterday, the promised changes to our gun laws cleared their first hurdle. According to PM Jacinda Ardern, Cabinet agreed collectively “in principle” on a set of proposals to change New Zealand’s gun laws. Those proposals ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on effective changes to gun laws and the SIS
Sunday, 17 March 2019, 11:56 am | Gordon Campbell
Already, the government has signalled that its response to the Christchurch mosque shootings will proceed on two main fronts (a) changes to the gun laws (b) changes to the current surveillance behaviours of the Police and the SIS. So… what would ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the school climate strike
Thursday, 14 March 2019, 12:14 pm | Gordon Campbell
L ast August, when 15 year old Greta Thunberg first began her lonely school strike in Sweden against climate change, she had a succinct message for those adults telling her that she would be better off being in class: “If you don’t give a shit about ... More >>
