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On Abortion’s Role In The US Election
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 10:11 am | Gordon Campbell
Yesterday, America moved decisively to the right not only politically, but socially and economically. This rightwards shift was evident not merely in the red states and seven “battleground” states, but also in the Democratic heartland. More >>
On US Voter Suppression, Plus The Races To Watch
Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 12:05 pm | Gordon Campbell
US election results tend to start rolling in around 1pm on Wednesday. As our television relays images of long lines of people queuing to vote, keep this in mind: since 2012, America has closed 20% of its polling places. More >>
On America’s Fear Of Foreigners
Friday, 1 November 2024, 10:54 am | Gordon Campbell
For the past eight years though, Donald Trump has been selling a stunted vision of America. The tens of millions of Americans who comprise Trump Nation have been told to cower in fear of immigrants. More >>
On Why So Many Young Males Like Donald Trump
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 11:04 am | Gordon Campbell
Some clues to the allure of Trumpism can be found in the gender gap of unprecedented size that has opened up between those in the 18-29 age group. Just over half of young men – and especially those without a college degree – intend voting for Trump. More >>
On Dissing Wellington, And Porridge Radio
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 11:26 am | Gordon Campbell
National has never forgiven Wellington – or its public servants – for voting for Labour and the Greens. (Red-blooded Kiwis work in the private sector.) No surprise then to find a right wing central government being willing to kick the Capital when ... More >>
On The Three Strikes Cycle Of Failure
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 12:18 pm | Gordon Campbell
We all know the “tough on crime” approach is only a stop gap measure at best, and that a justice model based on incarceration doesn’t work. Our prisons are already overcrowded, under-staffed and more often than not, function as training centres ... More >>
On The Language Of Healthcare, And Mink DeVille
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 11:55 am | Gordon Campbell
So far, the Great Multi-lingual Healthcare Crisis has passed by without any damage to life, or to limbs. To date, no-one appears to have mistaken the Hindi word for “lunch-break” for the Filipino word for “tracheotomy.” But then, the risk ... More >>
On Conservative Ghosts, Holly Arrowsmith And Fazerdaze
Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 11:23 am | Gordon Campbell
Explaining the path of decline of the British Conservative Party is interesting for New Zealanders. The explanation that Bloomberg News recently published does sound very, very familiar. And despite Israeli war crimes and escalation, NZ obediently More >>
On Luxon Living In Denial About His Privilege
Friday, 11 October 2024, 1:05 pm | Gordon Campbell
Chris Luxon’s latest bout of self-congratulation was entirely irrelevant to the actual point at issue. Which was: shouldn’t New Zealand tax the income earned from capital gains, for the same reason that we tax the income earned from wages? More >>
On The Coalition’s Fast-tracked Speed Dates With Property Developers
Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 10:57 am | Gordon Campbell
Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop admitted that not everyone will “like” his fast track wish-list, before adding: “We are a government that does not shy away from those tough decisions." More >>
On The Perils Of Israel’s War Fever
Thursday, 3 October 2024, 12:25 pm | Gordon Campbell
Israel seems on the brink of achieving the war with Iran that Benjamin Netanyahu has been trying all year to provoke. Until now, Iran had not replied in kind to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, its bombing of Iran’s consulate in Syria, and its assassinations More >>
On The Dunedin Hospital Fiasco
Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 12:01 pm | Gordon Campbell
Finance Minister Nicola Willis was still insisting this morning that Dunedin’s promised new hospital project has gone “ off track” and that we all “need to be sensible.” So let's be sensible - the increase in costs has been the absolutely More >>
On The Government’s Bizarre Hostility To A Capital Gains Tax
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 12:11 pm | Gordon Campbell
Antonia Watson, CEO of the biggest bank in NZ has come out in favour of a capital gains tax! Over the past three decades institutions and mainstream economists have all treated our lack of a capital gains tax as a globally unusual flaw in our tax ... More >>
On Nicola Willis’ Perverse Hostility To Working From Home
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 11:00 am | Gordon Campbell
Work-in-the-office mandates? Hell yes, Finance Minister Nicola Willis is all for them. Given half the chance, she believes, “some people but not all” will just skive off, otherwise. Willis is happy to barge in and tell departmental heads how ... More >>
On New Zealand’s Timid Reluctance To Tax The Rich
Thursday, 19 September 2024, 12:37 pm | Gordon Campbell
In one respect at least, New Zealand appears to be the Monaco of the South Pacific. Our wealthy pay low income taxes, face no significant tax on their capital gains, and there is no wealth tax at all. If you were rich, why live anywhere else? More >>
Gordon Campbell On ACT’s Plans To Strip Away The Rights Of Gig Economy Workers
Tuesday, 17 September 2024, 12:38 pm | Gordon Campbell
The ways the ACT Party are aiming to redraw the lines between being an employee and being a contractor will set back the clock, and reduce the ability of workers to organise collectively. In all parts of the gig economy, ACT wants to individualise More >>
Gordon Campbell On Why Political Consensus Is SO Divisive
Monday, 16 September 2024, 1:53 am | Gordon Campbell
Nice as consensus sounds, the passion for it applies only to an agenda of the coalition government’s own choosing. More >>
Gordon Campbell On The Mindset Driving The Crisis In Public Health
Monday, 16 September 2024, 1:52 am | Gordon Campbell
Largely because of the financial crisis in GP practice, fewer medical students are choosing GP primary care as a career option. These problems have been decades in the making, but the response by the coalition government has been particularly abysmal. More >>
Gordon Campbell On Cricket’s Betrayal Of Afghan Women And Girls
Monday, 16 September 2024, 1:52 am | Gordon Campbell
What fresh horrors does the Taliban government have to inflict on women and girls before New Zealand will decide not to play cricket with Afghanistan’s national team? Does Cricket New Zealand think that the ICC should recognise an Afghan women’s ... More >>
On Luxon And Seymour’s Good Cop/Bad Cop Routine On The Treaty
Thursday, 12 September 2024, 12:00 pm | Gordon Campbell
This past week has seen the coalition of chaos in fully dysfunctional mode. In the last six days, ACT and NZF have had two strikingly different responses to two strikingly similar problems in two key sectors of the economy: supermarkets and energy companies. More >>
