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On the risks of intervention in Syria 27 Aug 2013 | 03:24 pm
As Barack Obama considers the US-led response to the gas attack in Syria, the nuances of that response are getting more, not less difficult. How do you concoct a response – an air strike – that will s...
Gordon Campbell on Labour’s alleged divisions and newfound sense of unity 27 Aug 2013 | 03:42 am
When you’re languishing in Opposition, the divisions in caucus are evident, the ideological nerve ends all too nakedly exposed. Everyone in the lifeboat has different ideas about the personalities and...
On Shearer’s exit, and where Labour goes from here 22 Aug 2013 | 03:15 pm
Some political animals would have grasped for survival at the results of the latest Roy Morgan poll, which showed National losing ground and with the Labour/Greens combined vote exceeding the centre r...
Gordon Campbell on the latest asset sales handout, and some really bad news from Afghanistan 21 Aug 2013 | 03:02 am
New Zealand has already spent $30 million as a gift to Rio Tinto over the Tiwau Point aluminium smelter – essentially, to buy the government the breathing space it needed to offload the partial privat...
Gordon Campbell on the final round for the GCSB Bill 20 Aug 2013 | 03:57 am
Having tried and failed to sell the GCSB Bill by invoking the bogeyman of terrorism – “PM Justifies Spy Bill : Kiwis trained by al Qaeda” – the government has resorted to its ace card whenever it gets...
Gordon Campbell on Egypt, the F-35 and Nanny National 15 Aug 2013 | 04:15 pm
Yesterday, this column compared events in Egypt to the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 and – spookily – there is now an image to drive that comparison home. This picture of an Egyptian woman facing ...
Gordon Campbell on the latest events in Egypt 15 Aug 2013 | 03:53 am
The bloody events in Egypt have a familiar ring. The “clearing” of long term encampments convened as a passive protest in defence of democracy. The brutal application of military force. An unknown num...
Gordon Campbell on putting profit potential ahead of human potential 14 Aug 2013 | 02:43 am
Does New Zealand – despite our claims to egalitarianism and everyone being equal before the law – treat the people engaged in tax evasion more leniently than the people who commit welfare fraud? Yes, ...
Gordon Campbell on the smelter deal, Fonterra and Iran 9 Aug 2013 | 03:40 am
Well, it does seem that about $30 million is the kind of pocket money that the government has readily at hand to throw at foreign corporates – at Warners over The Hobbit, and now at Rio Tinto over the...
Gordon Campbell on the Fonterra milk powder scandal, and the ongoing Dunne email saga 5 Aug 2013 | 03:29 am
The Fonterra tainted milk powder scandal is at risk of becoming the export equivalent of foot and mouth disease, and needs expert management now to staunch the damage. In that respect it is probably j...
