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How Should New Zealand Respond To The United States’ False Terrorism Accusations
Monday, 3 June 2024, 2:08 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses how the New Zealand government should respond to the hypocrisy of the attempt of the United States to designate Cuba as a supporter of state terrorism. More >>
As Israel Pushes Into Rafah, It Exposes An Uncomfortable Truth: No Court Alone Can Protect Civilians In War
Sunday, 2 June 2024, 7:07 pm | The Conversation
No court alone has the power to adequately protect civilians during times of war. More >>
The Stuffing Of Crime: Israel’s Rafah Strike
Saturday, 1 June 2024, 1:45 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The Israeli response to attacks on its citizens on October 7 last year, increasingly enfeebled by reality, long ago moved into the realm of farce. More >>
Budget 2024 - Scoop Full Coverage
Friday, 31 May 2024, 4:58 pm | Scoop Full Coverage
Scoop Budget 2024 Coverage will be updated as information becomes available. More >>
The Question
Friday, 31 May 2024, 11:54 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
What is the foundation for our action in the world? More >>
On Nicola Willis And Her Surplus Fetish
Friday, 31 May 2024, 10:12 am | Gordon Campbell
So.... according to the Treasury, we’ll have to borrow $17.1 billion by June 2028, to help fund a nearly $10B tax cut programme paid for by slashing our public services. Conventional political wisdom to the contrary, there is little public support for ... More >>
Soaking Sunak Calls The Sodding Election
Friday, 31 May 2024, 5:26 am | Binoy Kampmark
On July 4, the United Kingdom will be going to the polls. More >>
How Long Should Everyday Appliances Last? Why NZ Needs A Minimum Product Lifespan Law
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 6:17 pm | The Conversation
A ‘right to repair’ bill before parliament aims to reduce the cost and difficulty of fixing consumer items. Setting minimum acceptable lifespans for common products should be the first step. More >>
Dunne's Weekly: Nicola Willis Gives Voters The Money, Not The Bag
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 4:55 pm | Peter Dunne
Notwithstanding all the usual pre-Budget media hype it is worth remembering that Budgets seldom defeat governments. More >>
The Untold ICC Story: How The Global South Helped Palestine Challenge Western Institutions
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 1:28 pm | Ramzy Baroud
After decades of a one-sided approach to global conflicts, the pendulum is finally shifting. Indeed, when we say that Gaza is changing the world, we mean it. More >>
Kenya’s President Ruto Defies His Own Country’s Constitution And High Court To Invade Haiti
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 9:00 am | Ann Garrison - BAR Contributing Editor
Ann Garrison speaks to to William Sakawa, a producer and reporter with the Nairobi-based media outlet African Stream, about Kenyan President William Ruto’s agreement to invade Haiti for the US. More >>
NZ Budget 2024: Tax Cuts And Borrowing Don’t Always Fuel Inflation – But Nicola Willis Has To Get The Balance Right
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 7:14 pm | The Conversation
Spikes in inflation are often blamed on government borrowing to deliver cash handouts. But it’s more complicated than that. The real issue lies in borrowing without a plan to balance the books. More >>
Shattered Theory: The War On Terror And Western Impunity
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 11:28 am | Eugene Doyle
Could the final act of the US’s Global War on Terror (GWOT) be the conviction of a US President for terrorism? Tantalising but implausible? Read on. More >>
A Certain French Stubbornness: Violence In New Caledonia
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 5:26 am | Binoy Kampmark
Much of the violence, stimulated by pressing inequalities and propelled by more youthful protestors, have caught the political establishment flatfooted. Even Kanak pro-independence leaders have urged such protestors to resist resorting to violence in favour of political ... More >>
NZ Is Changing Faster Than The Census Can Keep Up – The 4 Big Trends To Watch
Monday, 27 May 2024, 7:06 pm | The Conversation
The latest census figures are released this week, but the long-term trends are already clear: we will soon be more Māori and more Asian, fertility rates are dropping, and more citizens are leaving. More >>
On Blurring The Lines Around Political Corruption
Monday, 27 May 2024, 1:50 pm | Gordon Campbell
We like to think NZ is free from a culture of political corruption. But the I Am Hope charity whose chair donated $27K to National has been awarded a $24M contract to provide mental health services, and that's just the start... More >>
On South Africa’s Harsh Election Choices
Monday, 27 May 2024, 1:03 pm | Gordon Campbell
The ANC’s goal in Wednesday’s South African election will be to staunch the bleeding of its support, with polls indicating it will lose its overall majority for the first time since the Mandela election of 1994. More >>
Health Boss Appointment Could Define Credibility And Direction Of Health System Leadership
Sunday, 26 May 2024, 6:38 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses the risks to the direction and credibility of New Zealand’s health system leadership, including the health minister, of a likely pending appointment to a key health boss position. More >>
‘Facebook Probably Knows I Sell Drugs’ – How Young People’s Digital Footprints Can Threaten Their Future Prospects
Saturday, 25 May 2024, 2:47 pm | The Conversation
The global trade in data means minor drug dealing by 16-year-olds on social media could hurt their ability to get a job, house or insurance in their 30s. More >>
Australia’s Anti-ICC Lobby
Saturday, 25 May 2024, 1:01 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Despite being an enthusiastic signatory and ratifier of conventions, Canberra has tended to blot its copybook over the years in various key respects. More >>
Flu Vaccines No Longer Free For All Under-12s In NZ – Children Living In Poverty & At Higher Risk Will Bear The Brunt
Friday, 24 May 2024, 4:58 pm | The Conversation
Influenza accounts for more than half of all potentially vaccine-preventable hospitalisations of children under 14. But those living in poverty are three times more likely to require hospital care. More >>
On Blurring The Lines Around Political Corruption
Friday, 24 May 2024, 1:40 pm | Gordon Campbell
We like to think NZ is free from a culture of political corruption. But the I Am Hope charity whose chair donated $27K to National has been awarded a $24M contract to provide mental health services, and that;'s just the start... More >>
The French Are At It Again: New Caledonia Is Kicking Off
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 5:11 pm | Eugene Doyle
As the New Zealand and Australian media fuss and bother over tourists stranded in New Caledonia, the Kanaks are gripped in an existential struggle with a heavyweight European power. We need better, deeper reporting from our media – one that provides ... More >>
Nakba Resurrected - How The Gaza Resistance Ended Segmentation Of Palestine
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 4:58 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The conversation among Palestinians is now mostly concerned with all aspects of the Palestinian struggle, starting with the ethnic cleansing of Palestine 76 years ago, an event known as the Nakba, or Catastrophe. More >>
A Misplaced Purity: Democracies And Crimes Against International Law
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 12:46 pm | Binoy Kampmark
In this context, the application for warrants regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, merits particular interest. More >>
Dunne's Weekly: The Dysfunctional Wellington City Council Plumbs New Depths
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 8:35 am | Peter Dunne
As the city of Tauranga prepares to elect a new Mayor and Council after three and a half years being run by government-appointed Commissioners, the case for replacing the Wellington City Council with Commissioners strengthens. More >>
Upholding Environmental Justice: The Struggle Against Recon Africa In Namibia's Kavango Region
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 8:21 am | Ina-Maria Shikongo
In the face of entrenched corporate interests and bureaucratic inertia, the fight for environmental preservation must be waged on multiple fronts - legal, political, and grassroots activism. More >>
The Power Of Activism At COP: A Personal Reflection
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 8:12 am | Ina-Maria Shikongo
The presence of activists at COP meetings is not merely symbolic but essential for ensuring that decisions reflect the needs of marginalized communities. More >>
Congo “Coup” Was Reality TV; Morehouse Congo Protest Was Real
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 5:23 am | Ann Garrison - BAR Contributing Editor
Morehouse University professors protested US complicity in Congo Genocide by unfurling a Congolese flag behind Joe Biden as he addressed the 2024 graduating class. A brief, quixotic coup took place in Congo on the same day. More >>
Déjà Vu In New Caledonia: Why Decades Of Political Failure Will Make This Uprising Hard To Contain
Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 2:43 pm | The Conversation
Even New Caledonia’s independence leaders have been unable to stop this latest spontaneous eruption of popular rage. France will have to compromise if there is to be a lasting solution. More >>
The Rages Of Equivalence: The ICC Prosecutor, Israel And Hamas
Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 1:17 pm | Binoy Kampmark
When law intrudes into the violence of war and conflict, the participants and instigators are rarely satisfied. The matter becomes even more testy when international tribunals feature. Concerns about power, bias, and an inappropriate coupling (or decoupling) More >>
Set Aside Knowledge, And Negate Experience
Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 12:44 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Relationship with nature only occurs in the newness of the present moment, when knowledge is set aside and the known falls away. More >>
On The Privatising Of State Housing Provision, By Stealth
Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 11:44 am | Gordon Campbell
The scathing “independent” review of Kāinga Ora barely hit the table before the coalition government had acted on it. And, Biden seems oblivious to the prospect that his “ironclad” commitment to Benjamin Netanyahu may well end up handing ... More >>
The Assange Case: A Flicker Of Hope In The UK High Court
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 4:54 pm | Binoy Kampmark
It remains to be seen whether this legal victory for the ailing Australian will yield a sweet harvest rather than the bitter fruit it has. He remains Britain’s most prominent political prisoner, refused bail and subject to jailing conditions vicariously ... More >>
Ancient DNA From An Extinct Native Duck Reveals How Far Birds Flew To Make New Zealand Home
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 7:27 am | The Conversation
Many people may assume New Zealand’s native birds arrived via Australia. But our new research on the Auckland Island merganser shows they originated from much further away. More >>
Fast-track Laws, Parliamentary Urgency, Treaty Tension, Media Retreat: Warning Signs For NZ’s ‘Brittle’ Democracy
Monday, 20 May 2024, 8:11 pm | The Conversation
New Zealand is far from a tyranny. But there are signs its democratic institutions are not as robust as they might be – with the proposed ‘fast-track’ legislation bringing concerns to a head. More >>
Are There Two Or Three Movements In Human Life?
Monday, 20 May 2024, 1:02 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Since ancient times, it’s been said, “Man is the measure of all things.” In truth, the measurer of all things is man. Nevertheless, is there an immeasurable spiritual reality beyond the human mind? To a contemplative, a belief in God or a ... More >>
Gordon Campbell On Israel’s Political Split, And The New Caledonia Crisis
Monday, 20 May 2024, 12:01 pm | Gordon Campbell
A three-way split ois pening up in Israel’s “War Cabinet” between Netanyahu, his long-term rival Benny Gantz, and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. And Noumea is reeling from the economic, infrastructure, social and political cost of the ongoing unrest. More >>
Health System Synthesis: From Time To Culture, Struggle And Hope
Sunday, 19 May 2024, 3:17 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses a way forward to overcoming New Zealand’s health system crisis through a dialectical lens from time to culture to struggle to hope. More >>
Why Corporations Choose Lawlessness To Fight Unions
Saturday, 18 May 2024, 3:16 pm | Independent Media Institute
Workers at companies like Apple and Starbucks face armies of union-busting lawyers advising employers to repeatedly violate labor laws. More >>
Procter & Gamble, Mondelēz, And Nestlé Are Among 10 Of The Leading Consumer Brands Driving Global Deforestation
Saturday, 18 May 2024, 3:10 pm | Independent Media Institute
Despite corporate commitments, deforestation rates remain high, and community land conflicts continue. More >>
Promising The Impossible: Blinken’s Out Of Tune Performance In Kyiv
Saturday, 18 May 2024, 1:39 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Even by the standards of US Secretaries of States, Blinken’s conduct in Kyiv proved brazen and shameless. More >>
We “Share Values” With People Committing Genocide
Saturday, 18 May 2024, 1:24 pm | Eugene Doyle
Western leaders like to talk about values, shared values, common values. More >>
Does Fighting Inflation Always Lead To Recession? What 60 Years Of NZ Data Can Tell Us
Friday, 17 May 2024, 7:22 pm | The Conversation
New Zealand’s history of inflation, recessions and unemployment offer clues to what might happen next. Coupled with global events, the outlook is not promising. More >>
Many new mums struggle, but NZ’s postnatal services often fail to address maternal mental health – new study
Friday, 17 May 2024, 7:16 pm | The Conversation
New mothers can experience anxiety and depression. But rushed appointments and impersonal checklists leave many fearful of being judged inadequate or unfit if they admit to struggling. More >>
On The Psychological Horror Film Possession
Friday, 17 May 2024, 12:43 pm | Gordon Campbell
You don’t need to have gone through a horrible breakup to relate to the 1981 film Possession, but it would help. Arguably, this is cinema’s most accurate portrayal of the lunacy of heartbreak. As one critic advised, don’t get divorced before you’ve More >>
Fishing Exploitation And The Origins Of Capitalism
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 7:53 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell levers off revelations of harmful ocean fishing in New Zealand to discuss the relationship between fishing and the origins of capitalism. More >>
Cyclone Gabrielle: Emergency failures revealed in damning self-review
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 7:32 pm | RNZ
NEMA did not have enough trained staff when Cyclone Gabrielle hit - just one of a litany of failures a review has uncovered. More >>
A Brutal Punishment: The Sentencing Of David McBride
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 6:53 pm | Binoy Kampmark
McBride is the only one to be convicted in the context of alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan, not for their commission, but for furnishing documentation exposing them, including the connivance of a sullied leadership. The world of whistleblowing ... More >>
On ACT’s Charter Schools Experiment
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 10:55 am | Gordon Campbell
If there was still any doubt as to who is running this government, this week’s charter schools announcement has settled the matter. While jobs and public services continue to be cut in the name of austerity the government has somehow found $153 ... More >>
The True Challenge Of Artificial Thought
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 9:42 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
AI will escape human control unless an entirely new paradigm, flowing from deepening insight into the operation of symbolic thought within us, takes precedence. Humans simply will be no match for the artificial thought we have made in our own image. More >>
Dunne's Weekly: Wannabe Labour MPs Making The Running
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 8:40 am | Peter Dunne
Political parties have long memories when it comes to electoral failures, especially if that failure contributed to the defeat of a government. More >>
Beyond Awards And Accolades: Why Gaza Journalists Are The Best In The World
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 7:56 am | Ramzy Baroud
"As humanity, we have a huge debt to their courage and commitment to freedom of expression," Mauricio Weibel, Chair of the International Jury of Media Professionals, which made the recommendation for the award, truthfully described the courage of Gaza's journalists. More >>
Conor McGregor getting back in the cage - but is it for the last time?
Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 7:24 pm | RNZ
Analysis - UFC superstar Conor McGregor may have become a victim of his own success. More >>
Some say the Treaty of Waitangi divides NZ – a new survey suggests the opposite is true
Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 5:43 pm | The Conversation
Modern interpretations of Te Tiriti o Waitangi cause sometimes bitter political debate. But new research shows New Zealanders – especially younger ones – see the Treaty largely as a positive symbol. More >>
A 'Season of Death And Suffering': Duck Shooting Should Be Banned In Aotearoa New Zealand
Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 1:07 pm | Lynley Tulloch
In the Auckland /Waikato region the duck shooting season will run between 4th May – 3 June 2024. You are allowed eight bags of Mallard and Grey Duck and ten bags of Paradise Sheldrake duck in a single day. More >>
When Health Bosses Operate In An Isolated Bubble
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 6:43 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses the claim that telehealth could reduce up to 50% of GPs work in the context of a leadership bubble created by New Zealand’s highly centralised and vertical health system. More >>
Dodging The Issue: The Biden Administration Report On Israel’s Use Of US Weapons
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 3:59 pm | Binoy Kampmark
In a pitiful dodge, the report claims it is “difficult to determine facts on the ground in an active war zone”, a state of mind that is bound to lend itself to justifications. “The nature of the conflict in Gaza and the compressed review period ... More >>
On Why Anti-Zionism Is Not Anti-Semitic
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 9:54 am | Gordon Campbell
The term “anti- Zionism” refers to criticism of the political movement that created a modern Jewish state on the historical land of Israel, and “anti-Semitism” is bigotry and racism directed at Jewish people, per se. US President Joseph Biden treated More >>
Global Esports And Game Development Landscape Fast Changing
Monday, 13 May 2024, 4:25 pm | Conor English
Esports, gaming and interactive media are now being globally recognised as on a strong relentless pathway of growth. More >>
