Gordon Campbell On Why The Regulatory Standards Bill Is A Hot Mess
When the politician pushing a controversial piece of legislation starts accusing his critics of “derangement syndrome” – as David Seymour has done this week – […]
Gordon Campbell on National’s crackdown on shoplifters
Politicians do like being tough on crime. Flexing law and order muscle is a feature of the patriarchal Daddy State, and is beloved by the […]
Gordon Campbell on what our Labour Party could learn from Zohran Mamdani
ByHeaven forbid that an abrasive punk duo that calls itself Bob Vylan should lead a hostile chant at the Glastonbury music festival against a military [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Exonerating Israel, And Demonising Iran
ByNow that the US and Israel have stopped bombing Iran, Israel can re-focus on its core business of starving children in Gaza, and killing their [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Trump’s Anti-Bomb Bombing Campaign
ByIf the US really wanted to stop nuclear weapons proliferation in the Middle East, it would have long ago supported the moves to declare the [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Sacrificing Worker Rights On The Altar Of Commerce
ByIn the interests of efficiency, maybe Brooke van Velden should just outsource her Workplace Relations and Safety Ministry to Business NZ and be done with [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The West’s War Against Iran
ByClearly, the world needs to stop talking about Israel’s right to defend itself, and start talking about the world’s need to defend itself against Israel. [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Making Of King Donald
ByAfter decades of watching the US prop up dictatorships in Central America, South America and the Middle East, there’s a certain irony in seeing authoritarian [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell on free speech and anti-Semitism
ByAccording to Workplace Health and Safety Minister Brooke Van Velden, employers are having to endure a “culture of fear” created by Worksafe, which has the [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Why The Regulatory Standards Bill Should Be Dumped
ByIf you blinked on a recent Friday afternoon, you might have missed the passing under urgency of the first reading of the Regulatory Standards Bill. [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Why Leakers Are Essential To The Public Good
ByFor obvious reasons, people in positions of power tend to treat the leaking of unauthorised information as a very, very bad thing, and – to [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Wealth Taxes And Capital Flight
ByIn the wake of the Greens’ alternative Budget – and the criticism levelled at it – it seems pretty obvious that when it comes to [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Budget 2025
ByUnderwhelming, as promised. All week, Finance Minister Nicola Willis had actively reduced public expectations by saying that her second Budget would not be filled “with [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On NZ’s Silence Over Gaza, And Creeping Health Privatisation
BySince last Thursday, intensified Israeli air strikes on Gaza have killed over 500 Palestinians, and a prolonged Israeli aid blockade has led to widespread starvation [...] Read More »