At a time when the US and Israeli have (a) harmed the trade routes to and from the Middle East (b) tanked the global economy (c) sent fuel prices surging upwards, and (d) caused our own cost of living ...
So hard to pick and choose but the $2.9 billion tax break for landlords still stands out as the coalition government’s most abject surrender to corporate interests. That indefensible handout should ...
In a recent column, I linked to the charming Andrew Bird/Fiona Apple version of the Bob Dylan song “Oh Sister.” Never had a sister, but there are other good songs about them. Amy Lavere’s song “ Big ...
Funny…back when Russia invaded Ukraine, New Zealand didn’t wait for Vladimir Putin to tell us whether his acts of aggression were legal under international law ...
In the past week, Israel has reverted to slaughtering civilians, starving children and welshing on the terms of the peace deal negotiated earlier this year. The IDF’s current offensive seems to be ...
Politicians are often urged to reach consensus on certain issues, so that everything doesn’t just flip back again when there’s a change of government. Unfortunately, these calls for consensus are ...
Iran is paying heavily in human terms for this war. In the coming months, the rest of the world is likely to be paying heavily at the petrol pump, and at the checkout counter.
Decades ago, Alexander Cockburn wrote a column pointing out that the true believers in the power and precision of the defence industry’s latest weaponry tend to be (a) their gullible government ...
In the wake of Winston Peters lame response to the US attack on Venezuela, its almost enough to make one yearn for the good old days when Murray McCully was our Foreign Minister. Here’s the gist of ...
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