Michael Cullen 1945-2021 – He almost lived up to the dream
Michael Cullen taught me History at the University of Otago in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Setting the Agenda
Political analysis and commentary shaping the progressive debate in Aotearoa New Zealand, focused on power, policy, and accountability.
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Blindness of ‘a balanced approach’
First of all, a correction and sincere apology: In my previous blog, I inadvertently referred to Miko Peled’s grandfather, Avraham…
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A Failure of Objectivity
Writing this week in his TDB article, “The Failure of the West,” Chris Trotter asserted that, whatever else the ignominious…
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Of Prophets – True And False
WHAT DO THEY WANT? These motley collections of the angry and the ignorant in whose eyes the Covid-19 Pandemic is…
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Afghanistan: Trump’s Art Of The Deal Inaction?
I’d say this was a conspiracy theory … but evidently, it is quite out in the open. What if ……
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PODCAST: Buchanan and Manning on Afghanistan – Were Intelligence Failures a Prelude to a Taliban Takeover
https://youtu.be/GOWAxGVoND0 A View from Afar: Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, where they…
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The Failure Of The West
Before the Western Left breaks out the Champagne, however, it should pause for a few moments to consider what it has just witnessed in Afghanistan.
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A letter to the Labour Party Conference December 1, 2001 regarding invading Afghanistan
THE WAR AGAINST AFGHANISTAN – Labour Party Conference December 1, 2001
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Dr Liz Gordon: Afghanistan – Twenty years on
The Alliance conference in 2001 marked the beginning of the end for that fine movement. As with all political parties,…
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Rugby, racism and the battle for the soul of Aotearoa New Zealand
The 1981 Springbok rugby tour of New Zealand will always have a special place in any narrative about the international fight against apartheid in South Africa.