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The Kavanaugh appointment – the crisis of bourgeois rule in the United States spreads to engulf another institution

October 11, 2018by James Robb 1 Comment

Two years ago, Donald Trump won the Republican nomination, and then the Presidency of the United States, against all expectations.  It was an unmistakable sign of the crisis gripping the […]

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Supporters and enemies of abortion rights measure their strength (and weakness)

July 28, 2018by James Robb Leave a comment

The abortion law in New Zealand is an anomaly. In the actual wording of the law, it was, when passed in 1977, one of the most restrictive such laws in […]

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“Sex work is work” – the New Zealand Model of misogyny

August 13, 2017by James Robb 11 Comments

It is easy to underestimate the current  ideological and political drive against women, and the degree to which it threatens the gains made in the struggle for women’s equality from […]

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Abortion rights and a nasty little smear

April 14, 2014by James Robb 2 Comments

Last Friday the New Zealand Herald reported that an unnamed rural GP (doctor) has had her practising certificate suspended for six months for the ‘crime’ of prescribing the drug Misoprostol […]

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