I watched the movie Vaxxed – from Cover-up to Catastrophe recently. It has been generating a great deal of excitement and controversy as it does the rounds in New Zealand. […]
Part 1: the second Bonaparte (and the first) In 1848 the continent of Europe was engulfed in the flames of revolution. Absolute monarchies, princes and dukes were overthrown in Denmark, […]
India’s daughter tells the story of the brutal gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh, a call-centre worker and recently-graduated medical student, in Delhi, India, in December 2012, and the […]
On Anzac Day, militarism dresses up in the mask of pacifism. It honours the sacrifices made by the soldiers of the Great War, gives due recognition to the horrors they […]
To begin with the numbers: In the general election held in New Zealand yesterday, the National Party government was returned for a third term with a slightly increased majority. Of […]
With a general election to be held in New Zealand on September 20, excitement is building in some quarters, nowhere more so than among supporters of the new Internet–Mana Party […]
A few days ago the Central Park Five, a group of five young Black men who were framed up for the rape and assault of a jogger in New York’s […]
The opinions of the Sensible Sentencing Trust feature prominently in the news yet again. This time the big-business media are turning to their favourite advocacy group to solicit their opinions […]
Originally posted on The Russian Reader:
This is Alexandra Dukhanina (aka Alexandra Dukhanina-Naumova and Alexandra Naumova, since she was married after her arrest), one of the eight people declared guilty…
Originally posted on Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity:
We are prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison who have all lived for over 15 years locked 23 hours a day in small windowless…
