Supporters and enemies of abortion rights measure their strength (and weakness)
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 […]
Category Archives: health care
“Trans women are women” – Identity politics takes aim at women’s emancipation
It’s worth reminding ourselves that once, not so long ago, there was a mass movement for women’s rights – a social and political movement, led by women, that mobilised people […]
Why ‘Vaxxed’ gets a hearing (and why the defence of vaccination can’t be left to doctors)
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. […]
Thomas Sankara and the Black Spring in Burkina Faso
Blaise Compaoré, the president of Burkina Faso who was forced to resign by mass protests on October 31, was more than simply a dictator who had clung to power for […]
The naked class politics of Ebola
Just as a glass prism differentiates sunlight into its component colours, corresponding to the different wavelengths, the Ebola crisis ravaging three West African countries has produced three distinct responses, corresponding […]
