It’s good to see the Sunday Star-Times attempting to get more information from government agencies about Daryl Jones, the Kiwi killed in a US drone strike in Yemen. The paper is right to complain about the government’s refusal to provide anything.
This week it was good to see our Parliament speaking out strongly against the Israeli attack on a UN-run school refuge in Gaza. Meanwhile our Foreign Minister, Murray McCully continued to prevaricate on Gaza, saying little that could upset Israel.
WWI was a disastrous struggle for imperial power rather than a fight for freedom — and we must share blame
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John Key assured us on RNZ’s Nine to Noon programme yesterday that “In terms of the Fives Eyes data bases… yes New Zealand will contribute some information but not mass wholesale surveillance.”
One of the reasons National won the election was due to its success in counter messaging – and the way so many media commentators ran with th the right-wing spin.
We should be suspicious when 800 police conduct “terror” raids across Australia, but only one person is charged with a relevant terrorism offence (of which we know few details).
We may eventually wipe out the current strain of Ebola. But until we address the inequalities in the world more epidemics are likely to arise in the poorer countries.