AGAINST THE CURRENT

THE EDGE OF RAGE

History is pressing... While it is self evident that global capitalism is in a protracted crisis that, in itself, does not lay down conditio...

Good news. Scott Dixon didn't win the Indianapolis 500. It was a close-run thing, but this morning the nation was saved from ugly scenes...

Rapper, poet and political actvist Gil Scott Heron died yesterday at the age of 62. He was probably best known for 'The Revolution Will...

John Key says he's 'super impressed' with French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde and the woman likely to be next head of the...

Unlike Sideshow Bob, a former Hamilton mayor is no fan of Christchurch City Council CEO Tony Marryatt. One of the persistent criticisms of C...

Bill English's Budget has deliverered nothing but more proposed austerity cuts and a empty promise of 'economic growth'. But La...

The CEO of the Christchurch City Council,Tony Marryatt, has delivered a blow to the quake hit eastern suburbs of Christchurch but he didn...

The Budget will deliver more hardship and misery for ordinary New Zealanders. But the wealthy and the corporates will be laughing all the wa...

Lifestyles of the rich and famous.. It was interesting to note that IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn was staying in a $3000 (...

A news and current affairs show with no celebrity stories? Can it be true? If you are looking for an news and current shows that doesn't...

The New Zealand political blogophere is largely anti-left wing. What is paraded as 'left wing' is usually little more than a differe...

I was surprised to see former Labour President Mike Williams described as 'a voice of the left' on The Standard . He was a loyal s...

Since he launched the Mana Party last Saturday his political enemies have been hurling abuse and insults at Hone Harawira . Given that he ...

Times are tough for too many people in quake hit Christchurch but the elected 'representatives' of the good people of this fair ci...

While Osama Bin Laden has been personified as 'the face of evil' the leaders of Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain have been p...

Remember the Christchurch 'campervan park'? The Government spent over one million dollars on setting up 350 campervans to provide ac...

The killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan wasn't about justice but it was about vengeance. President Obama simply said that 'after...

It's May Day so why not 'The Internationale'? This acoustic folk rendition is by Alistair Hulett with Jimmy Gregory on backup ...