It's been a long time coming but Dave Henderson has finally been bankrupted - another bankruptcy that can be added to his list of bankru...
A WAVE OF PROTESTS SWEEP THE UK AND IRELAND
I'm writing this in the aftermath of a pitched battle between police and protesters who invaded a Lewisham Council meeting in Lond...
A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN
Any Royal Commission of Inquiry into the tragedy at the Pike River coal mine must look at whether the coal mine should have been given t...
WHITTALL CLAIMED MINE WAS 'NON-OUTBURST'
From 2000-04 Dr Murry Cave was a geological adviser on the Pike River mine to land owner the Department of Conservation as part of the res...
A WORLD TO WIN
Unite sponsored day of dialogue with activists against injustice and inequality. Saturday, November 27, All Day, Te Wananga o Aotearoa, 15 C...
WHY IS ANDREW LITTLE DEFENDING PIKE RIVER COAL?
While an increasingly befuddled operation continues its attempt to rescue the twenty nine men trapped in the Pike River mine, politicians a...
GEOLOGIST WARNED OF GAS EXPLOSIONS
A West Coast geologist warned about the threat of explosions from gas in the Pike River mine more than three years ago. And a second mining ...
NEW LEFT PROJECT
Although I did hope against hope that Matt McCarten might achieve an unexpected victory in the Mana electorate, in truth it was always go...
THE MEDIA GOES GOO GOO
It was wall to wall coverage of the engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton last night. It led both TV1 and TV3's six 'o...
REARMING THE LEFT
It's been encouraging to see the forces of the left swing in behind Matt McCarten's election campaign in the Mana electorate. The ...
HENDO NARROWLY AVOIDS BANKRUPTCY
The Hendo Files have remained closed these last several months mainly because, as I have previously said, the story was becoming somewhat re...
PHIL'S MAN
The candidacy of Kris Fa'afoi is a big fat clue to the future direction of the Labour Party under Phil Goff. Despite all the hype abou...
THE TIDE IS TURNING
The corporate media coverage of the student protests in London yesterday was inadequate but are we not surprised? Are we are not surprised ...
THE BATTLE FOR MANA
'There’s a real battle on in Mana over the next two weeks. A big vote for Matt will be a message to the big parties that working class ...
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT..
Congratulations to the Minister of Broadcasting Jonathan Coleman for some first class buffoonery. In Parliament last night Coleman was intro...
YET ANOTHER RATINGS DISASTER FOR KIWI FM
Kiwi FM continues to perform miserably in the ratings, raising again questions about why this failed station continues to occupy the three v...
TIME FOR REAL CHANGE
You don't need a university degree in economics to know that the New Zealand economy is a cot case. You might be a victim of the failed ...
VOTERS TURN AGAINST OBAMA FOR FAILING TO DELIVER
The alarm bells were, of course, were ringing for Barack Obama long before the Republican Party took over Congress this week. An Associat...
LOONY COMPLAINT GOES NOWHERE
A few weeks ago I reported that a local Christchurch activist, Donna Alfrey, faced being charged by the police for the dastardly crime of ...
IS THE RATEPAYER PAYING FOR BOB'S MALAYSIAN JUNKET?
When faced with an heavy election defeat and before the earthquake struck, Sideshow Bob was promising to be more up front and above board a...
MATT FOR MANA
If anyone doubted that the Labour Party's so-called 'left turn' is simply a branding exercise bereft of principle and substanc...