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href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00044/on-the-publication-of-the-first-ncqg-text-new-collective-quantified-goal-on-climate-finance.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00043/perception-conception-and-beauty.htm">Perception, Conception And Beauty</a></h3> <p class="release">Friday, 22 November 2024, 12:24 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Martin_LeFevre_-_Meditations">Martin LeFevre - Meditations</a></p> <p>As we get older the perception of beauty becomes more difficult because memories & experiences fill the mind, leaving less & less space for seeing with innocence, as a child sees. It requires diligence to retain a purity of perception, though the ... <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00043/perception-conception-and-beauty.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00042/the-wrong-answer-to-a-question-that-does-not-exist.htm">The Wrong Answer To A Question That Does Not Exist</a></h3> <p class="release">Friday, 22 November 2024, 10:45 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Peter_Dunne">Peter Dunne</a></p> <p>The Treaty is therefore our modus operandi for common nationhood. It is not about the dominance of one signatory over the other, but as Norman Kirk said, about how we all live together in these islands. In that regard, the TPB is simply the wrong ... <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00042/the-wrong-answer-to-a-question-that-does-not-exist.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00038/a-nation-in-denial-why-israels-defeat-is-imminent.htm">A Nation In Denial: Why Israel’s Defeat Is Imminent</a></h3> <p class="release">Thursday, 21 November 2024, 3:41 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Ramzy_Baroud">Ramzy Baroud</a></p> <p>They continue to reference and recycle old religious dogmas, while fervently praying for miracles. In doing so, they insist on reconstructing a new 'Fantasy Israel', which, of course, is set to collapse, as fantasies often do. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00038/a-nation-in-denial-why-israels-defeat-is-imminent.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00037/new-zealands-shameful-modern-slavery-shutdown.htm">New Zealand’s Shameful Modern Slavery Shutdown</a></h3> <p class="release">Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 6:26 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Ian_Powell">Ian Powell</a></p> <p>Ian Powell discusses the government’s shameful response to modern slavery in New Zealand. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00037/new-zealands-shameful-modern-slavery-shutdown.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00036/trumps-victory-authoritarians-trade-warriors.htm">Trump's Victory, Authoritarians & Trade Warriors</a></h3> <p class="release">Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 1:55 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Richard_S._Ehrlich">Richard S. Ehrlich</a></p> <p>Trump's victory may bring some relief for the leaders of three authoritarian, pro-China, Southeast Asian nations -- Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia. His tough threats are expected to intimidate Asians hoping to move to the U.S. or profit from Chinese-U.S. trade. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00036/trumps-victory-authoritarians-trade-warriors.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00035/on-the-hikoi-aftermath.htm">On The Hikoi Aftermath</a></h3> <p class="release">Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 10:37 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Gordon_Campbell">Gordon Campbell</a></p> <p>The euphoria from yesterday’s hikoi may be transitory, but is no less valuable for that. It is pretty rare for the left to feel itself to be in the overwhelming majority, and speaking as the voice of the people. And, in business speak, the hikoi ... <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00035/on-the-hikoi-aftermath.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00034/cop29-erasure-story-update-alls-well-that-ends-well.htm">COP29 Erasure Story Update – All's Well That Ends Well</a></h3> <p class="release">Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 7:27 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Alastair_Thompson">Alastair Thompson</a></p> <p>The justification for the changes was the same: There is no current UNFCCC “mandate” for the filming & publication of press conferences other than those of the Presidency, nor of other events held by civil society actors within the complex – even though ... <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00034/cop29-erasure-story-update-alls-well-that-ends-well.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00033/thank-you-for-emitting-the-hypocrisies-of-cop29.htm">Thank You For Emitting: The Hypocrisies Of COP29</a></h3> <p class="release">Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 1:40 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Binoy_Kampmark">Binoy Kampmark</a></p> <p> COP29 was always going to be memorable, for no other reason than the hosting country, Azerbaijan, is a petrostate indifferent to the issue of emissions and scornful of ecological preachers. It has seen its natural gas supply grow by 128% between 2000 ... <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00033/thank-you-for-emitting-the-hypocrisies-of-cop29.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00032/on-the-hikoi-arrival-and-tyler-childers.htm">On The Hikoi Arrival, And Tyler Childers</a></h3> <p class="release">Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 11:15 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Gordon_Campbell">Gordon Campbell</a></p> <p>National's actions in regard to the Treaty Principles Bill debate indicates their actions they’re more keen on stoking rather than healing society’s racial/economic divisions. What could possibly go wrong? <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00032/on-the-hikoi-arrival-and-tyler-childers.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00031/cop29-erasure-cop29-media-center-crippled.htm">COP29 Erasure – COP29 Media Center Crippled</a></h3> <p class="release">Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 1:32 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Alastair_Thompson">Alastair Thompson</a></p> <p>The official video record of COP29 is being erased every 12 hours & nobody here knows. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00031/cop29-erasure-cop29-media-center-crippled.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00030/end-of-empathy-did-the-gaza-genocide-render-the-un-irrelevant.htm">End Of Empathy: Did The Gaza Genocide Render The UN Irrelevant?</a></h3> <p class="release">Monday, 18 November 2024, 11:55 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Ramzy_Baroud">Ramzy Baroud</a></p> <p>UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese is not the first person to express deep frustration with the institutional, let alone the moral collapse of the UN, or the inability of the institution to affect any kind of tangible change, especially during ... <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00030/end-of-empathy-did-the-gaza-genocide-render-the-un-irrelevant.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00029/physician-associates-a-solution-desperately-searching-for-a-problem.htm">Physician Associates: A ‘Solution’ Desperately Searching For A Problem</a></h3> <p class="release">Sunday, 17 November 2024, 10:17 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Ian_Powell">Ian Powell</a></p> <p>Ian Powell discusses the controversy over the attempt by US physician associates in New Zealand to be registered under the Health Competence Assurance Act. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00029/physician-associates-a-solution-desperately-searching-for-a-problem.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00028/natural-resources-and-palestinian-sovereignty-israels-further-isolation.htm">Natural Resources And Palestinian Sovereignty: Israel’s Further Isolation</a></h3> <p class="release">Sunday, 17 November 2024, 9:40 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Binoy_Kampmark">Binoy Kampmark</a></p> <p>While disease, hunger and death continue to stalk the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank remains under the thick thumb of occupation, deliberations in foreign fora continue to take place about how to address this hideous state of affairs. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00028/natural-resources-and-palestinian-sovereignty-israels-further-isolation.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00027/look-out-rocks-oops-too-late.htm">Look Out Rocks … Oops Too Late</a></h3> <p class="release">Friday, 15 November 2024, 1:50 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Jim_Mikoz">Jim Mikoz</a></p> <p>We live in a country surrounded by reefs & rocks. In recent years 3 large ships have hit rocks in our territorial waters: the MS Mikhail Lermontov, MV Rena, & now the NZ Navy warship the HMNZS Manawanui. The common denominator to all three of these <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00027/look-out-rocks-oops-too-late.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00026/blinken-atrocious-in-a-dangerous-world.htm">Blinken Atrocious In A Dangerous World</a></h3> <p class="release">Friday, 15 November 2024, 1:34 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Binoy_Kampmark">Binoy Kampmark</a></p> <p>The Biden administration, through the good offices of Blinken, continues to insist on the vitality of the US imperium. But US hegemony long left unchallenged is, most certainly, at an end. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00026/blinken-atrocious-in-a-dangerous-world.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00025/what-being-inward-looking-really-means.htm">What Being “Inward Looking” Really Means</a></h3> <p class="release">Friday, 15 November 2024, 1:32 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Martin_LeFevre_-_Meditations">Martin LeFevre - Meditations</a></p> <p>As the saying goes, “We have met the enemy, and they are us.” Evil forces exist within, not without, so they must first be faced and met inwardly before the rotten structures of society can be remedied outwardly. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00025/what-being-inward-looking-really-means.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00024/on-the-folly-of-making-apologies-in-a-social-vacuum.htm">On The Folly Of Making Apologies In A Social Vacuum.</a></h3> <p class="release">Friday, 15 November 2024, 11:46 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Gordon_Campbell">Gordon Campbell</a></p> <p>We’re faced with six more months of “debate” about our founding document. as the the Treaty Principles Bill hits the house. Maybe I blinked, but there didn’t seem to be any public debate about why the circa 200,000 victims of state “care” <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00024/on-the-folly-of-making-apologies-in-a-social-vacuum.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00023/national-and-labour-combine-to-shut-out-greens.htm">National And Labour Combine To Shut Out Greens</a></h3> <p class="release">Friday, 15 November 2024, 9:42 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Peter_Dunne">Peter Dunne</a></p> <p>It is probably just a coincidence that National’s and Labour’s broad agreement was announced just a week after the Wellington tunnels decision and the Green Party’s response, but it does change the political component quite considerably. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00023/national-and-labour-combine-to-shut-out-greens.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00022/voting-against-genocide-how-gaza-defeated-the-democratic-establishment.htm">Voting Against Genocide - How Gaza Defeated The Democratic Establishment </a></h3> <p class="release">Thursday, 14 November 2024, 3:10 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Ramzy_Baroud">Ramzy Baroud</a></p> <p>It is time to build on the existing solidarity among all American groups that voted against genocide in the latest elections. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00022/voting-against-genocide-how-gaza-defeated-the-democratic-establishment.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00021/bbc-goes-full-goebbels-in-support-of-israeli-soccer-hooligans.htm">BBC Goes Full Goebbels In Support Of Israeli Soccer Hooligans</a></h3> <p class="release">Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 3:47 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Eugene_Doyle">Eugene Doyle</a></p> <p>The BBC has proven itself to be an outrageously false & misleading outlet, peddling anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian propaganda dressed up as concern over anti-semitism. It has desecrated the memory of real victims – and most importantly it has shredded ... <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00021/bbc-goes-full-goebbels-in-support-of-israeli-soccer-hooligans.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00020/they-were-there-first-election-denialism-the-democratic-way.htm">They Were There First: Election Denialism, The Democratic Way</a></h3> <p class="release">Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 1:07 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Binoy_Kampmark">Binoy Kampmark</a></p> <p>Instead of vanishing as aberrant over the Biden years, Trumpism has come home to roost in winning, not only the Electoral College but the majority vote by convincing margins. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00020/they-were-there-first-election-denialism-the-democratic-way.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00019/self-knowing-is-the-gateway-to-liberation-and-transmutation.htm">Self-knowing Is The Gateway To Liberation And Transmutation</a></h3> <p class="release">Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 10:49 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Martin_LeFevre_-_Meditations">Martin LeFevre - Meditations</a></p> <p>A revolution in consciousness may happen in the near future, or take hundreds of years, but it is essential if humanity is to survive and live in basic harmony with the earth and universe. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00019/self-knowing-is-the-gateway-to-liberation-and-transmutation.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00018/googles-support-for-democracy-and-media-in-nz-part-2.htm">Google's Support For Democracy And Media In NZ | Part 2</a></h3> <p class="release">Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 6:29 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Alastair_Thompson">Alastair Thompson</a></p> <p>Scoop is not at all annoyed with Google about their current position on the Digital Bargaining Bill. For us the villains here are the two largest digital publishers, NZME and STUFF, who have pushed for this bill, unconcerned about the consequences ... <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00018/googles-support-for-democracy-and-media-in-nz-part-2.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00017/the-remembrance-day-amnesia-racket.htm">The Remembrance Day Amnesia Racket</a></h3> <p class="release">Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 1:47 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Binoy_Kampmark">Binoy Kampmark</a></p> <p>The statement here is not “lest we forget” but “what should be remembered?” Corpses are only memorable if they are useful. The fallen serve as bricks and masonry for the next slaughter, engineered by war criminals, the negligent and the incompetent. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00017/the-remembrance-day-amnesia-racket.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00016/googles-support-for-democracy-and-media-in-nz.htm">Google's Support For Democracy And Media In NZ</a></h3> <p class="release">Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 1:36 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Alastair_Thompson">Alastair Thompson</a></p> <p> Part 1: The Digital Media Bargaining Bill, NZME, STUFF & Google <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00016/googles-support-for-democracy-and-media-in-nz.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00015/on-the-crowns-sorry-excuse-for-an-apology.htm">On The Crown’s Sorry Excuse For An Apology</a></h3> <p class="release">Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 12:20 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Gordon_Campbell">Gordon Campbell</a></p> <p>The world over, politicians are finding “sorry” to be the easiest word. Without disclosing the size and formula of the monetary compensation that the government is prepared to offer to those abused while in state care, a mere apology verges on ... <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00015/on-the-crowns-sorry-excuse-for-an-apology.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00014/the-musings-of-shigeru-ishiba-visions-of-an-asian-nato.htm">The Musings Of Shigeru Ishiba: Visions Of An Asian NATO</a></h3> <p class="release">Monday, 11 November 2024, 1:16 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Binoy_Kampmark">Binoy Kampmark</a></p> <p>Kritenbrink’s analysis hardly gets away from the suspicion that the “latticework” theory of US security in the Indo-Pacific is but a form of NATO in embryo. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00014/the-musings-of-shigeru-ishiba-visions-of-an-asian-nato.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00013/from-thriving-to-surviving-poster-child-general-practice-struggle-symbolises-primary-care-crisis.htm">From Thriving To Surviving: ‘Poster Child’ General Practice Struggle Symbolises Primary Care Crisis</a></h3> <p class="release">Thursday, 7 November 2024, 7:42 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Ian_Powell">Ian Powell</a></p> <p>Ian Powell discusses a crisis at a ‘poster child’ general practice in New Zealand as part of a wider primary care crisis. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00013/from-thriving-to-surviving-poster-child-general-practice-struggle-symbolises-primary-care-crisis.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00012/criminalizing-unrwa-how-israel-is-delegitimizing-the-united-nations.htm">Criminalizing UNRWA: How Israel Is Delegitimizing The United Nations</a></h3> <p class="release">Thursday, 7 November 2024, 3:21 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Ramzy_Baroud">Ramzy Baroud</a></p> <p>Israel followed its decision by attacking and damaging an UNRWA office in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. It was the Israeli government's way of demonstrating its seriousness regarding the matter. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00012/criminalizing-unrwa-how-israel-is-delegitimizing-the-united-nations.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00011/the-price-of-eggs-why-harris-lost-to-trump.htm">The Price Of Eggs: Why Harris Lost To Trump</a></h3> <p class="release">Thursday, 7 November 2024, 1:30 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Binoy_Kampmark">Binoy Kampmark</a></p> <p>From the start, the Democrats had tied themselves in knots by convincing President Joe Biden that he could not only last the tenure of his office but run against Trump. Doing so, and deriding those wishing to see a change in the guard, created a needless ... <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00011/the-price-of-eggs-why-harris-lost-to-trump.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00010/the-triumph-of-the-swill.htm">The Triumph Of The Swill</a></h3> <p class="release">Thursday, 7 November 2024, 12:25 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Martin_LeFevre_-_Meditations">Martin LeFevre - Meditations</a></p> <p>Besides echoing Trump’s “Fight, Fight, Fight” attitude, a main theme of the Harris campaign, a line Kamala repeated ad nauseum, as Presidents Biden and Obama also repeated ad nauseum, was “This is not who we are.” <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00010/the-triumph-of-the-swill.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00009/on-abortions-role-in-the-us-election.htm">On Abortion’s Role In The US Election</a></h3> <p class="release">Thursday, 7 November 2024, 10:11 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Gordon_Campbell">Gordon Campbell</a></p> <p>Yesterday, America moved decisively to the right not only politically, but socially and economically. This rightwards shift was evident not merely in the red states and seven “battleground” states, but also in the Democratic heartland. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00009/on-abortions-role-in-the-us-election.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00008/dunnes-weekly-a-house-divided-against-itself-cannot-stand.htm">Dunne's Weekly: A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand</a></h3> <p class="release">Thursday, 7 November 2024, 8:13 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Peter_Dunne">Peter Dunne</a></p> <p>For all the pious talk, this election cycle has not been the showcase for democracy Americans might wish. It has left the United States more divided than at any point since the end of the Civil War in 1865. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00008/dunnes-weekly-a-house-divided-against-itself-cannot-stand.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00007/fast-tracking-wealth-accumulation-and-the-war-on-nature.htm">Fast-Tracking Wealth Accumulation And The War On Nature</a></h3> <p class="release">Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 7:42 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Ian_Powell">Ian Powell</a></p> <p>Ian Powell discusses the Fast-Track Approvals Bill currently before the New Zealand Parliament. It discusses the core driver behind this intent to disregard environmental protections in economic development and infrastructure. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00007/fast-tracking-wealth-accumulation-and-the-war-on-nature.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00006/ruthless-settlements-bhp-brazil-and-the-samarco-fundao-dam-class-action.htm">Ruthless Settlements: BHP, Brazil And The Samarco Fundão Dam Class Action</a></h3> <p class="release">Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 1:46 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Binoy_Kampmark">Binoy Kampmark</a></p> <p>Even now, BHP’s mild description of the catastrophe is given a coolly confident assessment. The company’s website notes that since the dam breach, Samarco operates “with a strong focus on safety and sustainability.” <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00006/ruthless-settlements-bhp-brazil-and-the-samarco-fundao-dam-class-action.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00005/on-us-voter-suppression-plus-the-races-to-watch.htm">On US Voter Suppression, Plus The Races To Watch</a></h3> <p class="release">Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 12:05 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Gordon_Campbell">Gordon Campbell</a></p> <p>US election results tend to start rolling in around 1pm on Wednesday. As our television relays images of long lines of people queuing to vote, keep this in mind: since 2012, America has closed 20% of its polling places. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00005/on-us-voter-suppression-plus-the-races-to-watch.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00004/south-africas-memorial-to-the-icj-more-evidence-on-israels-genocide.htm">South Africa’s Memorial To The ICJ: More Evidence On Israel’s Genocide</a></h3> <p class="release">Sunday, 3 November 2024, 7:28 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Binoy_Kampmark">Binoy Kampmark</a></p> <p>Acts and omissions by Israel, argued the South African government, were alleged to be of a “genocidal” nature, “committed with the requisite specific intent … to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza as part of the broader Palestinian national, ... <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00004/south-africas-memorial-to-the-icj-more-evidence-on-israels-genocide.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00003/if-you-dont-have-hope-you-cant-have-a-strategy.htm">‘If You Don’t Have Hope, You Can’t Have A Strategy’</a></h3> <p class="release">Saturday, 2 November 2024, 5:38 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Ian_Powell">Ian Powell</a></p> <p>Ian Powell discusses how our health system got into the mess it presently finds itself in and how it might get out of it. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00003/if-you-dont-have-hope-you-cant-have-a-strategy.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00002/on-americas-fear-of-foreigners.htm">On America’s Fear Of Foreigners</a></h3> <p class="release">Friday, 1 November 2024, 10:54 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Gordon_Campbell">Gordon Campbell</a></p> <p>For the past eight years though, Donald Trump has been selling a stunted vision of America. The tens of millions of Americans who comprise Trump Nation have been told to cower in fear of immigrants. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00002/on-americas-fear-of-foreigners.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00001/religious-experiencing-without-religion.htm">Religious Experiencing Without Religion</a></h3> <p class="release">Friday, 1 November 2024, 10:30 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Martin_LeFevre_-_Meditations">Martin LeFevre - Meditations</a></p> <p>Yet religions would not exist without the intermediation of text and tradition, as well as some form of priestly class. Even Buddhists have their own priests and nuns. Therefore religions impede, if not deny, the very experiencing of sacredness that ... <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2411/S00001/religious-experiencing-without-religion.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00047/gaza-is-ours-forever-israels-extremists-have-a-plan-for-the-day-after-the-genocide.htm">‘Gaza Is Ours, Forever’ - Israel’s Extremists Have A Plan For The Day After The Genocide</a></h3> <p class="release">Thursday, 31 October 2024, 2:52 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Ramzy_Baroud">Ramzy Baroud</a></p> <p>Israel is a settler-colonial society, which has linked its colonial expansion to religious diktats and prophecies. So the forced departure from Gaza, to most of these settlers, must have appeared to represent both national treason and a sacrilegious ... <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00047/gaza-is-ours-forever-israels-extremists-have-a-plan-for-the-day-after-the-genocide.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00046/virtuous-smug-and-venal-british-electoral-interference-in-the-us.htm">Virtuous, Smug And Venal: British Electoral Interference In The US</a></h3> <p class="release">Thursday, 31 October 2024, 1:07 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Binoy_Kampmark">Binoy Kampmark</a></p> <p>US politics remain a matter of enormous importance to the UK. Interfering in US elections is a habit that dies hardest of all. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00046/virtuous-smug-and-venal-british-electoral-interference-in-the-us.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00045/volunteers-run-our-emergency-services.htm">Volunteers Run Our Emergency Services</a></h3> <p class="release">Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 10:27 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Peter_Dunne">Peter Dunne</a></p> <p>The United Fire Brigades Association (UFBA) represents the country’s more than 12,000 urban and rural volunteer firefighters and emergency workers. Volunteers account for around 86% of all firefighters and cover 93% of the national landmass. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00045/volunteers-run-our-emergency-services.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00044/cattle-dog-gusto-how-bluey-conquered-the-united-states.htm">Cattle Dog Gusto: How Bluey Conquered The United States</a></h3> <p class="release">Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 1:23 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Binoy_Kampmark">Binoy Kampmark</a></p> <p>The series in question, Bluey, features an Australian dog of the Blue Heeler variety: one Bluey, a six-year-old cattle dog who lives in the Queensland city of Brisbane with sister Bingo, and parents Bandit and Chilli. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00044/cattle-dog-gusto-how-bluey-conquered-the-united-states.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00043/on-why-so-many-young-males-like-donald-trump.htm">On Why So Many Young Males Like Donald Trump</a></h3> <p class="release">Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 11:04 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Gordon_Campbell">Gordon Campbell</a></p> <p>Some clues to the allure of Trumpism can be found in the gender gap of unprecedented size that has opened up between those in the 18-29 age group. Just over half of young men – and especially those without a college degree – intend voting for Trump. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00043/on-why-so-many-young-males-like-donald-trump.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00042/stepping-into-the-vacuum-or-just-stepping-into-it.htm">Stepping Into The Vacuum, Or Just Stepping Into It?</a></h3> <p class="release">Monday, 28 October 2024, 11:54 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Martin_LeFevre_-_Meditations">Martin LeFevre - Meditations</a></p> <p>At the nadir of man, thinking and feeling human beings with genuinely global worldviews matter now more than ever, and must step into the vacuum. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00042/stepping-into-the-vacuum-or-just-stepping-into-it.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00041/the-long-history-of-palestine-why-palestinians-are-winning-the-legitimacy-war.htm">The Long History Of Palestine - Why Palestinians Are Winning The Legitimacy War</a></h3> <p class="release">Monday, 28 October 2024, 9:37 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Ramzy_Baroud">Ramzy Baroud</a></p> <p>Israel’s frustration is understandable because, like all military occupiers of the past, Tel Aviv continues to believe that the right quantity of violence should be enough to subdue colonized nations. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00041/the-long-history-of-palestine-why-palestinians-are-winning-the-legitimacy-war.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00040/crippling-unrwa-the-knessets-collective-punishment-of-palestinians.htm">Crippling UNRWA: The Knesset’s Collective Punishment Of Palestinians</a></h3> <p class="release">Saturday, 26 October 2024, 3:23 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Binoy_Kampmark">Binoy Kampmark</a></p> <p>Israel’s efforts to malign and cripple UNRWA remains a vital part of the agenda of murderous collective punishment, one used against a people seen more as mute serfs and submissive animals than sovereign beings entitled to rights and protections. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00040/crippling-unrwa-the-knessets-collective-punishment-of-palestinians.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00039/political-labelling-the-eus-legal-stance-on-goods-from-israels-illegal-settlements.htm">Political Labelling: The EU’s Legal Stance On Goods From Israel’s Illegal Settlements</a></h3> <p class="release">Friday, 25 October 2024, 2:23 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Binoy_Kampmark">Binoy Kampmark</a></p> <p>A 2015 policy brief from the European Council on Foreign Relations describes it as “a de facto policy of differentiating between Israel and settlement activities in the Occupied Territories within its bilateral relations.” <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00039/political-labelling-the-eus-legal-stance-on-goods-from-israels-illegal-settlements.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00038/hanging-in-the-balance.htm">Hanging In The Balance</a></h3> <p class="release">Friday, 25 October 2024, 10:26 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Martin_LeFevre_-_Meditations">Martin LeFevre - Meditations</a></p> <p>Trump’s re-election after Biden interregnum will certainly be the end of America as the world has known it, and with it US-made international order. The question is, what will take its place - more fragmentation, disorder and authoritarianism, ... <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00038/hanging-in-the-balance.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00037/israels-biblical-wars-of-self-defense-the-myth-of-the-seven-war-fronts.htm">Israel’s Biblical Wars Of ‘Self Defense’: The Myth Of The ‘Seven War Fronts’</a></h3> <p class="release">Thursday, 24 October 2024, 2:21 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Ramzy_Baroud">Ramzy Baroud</a></p> <p>There is a difference between a country fighting a defensive war on multiple fronts and another fighting for colonial expansion, for regional hegemony and for military dominance driven by religious prophecies. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00037/israels-biblical-wars-of-self-defense-the-myth-of-the-seven-war-fronts.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00036/on-dissing-wellington-and-porridge-radio.htm">On Dissing Wellington, And Porridge Radio</a></h3> <p class="release">Thursday, 24 October 2024, 11:26 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Gordon_Campbell">Gordon Campbell</a></p> <p>National has never forgiven Wellington – or its public servants – for voting for Labour and the Greens. (Red-blooded Kiwis work in the private sector.) No surprise then to find a right wing central government being willing to kick the Capital when ... <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00036/on-dissing-wellington-and-porridge-radio.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00035/dunnes-weekly-time-to-dump-the-electoral-integrity-act.htm">Dunne's Weekly: Time To Dump The Electoral Integrity Act!</a></h3> <p class="release">Thursday, 24 October 2024, 8:59 am | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Peter_Dunne">Peter Dunne</a></p> <p>Tana was expelled because an internal argument with the Green Party over her family’s business affairs led her to resign from the party. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00035/dunnes-weekly-time-to-dump-the-electoral-integrity-act.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00034/stifling-the-sikh-diaspora-indias-continuing-war-on-khalistan.htm">Stifling The Sikh Diaspora: India’s Continuing War On Khalistan</a></h3> <p class="release">Wednesday, 23 October 2024, 2:11 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Binoy_Kampmark">Binoy Kampmark</a></p> <p>The response from New Delhi was one of unbridled indignation. In a statement, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal claimed that Canada had “presented us no evidence whatsoever in support of the serious allegations it has chosen to level ... <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00034/stifling-the-sikh-diaspora-indias-continuing-war-on-khalistan.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00033/on-the-three-strikes-cycle-of-failure.htm">On The Three Strikes Cycle Of Failure</a></h3> <p class="release">Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 12:18 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/Gordon_Campbell">Gordon Campbell</a></p> <p>We all know the “tough on crime” approach is only a stop gap measure at best, and that a justice model based on incarceration doesn’t work. Our prisons are already overcrowded, under-staffed and more often than not, function as training centres ... <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00033/on-the-three-strikes-cycle-of-failure.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <div class="article-sections"> <h3><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00032/languages-in-hospital.htm">Languages In Hospital</a></h3> <p class="release">Monday, 21 October 2024, 9:58 pm | <a href="https://info.scoop.co.nz/David_Cooke">David Cooke</a></p> <p>Language use often excites people’s passions and regularly results in very misleading interpretations, so this seems a good time to air out several issues. <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2410/S00032/languages-in-hospital.htm">More >></a></p> </div> <style> #pagination ul{border:0; margin:0px; padding:0; list-style:none; margin-left:40%;} #pagination li{ border:0; margin:0; padding:0; list-style:none; float:left;} #pagination li, .pagination a{ margin-right:2px; } #pagination .active{ color:#00000; 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