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Baltasar Garzón and the Problem with Transitional Justice

11 February 2012 4:36pm | Binoy Kampmark

Those experts in the field of human rights lead charmed and dangerous lives. Sometimes, they also find themselves in the dock, grilled for their efforts and persecuted for their inclinations. In the case of the famed human rights warrior, the Spanish High ... More >>

What it means to be Syrian

11 February 2012 12:41pm | Syrian Solidarity

What makes a person relate to their cultural heritage? Is it the way they dress? The food they eat? Or the way they speak? What makes ME Syrian? My parents are from Syria, does that make me Syrian? I eat Syrian food, does that make me Syrian? I have ... More >>

Truthout: 9 February 2012

10 February 2012 5:50pm | truthout.org

The practice is called 'pinkwashing.' Some marketers might say it's just the cost of taking corporate money for charitable work, but advocates say it is never worth losing their ability to hold corporations accountable for women's health. More >>

Truthout: 7 February 2012

10 February 2012 5:23pm | truthout.org

Washington's political class is apparently counting on the short memory of the electorate: it is barely a month and a half since we withdrew the last combat forces from Iraq, and already we have incessant agitation over Iran. More >>

The Voting News for February 6, 2012

10 February 2012 5:20pm | Daily Voting News

The biggest loser in Nevada’s Republican caucuses? The state’s feckless GOP. Unable to control how its county parties count and report results, state Republicans were scrambling Sunday to explain why, almost 24 hours after most caucuses ended, ... More >>

Where are Conyers' Impeachment Threats for Iran Attack Now?

10 February 2012 5:16pm | Ralph Lopez

It may have been the one and only thing which prevented an attack on Iran during the Bush years. Chairman of the Judiciary Committee John Conyers spent years fending off nationwide calls to impeach George W. Bush over the invasion of Iraq, the shredding ... More >>

Chat I Just Had With Homeland Security

10 February 2012 5:05pm | David Swanson

After publishing this report I was contacted by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). The individual involved never returned my call. Instead I heard from Brian Hale who said he had been with Director Morton at the event recently held at the University ... More >>

ICE Director's Intimidation of Nonviolent Citizen Activism

10 February 2012 5:01pm | David Swanson

John Morton, Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, spoke on Monday at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Here's the University's report. Here's the local newspaper's. Both report only what Morton said, without mentioning ... More >>

Do We Approve of Murder Based on Political Party?

10 February 2012 4:52pm | David Swanson

A poll published on Wednesday at the Washington Post finds that a majority of even "liberal Democrats" approves of Obama killing US citizens. Of course, this would almost certainly be different if Obama were a Republican. More >>

The Betrayal of the Nobel Peace Prize

10 February 2012 4:48pm | David Swanson

Alfred Nobel's will, written in 1895, left funding for a prize to be awarded to "the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion ... More >>

Weekly Select Committee Report Feb 10

10 February 2012 3:36pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

** ParliamentToday.co.nz is a breaking news source for New Zealand parliamentary business featuring broadcast daily news reports. More >>

The Week In Parliament Feb 10

10 February 2012 3:29pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

Speaker Lockwood Smith and New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters clash in question time. Mr Peters also gets into a stoush with leader of the House, Gerry Brownlee. More >>

Gordon Campbell on banks, and Brownlee’s Christchurch sellof

10 February 2012 9:53am | Gordon Campbell

The news that the banks in New Zealand have returned to their pre-global recession levels of profit comes as no real surprise. New Zealand banks and their Australian masters have weathered the global financial crisis better than their counterparts ... More >>

Selwyn Manning State Of It: Does DJ John's Defence Stack Up?

10 February 2012 9:13am | STATE OF IT by Selwyn Manning

State Of It: After a hellish week where the Maori Party threatened to walk, the PM John Key's appearance as DJ John on Radio Live has been deemed allegedly unlawful under electoral law. Some people may think this is trivial. I disagree. Here's why. More >>

Overhaul Of Dated Consumer Law Begins

09 February 2012 6:02pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

The Consumer Law Reform Bill passed its first reading on a voice vote and was sent the Commerce Committee. More >>

Police Announce Possibility of Charges in CTV Collapse

09 February 2012 5:26pm | The Scoop Team

In a press conference today, the New Zealand Police announced that they would be following up information passed on to them by the New Zealand Department of Building and Housing, regarding the construction of the Canterbury Television building. More >>

The Day In Parliament Feb 9

09 February 2012 4:24pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

Questions about Prime Minister John Key's stint hosting a one hour Radio Live programme. Labour's Clayton Cosgrove criticises Gerry Brownlee's derogatory comment about Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker. Local Government and Environment Committee hears submissions on ... More >>

Everyone Supports Thin Capitalisation

09 February 2012 4:12pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

MPs debated the Taxation (International Investment and Remedial Matters) Bill following the Maiden Speech of Mike Sabin. More >>

Business Statement

09 February 2012 2:33pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

Next week in Parliament the Government would seek to make progress on the debate in reply to the Speech from the Throne, complete maiden speeches and the first readings of a number of bills, Leader of the House Gerry Brownlee said today. More >>

MPs Expenses

09 February 2012 11:29am | ParliamentToday.co.nz

** ParliamentToday.co.nz is a breaking news source for New Zealand parliamentary business featuring broadcast daily news reports. More >>

Mike Sabin To Give Maiden Speech

09 February 2012 10:50am | ParliamentToday.co.nz

After Question Time today, MPs will return to the interrupted debate in reply to the Speech from the Throne. More >>

Werewolf is Back! And so is State Capitalism ...

09 February 2012 10:33am | Werewolf

Hi and welcome to the first Werewolf issue of 2012, and our return to regular publication after concentrating late last year on election campaign coverage. Fittingly, our cover story this month focuses on the role of government in the modern economy , ... More >>

RadioLive to be Referred to Police Over John Key Show

09 February 2012 9:26am | Scoop News

It has been revealed that the Electoral Commission will refer RadioLive to the police. During the election campaign the station hosted an hour-long show hosted by Prime Minister John Key, which was described as a 'politics-free zone'. More >>

Greens Oppose Information Sharing Bill

08 February 2012 10:02pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

The Privacy (Information Sharing) Bill was sent to the Justice Committee by 106 to 15 with the Greens and Mana opposing. More >>

Sentencing Bill Progress Despite Concerns

08 February 2012 8:17pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

The Sentencing (Aggravating Factors) Amendment Bill was debated after Maiden Speeches from New Zealand First MPs and the dinner break. More >>

The Day In Parliament Feb 8

08 February 2012 5:00pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

Speaker Lockwood Smith clashes with Winston Peters for the first time in this Parliament. Finance and Expenditure Committee hears submissions on the Student Loan Scheme Amendment Bill. More >>

Two Days Before Peters And Smith Clash

08 February 2012 3:49pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

When Parliament resumed today, no items were tabled and MPs went straight into the second Question Time for the year. More >>

Tom Frewen: NZoA Board Members Commission Political Docos

08 February 2012 3:10pm | Tom Frewen at large

Fresh controversy surrounds Prime Minister John Key's electorate chairman, Stephen McElrea, as documents released under the Official Information Act reveal his involvement in commissioning television productions for screening on TV3. More >>

Martin Doyle Cartoon: Super-Sleuth Winston

08 February 2012 2:19pm | Martin Doyle

If Winston 'Sherlock Holmes' Peters is able to investigage anomalies within the grants made to low-incomers, imagine what else his heightened senstivity could challenge in the demi-monde of colossal pay packets… More >>

Maiden Speeches

08 February 2012 10:58am | ParliamentToday.co.nz

This afternoon Parliament will hear maiden speeches from a number of MPs at 4.30pm. More >>

Online Identity Bill Sent To Select Committee

07 February 2012 10:04pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

The Electronic Identity Verification Bill passed its first reading on a voice vote and was sent to the Government Administration Committee for consideration and to be reported back by June 29. More >>

New Road User Charges System Progresses

07 February 2012 8:26pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

The National Animal Identification and Tracing Bill and Road User Charges Bill were reported with amendment on a voice vote. More >>

The Tangled Web of Newt Gingrich's Alliances

07 February 2012 6:03pm | Bill Berkowitz

While Newt Gingrich was taking it on the chin in Florida, thousands of miles away in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was beating back a challenge to his Likud Party leadership from ultranationalists, thus making it a so-so week for Sheldon ... More >>

The EU Fiscal Compact: Righting the Bad Budget

07 February 2012 5:58pm | Binoy Kampmark

On Monday, the EU carousel stopped, briefly, for another round of note taking, deliberation and navel gazing. With so much chatter and babble over fiscal discipline, the leaders of the Eurozone seem to be marching to some orchestrated tune that is all too of ... More >>

Cookies with Christianity: Public Education May Be Parochial

07 February 2012 5:54pm | Bill Berkowitz

Since the Supreme Court's 1962 decision banning prayer in the public school classrooms, conservative evangelical Christians have been at war with public education. Many conservatives point to that decision as the harbinger of America's moral decline. More >>

Reflections on the state of the Pakeha nation

07 February 2012 5:49pm | Katherine Peet

This essay remembers the Rev. Joan Cook, an Australian who loved Aotearoa enough to help educate us about the truth of our history, race relations, and the Treaty of Waitangi, for several decades. She died in 2009, shortly after her 80th birthday. More >>

Welfare And The Economy Debated

07 February 2012 5:42pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

Following Question Time, MPs returned to the interrupted debate in reply to the Speech from the Throne. More >>

Stateside with Rosalea Barker: Like wine

07 February 2012 5:27pm | Rosalea Barker

Well! That was an interesting little phone call! I’ve just been polled by a telephone survey company to gauge my opinions about a ballot measure proposed for the November election. It’s the Regulate Marijuana like Wine initiative. More >>

The Day In Parliament Feb 7

07 February 2012 5:13pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

The beginning of the parliamentary year began with the Queen congratulated on her diamond jubilee. More >>

Scoop Images - Wellington Protest against State Asset Sales

07 February 2012 5:07pm | Anne Russell

Around 100 protesters gathered at Parliament today to protest state asset sales. Organised by Occupy Wellington and Transparency New Zealand, the march had representatives from established political groups such as Grey Power and Democrats for Social Credit, ... More >>

Mark P Williams: Waitangi – What Makes A National Day?

07 February 2012 3:16pm | Mark P. Williams

Should Waitangi Day be seen as a national day when it provokes such diverse and divisive responses? That depends on whether you think unity should overrule differences of perspective and opinion. More >>

MPs And The Queen’s Jubilee

07 February 2012 2:26pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

When Parliament resumed at 2pm Annette King, Charles Chauvel and Maryan Street were sworn in as MPs. More >>

New MPs Get Bills Drawn From Ballot

07 February 2012 1:01pm | Office of the Clerk

The ballot for Members' bills was held today, with the following two bills being drawn: Labour MP David Clark’s Holidays (Full Recognition of Waitangi Day and Anzac Day) Amendment Bill ; and More >>

Shearer On Maori Water Claim & Caucus Pics - Video + Images

07 February 2012 11:33am | Alastair Thompson

David Shearer's first pre-caucus standup of 2011 was dominated by questions around the stability of the Government (with the Maori Party threatening to quit over the planned changes to the SOE Treaty Clause). More >>

Gordon Campbell on the Maori response to the SOE asset sales

07 February 2012 9:20am | Gordon Campbell

The government’s relationship with the Maori Party over the partial selldown of the state’s four energy companies is not yet terminal, but it is looking extremely untidy. Last week’s battle over the government’s attempt to exempt private investors ... More >>

Parliamentary Year To Begin Dealing With Mountain Of Bills

06 February 2012 12:35pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

The parliamentary year gets underway on Tuesday (February 6) with a mountain of legislation in front of the House. More >>

The 30th Anniversary of the Hama Massacre

05 February 2012 6:07pm | Areej Arif

The 2nd of February marks the 30th anniversary of the Hama massacre in 1982 – A very dark and atrocious memory. Hama is a city in Syria which was attacked by its own President, Hafez Al-Assad (Father of current President Bashar Al-Assad), after ... More >>

Asset sales Treaty clause - draft document

03 February 2012 4:52pm | The Scoop Team

On Thursday the NZ Herald noted that a draft consultation document on the partial privatisation of state assets had been briefly posted on the Treasury website. It suggests the Governments More >>

Wellington Sevens Costumes 2012 Part III

03 February 2012 4:01pm | Scoop Images

See also: Scoop Images: Wellington Sevens Parade 2012 Wellington Sevens Costumes 2012 – First Look Wellington Sevens Costumes 2012 – Part 2: The Revenge More >>

Wellington Sevens Costumes 2012 – Part 2: The Revenge

03 February 2012 2:18pm | Scoop Images

Scoop has noticed there are a lot of people wearing costumes in Wellington this afternoon. Here are pictures of some of them. More >>

Nigeria in a State of Civil War: The Role of the IMF

03 February 2012 1:23pm | F William Engdahl

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and its largest oil producer, is from all evidence being systematically thrown into chaos and a state of civil war. The recent surprise decision by the government of Goodluck Jonathan to abruptly lift subsidies ... More >>

The Voting News Weekly: January 23-29 2012

03 February 2012 12:45pm | Voting News Weekly

Elizabeth Drew's essay in the New York Review of Books considers the impact of Citizens United and new laws restricting registration and voting on the 2012 elections. At the Overseas Voter Foundation's annual summit, Pew released a report on improvements ... More >>

Undernews: January 28, 2012

03 February 2012 12:34pm | Undernews

We were talking to a DC journalist friend who recalled a 2005 visit to the Maine state legislature...He had mentioned to one of the members that he noticed that Maine had a Green legislator: John Eder...The disgusted reaction: "Yeah, he rents and he ... More >>

Wellington Sevens Costumes 2012 – First Look

03 February 2012 12:14pm | Scoop Images

The rugby games didn't start until 1pm on Friday but the shenanigans were already afoot around Wellington in the morning. Scoop went out for a look at street fashion, Wellington Sevens style. More >>

Gordon Campbell on the predator society

03 February 2012 9:48am | Gordon Campbell

In these last few days before Parliament opens and the cycle of normal political life resumes, significant stories are gaining coverage that they might otherwise struggle to achieve. This morning, they included another example of consumers being ... More >>

NZ On Air Chairman Neil Walter Steps Down

02 February 2012 8:09pm | Tom Frewen

The government’s broadcasting funding agency, New Zealand on Air, is looking for a new chairman to replace Neil Walter who is leaving next month. More >>

The Voting News for 28 January 2012

02 February 2012 5:50pm | Daily Voting News

A recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that dealt with a narrow issue in a redistricting case from Texas suggests that the nation's top court is ready to reconsider a key part of the Voting Rights Act, a major piece of civil rights legislation. More >>

Anti-Semitism and Israel’s Inherent Contradictions

02 February 2012 5:43pm | Ramzy Baroud

In a recent article, columnist Yaniv Halili described British author Ben White as 'anti-Semitic'. He also denounced Arab Knesset member Hanin Zoabi for writing a forward to White's latest book, Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy. More >>

Truthout: 1 February 2012

02 February 2012 5:38pm | truthout.org

Most Americans don't realize that the idea that 'corporations are people' and 'money is speech' are concepts that were never, ever considered or promoted or even passed by any legislature in the history of America. Jeff Clements, a former assistant attorney ... More >>

Truthout - 31 January 201

02 February 2012 5:28pm | truthout.org

These financial disparities are only part of what Chicago is known for; the Windy City is also the adopted home of the first African-American president, Barack Obama, and where he will be returning to run his re-election campaign for 2012. More >>