Hi and welcome to the 38th edition of
Werewolf. This month’s cover story outlines NZ resident Kim Dotcom’s struggle to
(a) remain in this country and (b) require the US to
disclose sufficient evidence for the extradition hearing so
that Dotcom can reasonably challenge the allegations against
him. Unfortunately, the Extradition Act was formulated
pre 9/11, and our extradition treaty with the US was signed
40 years ago. As Werewolf has found, the rules about
evidence deemed appropriate to an extradition hearing – at
least as the Court of Appeal has interpreted them -
haven’t kept pace with modern economic and security
realities, much less with the bad faith and incompetence
that states requesting extradition have commonly displayed,
post 9/11. Dotcom deserves fair treatment before he gets
separated from his family and shipped off to a US prison –
but can our extradition process deliver it?
The passion
for de-regulation and workplace cost cutting has left New
Zealand with one of the worst health and safety records
among developed countries. The Pike River aftermath may
change that. But in her inspiring story about veteran timber
industry campaigner Joe Harawira, Alison McCulloch shows
the grassroots struggle required to achieve adequate health
safeguards in workplaces, in the face of economic forces
that promote a culture of denial. March 2003 marks the tenth
anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, and US migrant Peter Dyer contributes a
fascinating 2003 diary that celebrates New Zealand’s
– and his own - defiance of the Bush/Cheney
rationalisations for going to war. Since oil was one of
those rationalizations, we also analyse who – these days - controls and
benefits from Iraq’s oil bonanza.
Thanks to Lyndon and
Alastair for helping me post this online. And thanks to
everyone who’s got this far, and shown an interest in
reading Werewolf and keeping it going. Thanks a lot. If you
want to be involved and want to talk over some story ideas,
contact me at gordon@scoop.co.nz
The Show (And Tell)
Trial Is Kim Dotcom bound to get a raw deal
at his extradition hearing? by Gordon Campbell
Toxins In The Timber
Mills The remarkable struggle of Joe
Harawira and the Sawmill Workers Against Poisons shows it
will take more than good rules to keep workers and the
environment safe by Alison McCulloch
At Home, Far From
Home Ten years on, an American recalls being
in New Zealand on the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq by
Peter Dyer
Who Controls Iraq’s
Oil? Ten years on from the invasion, it is
not the Americans by Gordon Campbell
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