Guest Author • Mar 20, 2019 •
Shaun Robinson, Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand Following Friday’s appalling terrorist attack, the Mental Health Foundation has been disappointed but unsurprised to see some people speculating the terrorist must have been mentally ill. We understand why it’s comforting to think this. We all want to think the terrorist is an outlier, an outsider, different to us. We … Read More
Guest Author • Apr 18, 2018 •
Leif Wenar, King’s College London This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Donald Trump tweeted something true recently. Responding to the protests in Iran, the US president stated that “The people are finally getting wise as to how their money and wealth is being stolen and squandered.” Trump’s point is … Read More
Eric Crampton • Jun 02, 2017 •
Last time I flew domestically in New Zealand, I had to make sure that my spare lithium battery pack was in carry-on rather than checked. It’s safer that way because a fire from a shorted battery can be contained in the cabin but can’t be so easily contained in the hold. Made sense. America’s looking to broaden its ban on … Read More
Ken Perrott • Nov 27, 2015 •
You might not agree with everything John Pilger says – but he is always up front and clear in what he does say. Some very relevant comments from Pilger in this recent Going Underground Special interview. Read More
Ken Perrott • Oct 15, 2015 •
The final technical report from the Dutch safety Board on the crash of Malaysian flight MH17 in Eastern Ukraine has just been released. You can download your copy here or go to the Final report page which also provides links to the appendices. (Warning – I don’t think this URL is permanent). Having discussed the previous preliminary report here, … Read More
Ken Perrott • Jan 08, 2015 •
Appropriately, some of the most effective protests against the most recent act of terrorism has come from cartoonists. Let’s hope the pencil, and brush, are mightier than the weapons of terror. Read More
Eric Crampton • Dec 17, 2014 •
Well, Colby Cosh called this one before it happened, didn't he?Cosh from last week:The point is not that Bismarck [subject of many assassination attempts] was particularly hated, although he was. The point is that this period of European (and American) history was crawling with young, often solitary male terrorists, most of whom showed signs of mental disorder when caught … Read More
Ken Perrott • Apr 16, 2014 •
It is well established that the first victim in war is truth. Mind you the dispatch of truth usually comes well before the shooting starts. I have a personal interest in Ukraine and the dispatch of truth occurred for me straight after the February 21st agreement signed by the then President, the opposition leaders and … … Continue reading … Read More
Robert Hickson • Jun 19, 2013 •
Is our cyber future going to be the playground of spies and hoods? Is it already a mash-up of Big Brother and the Sopranos? And how much does it matter? The recent national and international revelations about electronic surveillance (not to mention large scale accidental privacy breaches by some government agencies) are alarming to many. More so probably … Read More
Aimee Whitcroft • Sep 02, 2011 •
Straight from the WTF files, the news that nanotech (and related) researchers are being targeted by, well, lunatics. Calling themselves the Individualidades tendiendo a lo salvaje (Individualists with Savage Tendencies, or ITS), said group has been sending letter bombs to nanotechnology labs in Mexico, France, Spain and Chile. None of the bombs … Read More