Revolution, flashmobs, and brain chips. A grim vision of the future

The Guardian Richard Norton-Taylor Monday 9 April 2007 Information chips implanted in the brain. Electromagnetic pulse weapons. The middle classes becoming revolutionary, taking on the role of Marx’s proletariat. The population of countries in the Middle East increasing by 132%, while Europe’s drops as fertility falls. “Flashmobs” – groups rapidly mobilised by criminal gangs or…

Is John Key remaking New Zealand’s foreign policy?

NZ Herald Bryce Edwards 25 June 2014 Is New Zealand an independent global citizen, or a US ally in all but name? Answering that question has been the task of journalists and commentators as John Key visited New York and Washington last week. The visit was overshadowed to a degree by the domestic agenda –…

Jane Kelsey: Secret talks bring threat of financial crises

NZ Herald Jane Kelsey 25 June 2014 Wikileaks has done it again. The story of the past week in terms of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement was not Prime Minister John Key’s visit to the White House. The more startling news is that our Government, with almost 50 other countries, is negotiating another secret…

Jane Kelsey: Secret talks bring threat of financial crises

NZ Herald Jane Kelsey 25 June 2014 Wikileaks has done it again. The story of the past week in terms of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement was not Prime Minister John Key’s visit to the White House. The more startling news is that our Government, with almost 50 other countries, is negotiating another secret…

Greenpeace’s carbon footprint in mouth

NZ Herald / Daily Telegraph UK Emily Goodsen 25 June 2014 One of Greenpeace’s most senior executives commutes 400km each way to work by plane, the environmental group has admitted. Pascal Husting, the programme director at Greenpeace International, said he began “commuting between Luxembourg and Amsterdam” when he took the job in 2012 and made…

Terror In Iraq: Roots And Motivation

By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich Global Research June 22, 2014 “A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.” John F. Kennedy Terrorism*, directly or sponsored, has long been America’s weapon of mass destruction – its weapon of choice.…

Former Rotorua health chief speaks out against water fluoridation

Atlas Monitor 23 June 2014 Former Lakeland Health Chief Executive David Buckleigh has raised his concerns over Rotorua District Council’s decision to undertake public consultation on water fluoridation. In a letter to Mayor Steve Chadwick, Buckleigh questioned the motivation and the wisdom behind adding a US CDC designated hazardous substance to Rotorua’s water supply. “Where is the…