Free-market ideology is dead, and none too soon:
The pattern is clear: governments that respond to a crisis created by free-market ideology with an acceleration of that same discredited agenda will not survive to tell the tale.
I just hope the same can be said for New Zealand.
An international boycott against Israel, not unlike that against Apartheid South Africa, finally looks to be gaining traction.
Naomi Klein has made a good case as to why is long past time and reports in Israeli media indicate that, since Israel’s recent massacre of 1300 Palestinians, the boycott is starting to have an effect.
If you want to delve more deeply than the headlines on the issue of Zionism and the Palestinians a good start is this piece by Avi Shlaim.