Trump and the mythic status of “competition”
Posted: January 14, 2018 Filed under: Letters | Tags: ANZUS, China, climate change, competition, Donald Trump, Europe, fossil fuels, Korea, militarism, mythology, North Korea, resource depletion, USA Leave a commentThe Editor, The Sunday Star Times, Auckland
10 January, 2018
Dear Editor:
The Korean Peninsula continues to be bizarre and dangerous. (“My button is bigger than your button”.)
The best way for New Zealand to have a positive impact on the situation would be to withdraw from military cooperation with the US forces. The longer Tump is in charge, the more reasonable that is going to be seen to be. Read the rest of this entry »
“honouring our fight for freedom” – too much cliche
Posted: May 11, 2017 Filed under: Letters | Tags: Anzac Day, British Empire, Dominion Post, fear, freedom, independence, mythology, New Zealand, Reform Party, South Pacific, sustainability, William Massey, WW1 Leave a commentThe Editor, The Dominion Post, Wellington
29 April, 2017
Dear editor,
The Dom Post headline, “honouring our fight for freedom”, contains too much cliché to be helpful. WWI was not about freedom or independence; it was about empire. Read the rest of this entry »
