Edited by Lee Duffield
Freedom and Truth
Thursday, January 7, 2021, 8:44 am
Lee Duffield closely watching the elections in the United States, had no illusions about how Donald Trump would react to getting beaten. But watching rioters break into the Capitol Building in Washington, not too surprised, he decided to place some blame and penned this message to the man behind it all.
Monday, October 5, 2020, 11:03 pm
Two expectations marked the lead-up to the independence referendum in New Caledonia on Sunday (4.10.20): that it was likely to be another ‘no’, and bad feeling was set to follow.
In the event the ‘no’ vote against independence won with 53.26%, down on the result in 2018, when it was 56.7%.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020, 11:28 pm
The image of President Donald Trump brandishing a Bible amid the American rioting raises questions about what he might find inside that book, to comfort himself, or make him afraid.
Friday, April 24, 2020, 12:22 am
A red alert has gone out about a new global catastrophe after the coronavirus pandemic, with its seat in countries already facing dearth and collapse through poverty and war.
Thursday, April 23, 2020, 10:49 pm
The criminal investigation by New South Wales police, and previously announced State inquiry might unravel the Ruby Princess scandal, and might even expose other problems with these super-liners.
Thursday, April 23, 2020, 9:50 pm
Right now the world is suffering the depredations of two germs, the corona virus COVIT-19, and linked to it, the dying but stubborn economic dogma called neo-liberalism.
Thursday, April 23, 2020, 9:16 pm
Drastic century-old measures against the coronavirus had not prevented 800 deaths by early February, the total then jumping to nearly 1000 in a day.
A look at the great epidemic of 1918-9, the mis-named “Spanish flu”, shows that modern medical science has not got any easy answers since that time.
Thursday, April 23, 2020, 8:45 pm
Palembang to Pine Gap: A new historical novel dredges up Cold War stories with a warning for present times.
Lee Duffield
Friday, March 29, 2019, 3:34 pm
The shooting outrage in New Zealand on Friday put a focus on anti-immigration, anti-Moslem ethno-nationalist movements in many Western countries – but it’s a question whether it will break their support.
Lee Duffield joins in the drive to find explanations for a surge of barbarism this century reaching even into the peaceful streets of Christchurch.
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Elections in Europe: Amid the agony of Ukraine there are still Europeans who like Russia best
Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 12:18 am
Reported by Lee Duffield
Elections in Europe have shown up the extent of a pro-Russia sympathy, whether drawing on some traditional alignments in Eastern Europe or stirred up by the far-right.
The voting has put a dent in solidarity against the Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war of aggression against neighbouring Ukraine.