Notes South from Nowhere

WWII

  • Choosing to Forget

    There is an ANZAC Day we could have, that occasionally peaks through the one we do have. It’s a day where pithy remarks like ‘Lest We Forget’ and ‘A Day of Remembrance’ have a meaning beyond uncritically elevating the soldiers… Continue reading

    Choosing to Forget

  • To Fascism or Not: The Origins of New Zealand’s Far Right (p2)

    Following on from the previous article (here) in this part I’ll be looking at the 1905 murder of Joe Kum Yung, anti-semitism and Jewish refugees from Europe, and two mass right-wing or reactionary movements which arose in NZ during the… Continue reading

    To Fascism or Not: The Origins of New Zealand’s Far Right (p2)

  • Reflecting on the Spectacle of ANZAC

    Now that another years’ concentrated spectacle is a month or so passed, I thought I’d throw up a short reflection on ANZAC Day while I work on other projects. This year was the first I didn’t go to any services,… Continue reading

    Reflecting on the Spectacle of ANZAC