Rugby, racism and the battle for the soul of Aotearoa New Zealand | John Minto

The 1981 Springbok rugby tour of New Zealand will always have a special place in any narrative about the international struggle against apartheid in South Africa. The protests against the springboks reverberated around the world – they dealt a brutal psychological blow to the white regime of South Africa and gave a powerful boost to … Read more

Battle for the Soul: can Joe Biden beat Trump’s Republicans in the war of words? | Joe Biden

Joe Biden announced his third presidential candidacy in a three and a half minute video on April 25, 2019. The format was new, but for Biden he relied on an old-fashioned concept of masculinity. He spoke about the August 12, 2017 neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, of which Donald Trump (notoriously) said there were “very … Read more