The GreenplanetFM Podcast with Tim Lynch

Warren Thomson Co-Editor of Peace Researcher, the journal of the Anti-Bases Campaign

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Our Common Future?After 30 years of having an independent foreign policy NZ has now been maneuvered back into ANZUS, under the US umbrella in what is said to be the 'Subversion Of NZ’s Independence.'In the last 10 years there has been a concerted effort within both the NZ Military and Treasury to get NZ back under the wing of the American eagle.This is now virtually complete.But why Treasury? What are the ramifications?Waihopai in Blenheim, SAS in Afghanistan are our key chess pieces, however US troops in NZ, NZ engineers in the US and Navy exercises (Rimpac) are all part of the greater plan. Nick Hager in his book 'Other Peoples Wars' clearly shows that there is another agenda running, that which entangles us in a dark and brutal side of secret missions and 'black ops' that defines the challenges that confront NZers who have no idea what is happening behind the scenes.Where once NZ had a strong nationwide network of peace groups, these have faded away many having been lead by older matriarchs, dedicated to t