Analysis

The fall of Saigon 1975 – The Quiet Mutiny and US army falls apart

Part Two of the three-part Solidarity’s Vietnam War series: The folly of imperial war COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Vietnam is a lesson we should have learnt — but never did...

The fall of Saigon 1975: Fifty years of repeating what was forgotten

Part one of a three-part Solidarity series: On the courage to remember COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle The first demonstration I...

Open letter to Fijians – ‘why is our country supporting Israel’s heinous crimes in Gaza?’

Pacific Media Watch The Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network today condemned the Fiji government’s failure to stand up for...

Caitlin Johnstone: The Pope has died, and the Palestinian people have lost an important advocate

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Pope Francis has died after using his Easter Sunday address to call for peace in...

Caitlin Johnstone: ‘I want a death that the world will hear’  –  journalist assassinated by Israel for telling the truth

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Israel assassinated a photojournalist in Gaza in an airstrike targeting her family’s home on Wednesday,...

2022 wrap: Pacific political upheavals eclipse fierce Tongan volcano

2022 PACIFIC REVIEW: By David Robie The Pacific year started with a ferocious eruption and global tsunami in Tonga, but by the year’s end several...

A knife-edge election in Fiji sees power shift – and a chance to bring back real democracy

ANALYSIS: By Steven Ratuva, University of Canterbury When the final election results were announced around 4pm on Sunday, many Fijians, at home and around the...

Yamin Kogoya: While West Papuans face an ‘existential threat’ under Indonesia, PNG plans defence pact with Jakarta

ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya “We are part of them and they are part of us,” declared politician Augustine Rapa, founder and president of the PNG...

Showdown between two former coup leaders in fight for Fiji’s democracy

By Ravindra Singh Prasad in Suva It is an ironic fact in Fiji, a multiethnic Pacific nation of under one million people, that coups don’t...

Fate of NZ research centre highlights university ‘blindness’, media freedom

SPECIAL REPORT: By Dr Lee Duffield The launch of a New Zealand project to produce more Pacific news and provide a “voice for the voiceless”...

‘It’s time to be the crowd’, Knitting Nannas tell protest against jailing of climate activist

SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is pleased that a Sydney magistrate jailed protester Deanna “Violet” Coco on Friday. But he is...