Analysis

Pioneer of Palestine protest in NZ warns against the IDF ‘obscenity’ becoming normalised

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report A pioneer of Palestine protest in Aotearoa New Zealand today warned against the IDF slaughter “obscenity” becoming accepted as normal in the...

Australian Zionists drop case against ‘truth’ journalist Mary Kostakidis

The Zionist Federation of Australia has withdrawn its case of “racial hatred” against Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis, who...

Student newspaper wins lawsuit against Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestine speech

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration has violated the constitutional rights of international...

West Papua: The Pacific’s new test of Indonesia’s sovereignty narrative

ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin The 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting in Koror, Palau, last week has pushed West...

Palestine protesters renew ‘don’t buy Israeli’ pledge, demand NZ sanction Israel

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Pro-Palestine activists made strong pleas for stronger boycotts of Israeli products...

NZ election 2023: How a better funding model can help media strengthen social cohesion

This speech was this year’s David Beatson Memorial Address delivered at a Better Public Media meeting and debate in Grey Lynn last night on...

New Caledonia’s Backès resigns from French govt after losing Senate vote

ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre A prominent pro-France leader in New Caledonia, Sonia Backès, has resigned from the French government after a resounding defeat in France’s...

Media targeting public for a war with China, warns Declassified Australia

Pacific Media Watch Barely a day passes without a story in the British or Australian media that ramps up fear about the rulers in Beijing,...

Release of Victor Yeimo from Indonesian prison rekindles West Papuan fight against racism

SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya Prominent West Papuan independence activist Victor Yeimo was yesterday released from prison in Jayapura, Indonesia’s occupied capital of West Papua,...

NZ election 2023: From ‘pebble in the shoe’ to future power broker – the rise and rise of Te Pāti Māori

ANALYSIS: By Annie Te One In his maiden speech to Parliament in 2020, Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi told his fellow MPs: You know what...

‘It was set up to fail us’ – Palestinians reflect on 30 years of the Oslo Accords

Though the Oslo Accords and its signatories made many promises to the Palestinians, in reality, it carved Palestine up into bantustans and ghettos with...