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Activists tell of ‘apocalyptic’ ecocide on top of Israel’s Gaza genocide at rally

By David Robie Two Extinction Rebellion activists joined the speakers today at an Auckland protest over Israel’s genocide and ecocide in Gaza and occupied Palestine, condemning the “apocalyptic” assault on...

‘Antisemitism training’ at universities. Labor’s march to authoritarianism

From curbing protests to controlling what can be said in Australia, state and Federal Labor governments are becoming...

Caitlin Johnstone: More shockingly honest confessions from the Empire managers

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone US Empire managers have been making some surprisingly honest admissions in recent days, with Senator...

Herzog protest – when politicans fail, police go rogue, justice fails to protect

Israel’s President Herzog has departed Australia, leaving less “social cohesion”, while politicians, justices and NSW police have many...

NZ protesters condemn ‘IDF kill chain’ link to Gaza genocide

By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report New Zealand protesters have again spotlighted the country’s stake in US space militarisation...

Iran’s great research adventurers – a talk with Issa Omidvar

By David Robie They have been dubbed the “Persian Indiana Joneses”. Their adventures are fabled and hair-raising, as shown by a Jivaro shrunken human head...

Toxic smoke chokes region as Indonesian rainforests burn – David Robie on TRT

Asia Pacific Report Thousands of forest fires have been burning across Indonesian Borneo and Sumatra, disrupting air travel, closing schools and sickening thousands of people,...

Pacific Media Watch – The Genesis

Reported and presented by Sri Krishnamurthi “It’s a bit of a lighthouse” for vital regional news and information, says Alex Perrottet, a former contributing editor...

Talanoa: expanding millennial notions of a ‘Pacific way’ journalism education and media research culture

By David Robie As critical issues such as climate change, exploited fisheries, declining human rights, and reconfiguration of political systems inherited at independence increasingly challenge...

Pacific media should ‘bear witness’ to human rights violations, says Robie

Human Rights and Social Development A prominent journalist and founding director of Auckland University of Technology’s Pacific Media Centre, Professor David Robie, has shared his...

David Robie: A future in Pacific journalism in the age of ‘media phobia’

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2018: By David Robie Kia Ora Tatou and Ni Sa Bula, For many of you millennials, you’re graduating and entering a Brave New World...