Articles

How the US, Israel and Iran are controlling their media narratives

COMMENTARY: By Majdoline Al-Shammouri in Beirut In the ongoing United States and Israel war on Iran, it appears that all the countries agree on “controlling” the media. Despite differences in their...

Cuban envoy makes strong plea for his country defying US blockade

By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report Cuba’s Ambassador to New Zealand, Luis Morejón Rodríguez, last night made a passionate...

Corruption reporting project mourns the loss of Dan McGarry, pioneering Pacific editor and investigative journalist

OBITUARY: By Aubrey Belford, Australia and South Pacific regional editor of OCCRP The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project...

Caitlin Johnstone: Iran is forcing the world to care about US-Israeli warmongering

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Westerners are about to start paying a lot more attention to the war in Iran...

Iran’s ‘Samson option’: Deterrence restored or nothing – the logic behind Tehran’s next move

ANALYSIS: By Kevork Almassian When the Strait of Hormuz closes, you don’t need to be a military analyst to...

Author David Robie joins Greenpeace virtual tour of Rainbow Warrior

Greenpeace Join us for this guided “virtual tour” around the Rainbow Warrior III in Auckland Harbour on the afternoon of 10 July 2025 — the...

The Rainbow Warrior saga. Part 2: Nuclear refugees in the Pacific – the evacuation of Rongelap

COMMENTARY:  By Eugene Doyle On the last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior prior to its sinking by French secret agents in Auckland harbour on 10...

Greenpeace chief recalls New Zealand’s nuclear free exploits, seeks ‘peace’ voice for Gaza

By David Robie Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman today recalled New Zealand’s heyday as a Pacific nuclear free champion in the 1980s, and challenged...

Caitlin Johnstone: The Empire has accidentally caused the rebirth of real counterculture in the West

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Everyone’s still talking about Bob Vylan, and rightly so. A crowd full of Westerners happily being led through a chant of “Death,...

The Rainbow Warrior saga: 1. French state terrorism and NZ’s end of innocence

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Immediately after killing Fernando Pereira and blowing up Greenpeace’s flagship the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour, several of the French agents...

Chris Hedges: Gaza’s Hunger Games – how Israel is weaponising starvation

ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges Israel’s weaponisation of starvation is how genocides always end. I covered the insidious effects of orchestrated starvation in the Guatemalan Highlands during...