Articles

Eugene Doyle: Christ wasn’t born in a stable so that Palestinians could be born in tents

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle I have just attended a wonderful Christmas concert at St Mary of the Angels in Wellington - the Bach Choir, the Chiesa Ensemble and excellent soloists...

The closest thing Australian cartooning had to a prophet: the sometimes celebrated, sometimes controversial Michael Leunig

ANALYSIS: By Richard Scully, Robert Phiddian and Stephanie Brookes Michael Leunig — who died in the early hours of...

Caitlin Johnstone: Where does the aggression really begin?

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone New York prosecutors have charged Luigi Mangione with “murder as an act of terrorism” in...

Vanuatu earthquake: ‘Our shop was flattened like a deck of cards’

By 1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver A number of Kiwis have been successfully evacuated from Vanuatu after a devastating...

Who’s killing the Pacific? A story of lobbying, food and neocolonialism

REVIEW: By Keeara Ofren Have you ever heard a comment which made you so outraged that you were compelled...

‘With words they try to jail us’: US universities are not citadels of freedom

COMMENTARY: By Donald Earl Collins Universities in the United States have been especially repressive over the past year. Several like Columbia University and New York University have redefined...

Why is Israel bombing Syria? – ‘because it can get away with it’, says Bishara

Asia Pacific Report Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, has condemned Israel’s extensive airstrikes on Syrian installations — reportedly almost 500 times in 72...

Damascus and Gaza prisoners: Syrians and Palestinians search for ‘disappeared’ loved ones

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show in Syria, where tens of thousands of people gathered at the Great Mosque of Damascus for the...

Eugene Doyle: The dismemberment of Syria is a crime

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle What we are witnessing is not just the end of a regime but quite possibly the destruction of the Syrian state. We...

‘Politics is finally possible’: After surprise fall of Syria’s Assad in protracted civil war, what’s next?

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show with Syria and the aftermath of the historic collapse of the Assad regime. Israeli forces are continuing...

The ceasefire in Lebanon paused the war but not the struggle against genocide

As the world focuses on post-Assad Syria, this article reflects on Lebanon after the "ceasefire". A country with a history of resistance and struggle,...