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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 July 1985 the ship had...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Decolonisation, the climate crisis, and improving media education in the Pacific

Global Voices interviews veteran author, journalist and educator David Robie who discusses the state of Pacific media, journalism education, and the role of the...

Caitlin Johnstone: Julian Assange is free, but justice has not been done

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Julian Assange is free. He is en route to Australia after appearing in court in Saipan, capital of Northern Mariana Islands,...

Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Shock over pro-independence leader charges, transfer to France

By Patrick Decloitre A group of pro-independence leaders charged with allegedly organising protests that turned into violent unrest in New Caledonia last month have been...

Former Green MP and ‘conscience of the year’ Keith Locke dies, aged 80

RNZ News Former Green MP Keith Locke, a passionate activist and anti-war critic once described as “conscience of the year”, has died in hospital, aged...

PSNA puts New Zealand govt ‘on notice’ over breaches of Genocide Convention claim

Asia Pacific Report A pro-Palestinian advocacy group has put the New Zealand government “on notice” over its alleged complicity with Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza...

Graham Davis: Fiji coup culture – here we go again. More instability?

COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis The Fiji Times totally crossed the line today by using a convicted felon who took part in the 2000 coup to...