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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...

As support for Gaza goes mainstream, don’t let the Empire co-opt the movement

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Opposition to the slaughter in Gaza appears to be getting more mainstream, which is obviously great, but when political impulses go...

Reb Halabi: Witness to horror upon horror in Gaza, I scream underwater

COMMENTARY: By Reb Halabi I recently heard the British-Palestinian Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah tell of the horrors of Israel’s total destruction of Gaza’s hospitals and healthcare...

PJR to celebrate 30 years of journalism publishing at Pacific Media 2024 conference

Pacific Media Watch Pacific Journalism Review, the Pacific and New Zealand’s only specialist media research journal, is celebrating 30 years of publishing this year —...

Why Israel’s attacks on journalists are backfiring and it is losing its war on truth

ANALYSIS: By Rami G Khouri For the past six months, Israel has put a lot of effort into covering up its genocidal crimes in Gaza....

Caitlin Johnstone: Six months of hell on Earth

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Six months of this now. Half a year. Half a year of genocide apologia. Half a year of the most outrageous lies you...

APR editor criticises NZ media coverage over Israel’s war on Gaza

Pacific Media Watch Pacific media commentator and Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie has criticised New Zealand media coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, describing...