Climate

Caitlin Johnstone: In this dystopia you can’t vote against wars. But you can gamble on when they’ll start

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone I can’t get over the fact that people were casting bets on whether the US would bomb Iran the other day. It just says such dark...

Most UPNG students don’t want independence for Bougainville, new survey shows

ANALYSIS: By Anna Kapil and Stephen Howes It is well known that the people of Bougainville want independence. In...

Israel accused over ‘shameful whitewashing’ bid to sanitise soldier holidays in NZ

By David Robie A pro-Palestian campaigner today accused the Israeli military forces of “once again trying to sanitise its”...

Caitlin Johnstone: On ‘leftists’ and ‘anarchists’ who cheer for regime change in Iran

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Is there anything more undignified than “leftists” and “anarchists” who cheer on the fall of...

Papua in the Pacific mirror: A path to recognition and reconciliation

Indonesia needs a fundamental shift in perspective: seeing Papuans not as a problem to be managed, but as...

Climate crisis ‘greatest threat’ to Pacific regional security, says Vanuatu PM

By Hilaire Bule Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau says Pacific security is about the security of the Pacific peoples and their way of life as...

South Australia adopts draconian new law curbing peaceful climate protest

A bill introducing harsh penalties and extending the scope of a law applying to those who obstruct public places has been passed after an...

Latest Okinawan Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy

Asia Pacific Report A new edition of the Okinawan Journal of Island Studies features social justice island activism, including a case study of Aotearoa New...

India launches ‘celebration of future’ climate research centre at USP

By Joeli Bili in Suva A partnership forged between the Indian government and the University of the South Pacific will see the establishment of a...

Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific

ANALYSIS: By Barbara Dreaver in Port Moresby When I was growing up in Kiribati, then known as the Gilbert Islands, New Zealand divers came to...

‘Frustrated’ USP law students were catalyst for landmark UN climate vote

By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva There was euphoria at the campus of the University of the South Pacific (USP) in Suva in Fiji last Thursday...