David Robie condemns ‘callous’ health legacy of French, US nuclear bomb tests in Pacific
Asia Pacific Report
A journalist who was on the Rainbow Warrior voyage to Rongelap last night condemned France for its “callous” attack of an environmental...
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...
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...
Clark warns in new Pacific book renewed nuclear tensions pose ‘existential threat to humanity’
Asia Pacific Report
Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has warned the country needs to maintain its nuclear-free policy as a “fundamental tenet” of...
Caitlin Johnstone: The fictional mental illness that only affects enemies of the Western empire
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
Within the storytelling of Western politics and punditry there exists a fictional type of mental illness which only affects people the...