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How the US, Israel and Iran are controlling their media narratives

COMMENTARY: By Majdoline Al-Shammouri in Beirut In the ongoing United States and Israel war on Iran, it appears that all the countries agree on “controlling” the media. Despite differences in their...

Cuban envoy makes strong plea for his country defying US blockade

By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report Cuba’s Ambassador to New Zealand, Luis Morejón Rodríguez, last night made a passionate...

Corruption reporting project mourns the loss of Dan McGarry, pioneering Pacific editor and investigative journalist

OBITUARY: By Aubrey Belford, Australia and South Pacific regional editor of OCCRP The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project...

Caitlin Johnstone: Iran is forcing the world to care about US-Israeli warmongering

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Westerners are about to start paying a lot more attention to the war in Iran...

Iran’s ‘Samson option’: Deterrence restored or nothing – the logic behind Tehran’s next move

ANALYSIS: By Kevork Almassian When the Strait of Hormuz closes, you don’t need to be a military analyst to...

Biden hails ‘press freedom, democracy’ but ignores Gaza media death toll of 142

Pacific Media Watch US President Joe Biden has spoken at the annual White House Correspondents’ dinner in Washington in spite of protests over alleged “complicity”...

Palestine protesters stage Gaza ‘die-in’ as leaders call for step up in boycotts

By David Robie A score of Palestine solidarity protesters draped themselves in white shrouds with mock blood in a sombre “die-in” demonstration at Te Komitanga...

Craig Murray: Western and Arab political class utterly divorced from their people over Gaza

COMMENTARY: By Craig Murray Governments cannot take big decisions extremely quickly except in the most extreme of circumstances. There are mechanisms in all states that...

Naomi Klein: Jews must raise their voices for Palestine – oppose the ‘false idol of Zionism’

DEMOCRACY NOW! Address by Naomi Klein Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Brooklyn on Tuesday when Jewish New Yorkers and allies gathered for what they...

Palestine protesters challenge TVNZ over Israeli ambassador’s ‘propaganda’

Pacific Media Watch Palestine solidarity protesters today demonstrated at the Auckland headquarters of Television New Zealand, accusing the country’s major TV network of broadcasting “propaganda”...

Nelson Mandela’s grandson joins Gaza flotilla, slams ‘genocide complicit’ leaders

Asia Pacific Report Chief Mandla Mandela, a member of the National Assembly of South Africa and Nelson Mandela’s grandson, has joined the Freedom Flotilla in...