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...
Jonathan Cook: Israel’s attack on Iran – the violent new world being born is going to horrify you
Twenty years ago, the US warned prematurely of the "birth pangs" of a new Middle East. Now they have arrived in full force --...
Eugene Doyle: How centrifugal forces have been unleashed in Iran
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
The surprise US-Israeli attack on Iran is literally and figuratively designed to unleash centrifugal forces in the Islamic Republic.
Two nuclear powers...
Egyptian crackdown on Gaza blockade busters but Kiwi activists vow to ‘defeat genocide’
SPECIAL REPORT: By Saige England in Ōtautahi and Ava Mulla in Cairo
Hope for freedom for Palestinians remains high among a group of trauma-struck New...
Iran war: from the Middle East to America, history shows you cannot assassinate your way to peace
ANALYSIS: By Matt Fitzpatrick
In the late 1960s, the prevailing opinion among Israeli Shin Bet intelligence officers was that the key to defeating the Palestinian...
The story of the journalist on the Rainbow Warrior’s last voyage, David Robie
In April 2025, several of the Greenpeace crew visited Matauri Bay, Northland, the final resting place of the original flagship, the Rainbow Warrior. This...