Media

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 starvation in the Guatemalan Highlands during the genocidal campaign of General...

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...

Eugene Doyle: Why Asia-Pacific should be cheering for Iran and not US bomb-based statecraft

ANALYSIS: By Eugene Doyle Setting aside any thoughts I may have about theocratic rulers (whether they be in Tel...

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...

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...

Speaking to the world, but mirroring Australia’s off-again, on-again Pacific engagement

REVIEW: By Rowan Callick Radio Australia was conceived at the beginning of the Second World War out of Canberra’s desire to counter Japanese propaganda in...

Myles Thomas: Debate over public media merger is the proof we need it

COMMENTARY: By Myles Thomas How the RNZ/TVNZ merger went from its first reading in Parliament to the legislative extinction list is an example of why...

‘Claims a serious matter’ – Fiji lawyer Richard Naidu responds to Sayed-Khaiyum’s attack

ANALYSIS: By Richard Naidu Who’s broken the law? “Separation of powers” and all that stuff. Former attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s hour-long news conference on Saturday, January 21,...

‘Freedom for Assange and journalism are at stake’ – the Belmarsh Tribunal

ANALYSIS: By Brett Wilkins As Julian Assange awaits the final appeal of his looming extradition to the United States while languishing behind bars in London’s...

The hatred and vitriol NZ’s Jacinda Ardern endured ‘would affect anybody’

“History will judge Jacinda Ardern as a remarkable leader. She is genuinely kind and has an incredible intellect, she’s made more of a contribution...

‘Today, facts win, truth wins, justice wins’, says Ressa over court victory

By Lian Buan in Manila The Philippines’ Court of Tax Appeals has acquitted Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and Rappler Holdings Corporation (RHC) of four...