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UpScrolled – the Australian pro-Palestine platform shaking up global social media

By Agnese Boffano in London As Meta, TikTok, Instagram and X continue to dominate online social spaces, a new platform called UpScrolled has entered the scene. It is not built around...

Eyes of Fire: Gripping tale of adventure, tragedy and testament to environmental activism

BookHero Review Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior, by David Robie, isn't only...

Jonathan Cook: Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ is the nail in Gaza’s coffin

Feckless European leaders like Starmer let Israel and the US tear up international law in Gaza. Now, faced...

Kalafi Moala: My view of tyrannical Trump

COMMENTARY: By Kalafi Moala As a journalist based in Tonga, I have chosen mostly to refrain from giving a...

Gaza peacekeeping deployment – five clear questions Fiji cannot ignore

ANALYSIS: By Jim Sanday The recent announcement by Fiji’s Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs that Fiji will consider...

‘Decolonisation must continue’, says Kanak independence campaigner

By Walter Zweifel France has been warned against attempts to abandon the New Caledonian decolonisation process pursued for more than two decades. A veteran independence campaigner,...

Journalist David Robie launches new open access Café Pacific website

Pacific Media Watch Journalist, author and media academic David Robie has launched an independent news and current affairs website to complement his long-established Asia Pacific...

Viktor Yeimo denounces Jakarta’s ‘systemic racism’ in Papua in his treason case defence

Jubi News A West Papuan leader, defending himself against treason charges, has denounced “systemic racism” by Indonesian authorities in the Melanesian region in a court...

‘Time is right for reconciliation’ – Fiji’s Methodist Church seeks to mend race relations

By Rachael Nath The Methodist Church of Fiji is seeking forgiveness from the descendants of Indian indentured labourers, or Girmitiyas, for the transgressions of the...

Why Australia and NZ could become republics – and stay in the Commonwealth

ANALYSIS: By James Mehigan The coronation of King Charles III is an ideal time for Australia and New Zealand to take stock of the British...

Pacific media freedom: The day the Fiji police arrested me at Sunday breakfast

By Serafina Silaitoga in Labasa, Fiji It was a typical Sunday morning on August 10, 2008, as I enjoyed breakfast with the family, lots of...