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Israel funded the lawfare assault on Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis

The Zionist Federation of Australia’s legal assault on Israel critic and journalist Mary Kostakidis was financed by the Israeli war machine via the World Zionist Organisation.  Michael West Media...

Pioneer of Palestine protest in NZ warns against the IDF ‘obscenity’ becoming normalised

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report A pioneer of Palestine protest in Aotearoa New Zealand today warned...

Australian Zionists drop case against ‘truth’ journalist Mary Kostakidis

The Zionist Federation of Australia has withdrawn its case of “racial hatred” against Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis, who...

Student newspaper wins lawsuit against Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestine speech

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration has violated the constitutional rights of international...

West Papua: The Pacific’s new test of Indonesia’s sovereignty narrative

ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin The 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting in Koror, Palau, last week has pushed West...

Fiji elections: End 16 years of nation’s ‘bullying, corrupt’ government, pleads Beddoes

By Talebula Kate in Suva Former opposition Sodelpa member Mick Beddoes has appealed to the party’s management board to end the 16-year rule of Voreqe...

Yamin Kogoya: While West Papuans face an ‘existential threat’ under Indonesia, PNG plans defence pact with Jakarta

ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya “We are part of them and they are part of us,” declared politician Augustine Rapa, founder and president of the PNG...

Showdown between two former coup leaders in fight for Fiji’s democracy

By Ravindra Singh Prasad in Suva It is an ironic fact in Fiji, a multiethnic Pacific nation of under one million people, that coups don’t...

The Doctrine of ‘Discovery’, Te Moana and the people’s fight for climate crisis action

Reviewed by Dr David Robie As the editor, American-Kiwi anarchist, dissident and activist Valerie Morse notes in the preface to Peace Action, this practical treatise...

‘Survival and truth’ – journalists in the Asia-Pacific

Asia Media Centre Journalists and journalism are waging a global struggle for survival and for “truth” against fake news and alternative facts, say two Asia-Pacific...

Journalism education ‘truth’ challenges: An age of growing hate, intolerance and disinformation

By David Robie This keynote commentary at the Asian Congress for Media and Communication (ACMC) conference with the theme Change, Adaptation and Culture: Media and...