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Abby Martin’s documentary takes on the ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy’ ecocide

REVIEW: By Olivia Rosane It’s a commonly repeated statistic that the US military is the world’s largest institutional polluter, but what exactly does that mean? The quest to find a real...

Media avoids Israel’s sadism like a crocodile-infested moat

COMMENTARY: By Jeremy Rose Israel’s Environment Ministry has removed the protected status of Nile crocodiles to allow them to...

‘They brought me here to kill me’ – NZ media slammed over ignoring Gaza doctor’s plea

By David Robie, convenor of Pacific Media Watch “This is the last time you’ll see me… they brought me...

It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of ‘balance’

ANALYSIS: By Peter Greste One of the oldest tropes in journalism is that it should be balanced; that journalists...

Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on

Mānawatia a Matariki! Flashback 41 years on: One year ago marking the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the...

As Trump basks in Gulf Arab applause, Israel massacres children in Gaza

Nakba Day today marks 15 May 1948 — the day after the declaration of the State of Israel — when the Palestinian society and...

Caitlin Johnstone: Israel admits it bombed a hospital to kill a journalist for doing journalism

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix LISTEN: A reading of this article by Tim Foley READ MORE: Israeli...

Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Biden, Israel ‘did best to cover up’

Democracy Now! NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s show looking at Israel’s ongoing targeting of Palestinian journalists. A recent report by the Costs of War Project...

Tracing radiation through the Marshall Islands: Reflections from a veteran Greenpeace nuclear campaigner

SPECIAL REPORT: By Shaun Burnie of Greenpeace We’ve visited Ground Zero. Not once, but three times. But for generations, before these locations were designated as...

‘Under no illusions’ about France, says author of new Rainbow Warrior book

Pacific Media Watch The author of the book Eyes of Fire, one of the many publications on the Rainbow Warrior bombing almost 40 years ago...

Caitlin Johnstone: It was never about hostages. It was never about Hamas

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Benjamin Netanyahu said last Thursday that freeing the Israeli hostages in Gaza was not his top priority, suggesting instead that defeating...