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Holding power accountable – a Pacific journalist’s journey through assaults and censorship

Exposing autocracy from military-ruled Fiji to democratic Samoa, journalist Shalveen Chand has faced cell blocks, state censorship and physical assaults for holding Pacific powers accountable. Now joining the Cook...

Mary Kostakidis: How Gaza exposed the Australian media’s failings

An edited version of a speech Mary Kostakidis delivered at the Media Diversity Australia Symposium where she spoke...

Gaza mass killing documentary a warning of global dystopian future

REVIEW: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report I have watched the most disturbing film in my lifetime...

A reminder of what is possible in community empowerment – ‘survival pending revolution’

This book launch speech was delivered today for Ponsonby People’s Union: At the Frontline of Community Activism in...

Palestinian researcher exposes Israel’s list of so-called ‘terrorist’ journalists slain in Gaza as smear

COMMENTARY: By Stephen Prager Seeking to discredit reports of its unprecedented killing of journalists in Gaza, the Israel Defense...

Why the wall of silence on the Gaza genocide is finally starting to crack

As Israel unveils its final genocide push, and mass death from starvation looms in Gaza, Western media and politicians are tentatively starting to speak...

‘Cracks are opening up’ in Western complicity over Gaza genocide, says John Minto

By David Robie About 2000 New Zealand protesters marched through the heart of Auckland city today chanting “no justice, no peace” and many other calls...

How should the media cover a genocide? New Zealand’s national broadcaster is failing in its duty

ANALYSIS: By Jeremy Rose, Eugene Doyle and Ramon Das Radio New Zealand’s decision to conduct a review of its Israel-Palestine coverage post-7 October 2023 is...

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...