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Caitlin Johnstone: The US empire keeps getting creepier

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Secretary of War™ Pete Hegseth said during a speech on Friday that the US is at “a 1939 moment” of “mounting urgency” in which “enemies gather,...

‘Profound distrust’ in France, says Pacific people’s mission report calling for new Kanaky negotiations

Asia Pacific Report A Pacific people’s mission to Kanaky New Caledonia was repeatedly confronted with a “profound sense of...

Filipino radio storytelling and community empowerment – a Vinzons update

By David Robie in Vinzons, Philippines More than five years ago I wrote an article for the Pacific Media...

Cole Martin: The Gaza ceasefire isn’t the end – what six months in Palestine showed me

Returning to Aotearoa after half a year in the occupied West Bank, Cole Martin says a peace deal...

Chris Hedges: Remove curse of Gaza genocide before it becomes the norm

This lecture “Requiem for Gaza” was delivered to a sold out audience at the University of South Australia...

Waitangi Day 2024: 5 myths and misconceptions that confuse NZ’s 1840 Treaty debate

ANALYSIS: By Paul Moon When it comes to grappling with the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi, one of the commonest responses is that it...

Pressure must go on Israel to comply with World Court genocide rulings

Aotearoa New Zealand must ramp up pressure on Israel to abide by last month’s International Court of Justice ruling, writes John Minto. COMMENTARY: By John...

Watching the watchdogs: Law, propaganda, and the media walk into a bar

ANALYSIS: By Rami G Khouri Last month, the world watched South Africa initiate International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings on the genocidal acts Israel committed...

NZ legally obliged to step up and speak out after World Court ruling on Israel

New Zealand’s commitment to the international rule of law means it must also go beyond the UN court’s genocide case findings on Gaza, writes...

In waging war on the UN refugee agency, the West is openly siding with Israeli genocide

Israel has long plotted the downfall of UNRWA, aware that it is one of the biggest obstacles to eradicating the Palestinians as a people. ANALYSIS:...

Caitlin Johnstone: Everything Israel wants to destroy is Hamas

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone UNRWA is Hamas. The hospitals are Hamas. The ambulances are Hamas. The journalists are Hamas. The schools are Hamas. South Africa...