Politics

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 that fails to address the root causes — and ignores the...

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...

Eugene Doyle: Palestinian ‘Mandela’ beaten unconscious – Western leaders yawned and looked away

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Israel and the West pretend they want a real peace in Israel-Palestine yet the Israelis...

Caitlin Johnstone: Israel flipped out and killed 45 Palestinians after running over their own bomb

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone In today’s news, Israel’s stupid genocidal rapists ran over an unexploded ordnance from their own...

‘Not an attempt to militarise our nation’ – Solomon Islands considers own military

By Koroi Hawkins The Solomon Islands government is looking into establishing a defence force which would make it the...

West Papua solidarity group protests over arrest of 10 KNPB members

Asia Pacific Report An Australian advocacy group for West Papua self-determination has condemned yesterday’s arrest by Indonesian security forces of 10 West Papua National Committee...

Rendezvous with the ‘no nukes’ Aneityum cover girl after 33 years

Dr David Robie was one of the resource speakers at a Teachers' Wānanga on teaching about the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) movement...

Nuclear-free campaigners warn against AUKUS raising Pacific tensions

By David Robie Advocates and defenders of a nuclear-free Pacific have condemned the AUKUS military pact and warned New Zealand that the agreement would make...

Jakarta’s rights commission criticised for ‘failure’ over NZ pilot hostage case

By Singgih Wiryono in Jakarta Indonesia’s former National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) chairperson Ahmad Taufan Damanik says it is difficult to expect Komnas HAM...

Gordon Campbell: Double standard Israeli news narratives about Palestine

By Gordon Campbell So far, the coverage of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) assault on the Jenin refugee camp has followed a familiar pattern. Images...

Jayapura court finds Yeimo guilty of ‘treason’ in appeal – longer sentence

Jubi News The Jayapura High Court has found West Papuan human rights and social justice activist Victor Yeimo guilty of treason and sentenced him to...