Politics

Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats and court summons

By Khalia Strong of PMN News Fiji has shot up the world rankings for press freedom but the victory feels hollow as journalists across the Pacific face a wave of...

Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal attack

POLITICAL CARTOONS: By Campion Ohasio My name is Campion Ohasio, and I am currently the only political cartoonist in...

After Israel’s brutal attack on Kiwis the NZ government does nothing

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Kiwi Julien Blondel’s face may be bloodied but it is unbowed. So far the New...

Global Sumud Flotilla calls on NZ govt to intervene after Israeli interception

RNZ News The Global Sumud Flotilla is demanding the New Zealand government intervene to uphold international law, after being...

Israel’s diabolical killing machine and how it targets journalists

As World Press Freedom Day rapidly approaches and Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Israeli government for its...

Caitlin Johnstone: It shouldn’t have taken this much for mainstream voices to start speaking up about Gaza

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Israel’s top human rights group B’Tselem has finally declared that Israel is committing genocide, as has the Israel-based Physicians for Human...

Caitlin Johnstone: It’s a genocide, but it’s also so much more than that

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The mass atrocity in Gaza is a genocide, obviously, and is an undisguised ethnic cleansing operation. But it’s also a lot more...

Eugene Doyle: Nagasaki now a celebration of Israeli genocide

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Israel’s key enablers, the G7, plus Australia and New Zealand, have succeeded in muscling Israel back onto the invite list for...

Keep fighting for a nuclear-free Pacific, Helen Clark warns Greenpeace over global storm clouds

Asia Pacific Report Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark warned activists and campaigners in a speech on the deck of the Greenpeace environmental flagship...

Caitlin Johnstone: The New York Times finally stops avoiding the g-word

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The New York Times has published an op-ed by a genocide scholar who says that he resisted acknowledging the truth of...

David Robie: New Zealand must do more for Pacific and confront nuclear powers

By Susana Suisuiki and Lydia Lewis The New Zealand government needs to do more for its Pacific Island neighbours and stand up to nuclear powers,...