Politics

‘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 but the only one by...

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...

Too many journalists remain silent over the Gaza genocide, a threat to our media credibility

By David Robie on World Press Freedom Day 2025 I ask you now: Do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do...

Palestine protesters march on TVNZ, accuse broadcaster of bias on Gaza

Asia Pacific Report About 1000 pro-Palestinian protesters marked World Press Freedom Day — May 3 — today by marching...

Confirmed: Australian weapons sold to Israel, reveals Declassified Australia

SPECIAL REPORT: By Michelle Fahy The Australian counter-drone weapons system seen at a weapons demonstration in Israel recently is...

Ben Bohane: Did Australia back the wrong war in the 1960s? Now Putin’s Russia is knocking on the door

ANALYSIS: By Ben Bohane This week Cambodia marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh to the murderous Khmer Rouge, and Vietnam celebrates...

John Hobbs: Why NZ govt should back Greens’ sanctions bill on Israel over Gaza genocide

COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs In the absence of any measures taken by the New Zealand government to respond to the genocide being committed by Israel...

Trump’s racist, corrupt agenda – like a bank robbery in broad daylight

EDITORIAL: By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal US President Donald Trump and his team is pursuing a white man’s racist agenda that...

Caitlin Johnstone: Every day the Gaza holocaust continues, the empire tells the truth about itself

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Every day the Gaza holocaust continues, the Western empire tells the truth about itself. The US government is telling you the truth...

New Zealand’s humanity – does it include all of us, or only for some?

COMMENTARY: By Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab “Wherever Palestinians have control is barbaric.” These were the words from New Zealand’s Chief Human Rights Commissioner Stephen Rainbow. During a meeting...

Chris Hedges: Israel is about to empty Gaza – the greatest crime of this century

ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges Israel is poised to carry out the largest campaign of ethnic cleansing since the end of the Second World War. Since March...