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...

From Gaza to West Papua, the long struggle for justice and freedom

ANALYSIS: By David Robie On my office wall hangs a framed portrait of Shireen Abu Akleh, the inspiring and celebrated American-Palestinian journalist known across the...

Caitlin Johnstone: The plan is to turn Palestine into a historical footnote so it’s too late to save it

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The Zionist plan for the Palestinians is to kill them and drive them off their land by whatever cruelty is necessary,...

USP faces a ‘gathering storm’ over leadership and a looming strike

Asia Pacific Report The University of the South Pacific — one of only two regional universities in the world — is facing a “gathering storm”...

Indonesian military apologies fail to mask the harassment, gagging of Papuan leaders

COMMENTARY: By Ronny Kareni Since the atrocious footage of the suffering of an indigenous Papuan man reverberates in the heart of Puncak by the brute...

Annelle Sheline: Why I’m resigning from the US State Department

COMMENTARY: By Annelle Sheline Since Hamas’ attack on October 7, Israel has used American bombs in its war in Gaza, which has killed more than...

Caitlin Johnstone: Imagine if Russia or China did the things Israel is doing in Gaza

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Imagine how the Western political-media class would be acting if Russia or China was bombing and starving a walled-in population of...