Politics

What on earth just happened? Trump, Iran, and the unlikely ceasefire

COMMENTARY: By Trita Parsi Yesterday began with Donald Trump issuing genocidal threats against Iran on social media and ended — just ten hours later — with the announcement of a...

Protesters condemn Luxon govt for failing to condemn illegal war on Iran

By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report New Zealand’s government was taken to task today for its lack of a...

President Trump, don’t listen to your sycophants on Iran, this isn’t reality TV

COMMENTARY: By Robert Reich Mr Trump, may I have a word? Bad enough for you to insist — in the...

How the US, Israel and Iran are controlling their media narratives

COMMENTARY: By Majdoline Al-Shammouri in Beirut In the ongoing United States and Israel war on Iran, it appears that...

Cuban envoy makes strong plea for his country defying US blockade

By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report Cuba’s Ambassador to New Zealand, Luis Morejón Rodríguez, last night made a passionate...

Journalists offered ‘radical’ solution to save part of NZ’s Newshub, says Gower

RNZ News Warner Bros Discovery will struggle to retain viewers in New Zealand if it has no news operation, Newshub journalist Paddy Gower predicts, as...

Violent clashes in New Caledonia as tensions rise over nickel pact

By Patrick Decloitre Fresh clashes in New Caledonia have erupted in the suburbs of Nouméa between security forces and pro-independence protesters who oppose a nickel...

Fiji’s position over Israeli war on Gaza – international blunder or a domestic strategy?

SPECIAL REPORT: By Richard Naidu, editor of Islands Business South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has been described...

As support for Gaza goes mainstream, don’t let the Empire co-opt the movement

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Opposition to the slaughter in Gaza appears to be getting more mainstream, which is obviously great, but when political impulses go...

Reb Halabi: Witness to horror upon horror in Gaza, I scream underwater

COMMENTARY: By Reb Halabi I recently heard the British-Palestinian Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah tell of the horrors of Israel’s total destruction of Gaza’s hospitals and healthcare...

PJR to celebrate 30 years of journalism publishing at Pacific Media 2024 conference

Pacific Media Watch Pacific Journalism Review, the Pacific and New Zealand’s only specialist media research journal, is celebrating 30 years of publishing this year —...