Politics

A ‘forgotten hero’ against Imperial Japan, but the legacy of ‘Bintao’ Vinzons is being revived

COMMENTARY: By David Robie Vinzons is a quiet coastal town in the eastern Philippines province of Camarines Norte in Bicol. With a spread out population of about 45,000. it is...

Fiji, NZ protesters kick off UN day of solidarity for Palestine amid calls for sanctions, boycotts on Israel

By David Robie Protesters in Fiji and Aotearoa New Zealand kicked off the UN Day of Solidarity with the...

Fiji PM Rabuka blames ‘insulated’ upbringing for racially motivated 1987 coups

RNZ Pacific Sitiveni Rabuka, the instigator of Fiji’s coup culture, took to the witness stand for the first time...

‘Father of Timor Post’ – why Asia Pacific media legend Bob Howarth’s legacy will live on

TRIBUTE: By Mouzinho Lopes de Araujo The world has lost a giant with the passing of Australian media legend...

Caitlin Johnstone: You don’t hate the mass media enough

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone There was another IDF massacre in Gaza on Saturday, reportedly killing dozens of Palestinians. Israel as...

Caitlin Johnstone: We think this dystopia is normal like people in abusive relationships think it’s normal

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Westerners who don’t appreciate the extreme dysfunctionality of Western civilisation are like someone in an abusive marriage who hasn’t yet recognised...

War on Gaza: Palestinian journalism has been decimated with impunity

Pacific Media Watch The toll of four months of war in Gaza on journalism is “nothing short of horrifying” — Palestinian journalists killed, wounded, and...

Israel’s war on Gaza and why the West threatens to unravel the liberal world order

ANALYSIS: By Hina Rabbani Khar Over the past decade and a half, I have attended many meetings and conferences, and met many people in Western...

Jeremy Scahill: Israel has waged a ‘deliberate propaganda campaign’ to justify brutal Gaza assault

DEMOCRACY NOW! Guest Jeremy Scahill The United States and more than a dozen other countries quickly moved to suspend funding to UNRWA, the UN agency...

Palestinians demand international inquiry after mass grave found in Gaza

One of the Israeli atrocity stories that local media in Aotearoa New Zealand have missed . . . or ignored. Bodies of Palestinian detainees...

Caitlin Johnstone: However bad you think Israel is, it’s actually worse

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone So it turns out the IDF (Israeli Defence Force) has been running a Telegram channel featuring homemade snuff films in which...