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: Everything Israel wants to destroy is Hamas

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone UNRWA is Hamas. The hospitals are Hamas. The ambulances are Hamas. The journalists are Hamas. The schools are Hamas. South Africa...

It may be genocide against Gaza, but it won’t be stopped

ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges The International Court of Justice (ICJ) refused to implement the most crucial demand made by South African jurists: “The State of...

Defunding UNRWA will cause Gazans ‘more misery and suffering’, warns former PM Clark

Asia Pacific Report Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark, who led the UN Development Programme which oversees UNRWA, told RNZ Morning Report today it...

‘Ceasefire now’ protesters march on NZ naval base, demand Luxon upholds Israel genocide court order

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report About 200 protesters marched through the heart of Auckland’s tourist suburb of Devonport today to the Royal...

Caitlin Johnstone: Commemorating a past Holocaust while cheerleading the current one

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The United States and eight of its allies have suspended funding to UNRWA, the primary humanitarian agency in Gaza, following Israeli...

ICJ’s stunning blow over Gaza war genocide charge ups pressure on Israel

ANALYSIS: By Trita Parsi The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled against Israel and determined that South Africa successfully argued that Israel’s conduct plausibly...