Opinion

Phil Twyford: Legends of the Pacific: Stories of a Nuclear-Free Moana 1975-1995

MP Phil Twyford's speech while opening the Legends of the Pacific: Stories of a Nuclear-Free Moana 1975-1995 exhibition at the Ellen Melville Centre today. By Phil Twyford Kia ora tatou. I...

David Robie condemns ‘callous’ health legacy of French, US nuclear bomb tests in Pacific

Asia Pacific Report A journalist who was on the Rainbow Warrior voyage to Rongelap last night condemned France for...

The Rainbow Warrior saga. Part 2: Nuclear refugees in the Pacific – the evacuation of Rongelap

COMMENTARY:  By Eugene Doyle On the last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior prior to its sinking by French secret...

Greenpeace chief recalls New Zealand’s nuclear free exploits, seeks ‘peace’ voice for Gaza

By David Robie Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman today recalled New Zealand’s heyday as a Pacific nuclear free...

Caitlin Johnstone: The Empire has accidentally caused the rebirth of real counterculture in the West

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Everyone’s still talking about Bob Vylan, and rightly so. A crowd full of Westerners happily being...

Jonathan Cook: Israel kills the journalists. Western media kills the truth of genocide in Gaza

Western publics are being subjected to a campaign of psychological warfare, where genocide is classed as ‘self-defence’ and opposition to it ‘terrorism’. Jonathan Cook...

Martyn Bradbury: My 30 best NZ news sources plus 5 to avoid

COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog Folks, the New Zealand media landscape is imploding and that risks terrible damage to our collective...

Filep Karma – a political prisoner who fought racism in West Papua

SPECIAL REPORT: By Andreas Harsono in Jakarta In December 2008, I visited Abepura prison in Jayapura, West Papua, to verify a report sent to the...

‘Rogue’ states US and Israel have nothing to gain from their war on the UN

ANALYSIS: By Mohamad Elmasry It’s ironic that the United States and its closest ally, Israel, a state born out of the horrors of the Second...

Caitlin Johnstone: Yeah, yeah, UNRWA is Hamas. Everyone Israel hates is Hamas

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The Israeli Knesset has banned UNRWA, an absolutely critical agency for getting humanitarian aid into Gaza, with the architect of the...

US elections: Editorial writers at LA Times, Washington Post resign after billionaire owners block Kamala Harris endorsements

Democracy Now! This is Democracy Now!, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I am Amy Goodman, with Juan González: The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post...