Opinion

West Papuan doco Pig Feast exposes oligarchs, food security crisis and ecocide under noses of military

REVIEW: By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report West Papuan diaspora, academics, students and community activists warmly applauded the screening of the new investigative documentary, Pesta Babi (Pig Feast): Colonialism in...

Devastating new ‘ecocide’ film to premiere at West Papua solidarity forum

Asia Pacific Report A new documentary film on the devastating “ecocide” happening in West Papua will be screened as...

Australia and the ‘Epstein Coalition’ – invasion of Iran a disaster

It’s only Day Five of the war, but surely the epic stupidity of Australia so cravenly backing the...

12 reasons why a huge split is opening up in the West over US-Israel’s ‘manifestly illegal’ war on Iran

ANALYSIS: By Nury Vittachi The West is in turmoil over countries’ top legal minds declaring the US-Israel attack on...

Eugene Doyle: Minab school massacre – hands off the children of Iran, Donald Trump

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle When I heard the terrible news that the Americans and Israelis had killed more than...

‘All I wanted was to bid my daughter a final farewell’ – Gaza hostages, mainstream media and truth

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Watching footage of Palestinian parliamentarian and hostage Khalida Jarrar emerge from Israeli captivity was jarring — a far, muffled cry from...

Caitlin Johnstone: Jordan and Egypt snub Trump’s ethnic cleansing plan

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Both Jordan and Egypt have put out statements rejecting President Trump’s proposal to “clean out” Gaza and move its population to...

Climate crisis: The carbon footprint of the Gaza genocide

SPECIAL REPORT: By Jeremy Rose The International Court of Justice heard last month that after reconstruction is factored in Israel’s war on Gaza will have...

Palestinians return home to Gaza ashes – if we want peace, face the truth

COMMENTARY: By Saige England Celebration time. Some Palestinian prisoners have been released. A mother reunited with her daughter. A young mother reunited with her babies. Still...

Gaza and the Western media (including NZ and the Pacific) – complicit in genocide

COMMENTARY: By Steven Cowan New Zealand’s One News interviewed a Gaza journalist last week who has called out the Western media for its complicity in...

Marwan Barghouti – the world’s most important hostage – must be freed

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle A litmus test of Israel’s commitment to abandon genocide and start down the road towards lasting peace is whether they choose...