Opinion

Caitlin Johnstone: Iran is forcing the world to care about US-Israeli warmongering

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Westerners are about to start paying a lot more attention to the war in Iran as massive US-Israeli escalations point to a coming energy crisis set...

Iran’s ‘Samson option’: Deterrence restored or nothing – the logic behind Tehran’s next move

ANALYSIS: By Kevork Almassian When the Strait of Hormuz closes, you don’t need to be a military analyst to...

Eugene Doyle: Will Israel and the US wreck the Gulf States along with Iran?

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle The United States and Israel have, for decades, pursued the destruction of Iran as a...

From the gauntlet to stopping the Iran war, Joe Carolan makes action plea

By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report A peace advocate urged people in New Zealand today to get behind a...

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...

Caitlin Johnstone: We live in a propaganda nightmare

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Awakening from the propaganda matrix is like being a conservative: you’re frequently disgusted with society and where it appears to be...

How Israel’s embrace of endless war and Zionist supremacy is creating self-inflicted wounds

ANALYSIS: By Arun Gupta Israel is riding high after carrying out the most audacious campaign of military conquest of any nation since the 1940s. Following the...

Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab: The Palestine tragedy – why it should matter to you and our world

COMMENTARY: By Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab As 2024 came to a close and we have stepped into a new year overshadowed by ongoing atrocities, have you stopped...

A ‘genocidal project’ – Dr Abu-Sittah on Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s health system

Democracy Now! Gaza’s Health Ministry has confirmed that close to 46,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel’s ongoing assault, but Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah estimates the...

Killing of five Gaza journalists by Israel strike highlights weak NZ media genocide response

By David Robie, convenor of Pacific Media Watch My message today is really simple but brutal. Israel kills the journalists deliberately. This is unprecedented. The Western...

Gaza Christians pray for end of Israeli war’s ‘death and destruction’

Asia Pacific Report Silent Night is a well-known Christmas carol that tells of a peaceful and silent night in Bethlehem, referring to the first Christmas...