Opinion

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 sovereign state. We are now in the opening days of what may...

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...

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...

Reaping what you sow, Iran isn’t the aggressor here

COMMENTARY: By Belén Fernández On Saturday, April 13, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel in retaliation for a deadly Israeli strike on...

Gordon Campbell: On Winston Peters’ pathetic speech at the UN

COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell Good grief, Winston Peters. Tens of thousands of Gazans have been slaughtered, two million are on the brink of starvation and...

Caitlin Johnstone: US declines Israel’s invitation to start WW3 (for now)

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Iran has carried out its long-promised retaliation for Israel’s attack on its consulate building in Damascus, launching a massive barrage of...

Caitlin Johnstone: Getting Gaza right is the absolute bare minimum requirement

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Gaza is simpler than Iraq. Iraq was simpler than Yemen. Yemen was simpler than Libya. Libya was simpler than Ukraine. Ukraine...

Open letter: On NZ news media and ‘faceless, nameless’ Palestinians

Pacific Media Watch This unpublished “heartfelt” letter sent to The Press this week criticising its April 6 editorial about a “turning point” in the deadly...

Indonesian military’s crimes in West Papua and the democratic solution

By Sharon Muller On Friday, March 22, a video circulated of TNI (Indonesian military) soldiers torturing a civilian in Papua. In the video, the victim...