Opinion

Roger Fowler, a legend of the Aotearoa solidarity movement, dies at 77

OBITUARY: By David Robie Roger Norman Fowler: 12 September 1948 – 21 February 2026 Roger Fowler, an activist legend of social justice solidarity movements from Bastion Point to resisting apartheid and...

Activists tell of ‘apocalyptic’ ecocide on top of Israel’s Gaza genocide at rally

By David Robie Two Extinction Rebellion activists joined the speakers today at an Auckland protest over Israel’s genocide and...

‘Antisemitism training’ at universities. Labor’s march to authoritarianism

From curbing protests to controlling what can be said in Australia, state and Federal Labor governments are becoming...

Caitlin Johnstone: More shockingly honest confessions from the Empire managers

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone US Empire managers have been making some surprisingly honest admissions in recent days, with Senator...

Herzog protest – when politicans fail, police go rogue, justice fails to protect

Israel’s President Herzog has departed Australia, leaving less “social cohesion”, while politicians, justices and NSW police have many...

Caitlin Johnstone: Imagine if Russia or China did the things Israel is doing in Gaza

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Imagine how the Western political-media class would be acting if Russia or China was bombing and starving a walled-in population of...

The Jakarta Post: Stop fighting fire with fire in Papua – it only leads to a bigger fire

EDITORIAL: The Jakarta Post It happens again and again; indigenous Papuans fall victim to Indonesian soldiers. This time, we have photographic evidence for the brutality, with...

West Papuan wounds of suffering – diplomatic pressure on Indonesia needed urgently

COMMENTARY: By Ronny Kareni Recent videos depicting the barbaric torture of an indigenous Papuan man by Indonesian soldiers have opened the wounds of West Papua’s...

Censorship over Gaza is a crucial complement of genocide

ANALYSIS: By Somdeep Sen Last month on the BBC’s flagship news programme, Newsnight, author and journalist Howard Eric Jacobson complained that Britain’s public broadcaster had...

Christchurch attacks 5 years on: terrorist’s online history gives clues to preventing future atrocities

ANALYSIS: By Chris Wilson, Ethan Renner, Jack Smylie, and Michal Dziwulski As our research has previously revealed, the man who attacked two mosques in Christchurch...

A tribute to a Pacific visionary – remembering Epeli Hau’ofa

By Aisha Azeemah in Suva With the lights on one of his sneakers blinking as he ran through the gallery, a little boy looked up...