Opinion

Student newspaper wins lawsuit against Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestine speech

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration has violated the constitutional rights of international students in seeking to deport them for their pro-Palestinian activism and...

West Papua: The Pacific’s new test of Indonesia’s sovereignty narrative

ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin The 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting in Koror, Palau, last week has pushed West...

Palestine protesters renew ‘don’t buy Israeli’ pledge, demand NZ sanction Israel

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Pro-Palestine activists made strong pleas for stronger boycotts of Israeli products...

Top 30 NZ news media you should follow this election and the Top 5 you should ignore – The Daily Blog

COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury, editor and publisher of The Daily Blog This New Zealand general election on November 7...

NZ left parties condemn Luxon govt on lack of humanity, ‘complicity’ over Gaza genocide

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Four opposition party spokespeople today condemned the New Zealand coalition government’s...

Caitlin Johnstone: Pretending the US can’t just drive aid into Gaza

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The Biden administration is supposedly planning to set up a temporary pier in Gaza to allow for the large-scale shipment of...

Israel is pillaging not just Gaza’s cities but also its natural resources – water and gas

ANALYSIS: By Sultan Barakat Over the past few months, appalling videos have emerged from the conflict zone in Gaza of Israeli troops looting the properties of...

Why have Albanese and other politicians been referred to the ICC over Israel’s war on Gaza?

ANALYSIS: By Donald Rothwell In an unprecedented legal development, senior Australian politicians, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, have been referred to the International Criminal Court...

A grim Atlas guides NZ’s right-wing politics

The three-party coalition that took power in New Zealand late in 2023, after a campaign centred on attacking the country’s founding Waitangi Treaty, has...

Open letter: Dear President Biden, why do you support genocide in Gaza?

OPEN LETTER: By Ghada Ageel Dear President Biden, I am writing to you for the second time. I first wrote to you on November 4 after...

NZ’s shameful act over Hamas in defiance of Gaza atrocities reality

COMMENTARY: By David Robie New Zealand has taken another shameful act in its tone deaf approach to Israel’s War on Gaza this week by declaring...