Research

Caitlin Johnstone: None of these war criminals will face justice while the US empire exists

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Two journalists were ejected from a State Department press conference yesterday for asking inconvenient questions about Gaza. One of them, Sam Husseini, was physically carried out...

Pacific media perspectives featured by authors in new communication book

Pacific Media Watch Four researchers and authors from the Asia-Pacific region have provided diverse perspectives on the media in...

Gaza ceasefire: After 15 months of brutality, Israel has failed on every front

A ceasefire in Gaza is not the end of Palestine’s nightmare, but the start of Israel’s. Legal moves...

Global watchdog calls for ‘open’ probe into crimes against Gaza media as ceasefire agreed

Asia Pacific Report The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Egyptian, Palestinian and Israeli authorities to allow...

Jonathan Cook: Dr Abu Safiya symbolised humanity in Gaza. Israel and the West are destroying it

Israel isn’t eradicating "the terrorists". It’s turning Gaza into a wasteland, a hellscape, where doctors no longer exist,...

French riots follow decades-old pattern of rage, with no resolution in sight

ANALYSIS: By François Dubet Although they never fail to take us aback, French riots have followed the same distinct pattern ever since protests broke out...

NZ’s housing market drives inequality – why not just tax houses like any other income?

ANALYSIS: By Susan St John The Green Party made waves recently when it proposed to tax net wealth more than NZ$2 million for individuals and...

Decolonising the news: 4 fundamental questions media can ask when covering stories about Māori

ANALYSIS: By Angela Moewaka Barnes, Belinda Borell and Tim McCreanor There is little evidence to suggest Aotearoa New Zealand’s mainstream news media critically evaluate their...

Latest Okinawan Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy

Asia Pacific Report A new edition of the Okinawan Journal of Island Studies features social justice island activism, including a case study of Aotearoa New...

Slow down Simeon Brown – NZ bilingual traffic signs aren’t an accident waiting to happen

ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw When New Zealand’s opposition National Party’s transport spokesperson, Simeon Brown, questioned the logic of bilingual traffic signs, he seemed to echo...

Background to SCORI – is this a sell-out of Pacific’s ‘Sea of Islands’?

By concerned citizens of the Pacific The signing of the memorandum of understanding between the University of the South Pacific’s vice-chancellor and president, Professor Pal...