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Caitlin Johnstone: Zionism is strangling free speech in Australia

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone A Palestinian-Australian man has been criminally charged for voicing criticisms of Zionism during a protest against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. He...

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...

Rising Tide climate crisis ‘Protestival’ to go ahead despite court ruling

The NSW Supreme Court has issued orders prohibiting a major climate protest that would blockade ships entering the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle...

Caitlin Johnstone: We think this dystopia is normal like people in abusive relationships think it’s normal

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Westerners who don’t appreciate the extreme dysfunctionality of Western civilisation are like someone in an abusive marriage who hasn’t yet recognised...

2022 wrap: Pacific political upheavals eclipse fierce Tongan volcano

2022 PACIFIC REVIEW: By David Robie The Pacific year started with a ferocious eruption and global tsunami in Tonga, but by the year’s end several...

Creeping authoritarianism in Pacific not the answer to virus pandemic

PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie, self-isolating in Auckland under New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown as part of a Pacific Media Watch series. A rather beautiful...