Tag: authoritarianism
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...