Tag: history
Up close and friendly with Vietnam’s war resistance Củ Chi tunnels
COMMENTARY: By David Robie in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam’s famous Củ Chi tunnel network was on our bucket list for years.
For me, it was...
OPM’s Bomanak accuses UN of failing to uphold decolonisation role over West Papua
Asia Pacific Report
A West Papuan resistance leader has condemned the United Nations role in allowing Indonesia to “integrate” the Melanesian Pacific region in what...
From Gallipoli to Gaza: remembering the Anzacs not as a ‘coming of age’ tale but as a lesson for the future
ANALYSIS: By Olli Hellmann
When New Zealanders commemorate Anzac Day today on April 25, it’s not only to honour the soldiers who lost their lives...
French security forces in Nouméa ahead of two opposing political marches
By Patrick Decloitre
Security forces reinforcements were sent from France ahead of two rival marches in the capital Nouméa today, at the same time and...
Israel and its allies are repurposing the goals and lies of 1948 – in Gaza in 2023
ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook
Israel is openly carrying out ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Yet, just as happened with the first Nakba in 1948, Israel’s lies...
West Papuan solidarity group condemns arrest of 21 activists protesting 1962 ‘tragedy’
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian West Papuan solidarity group has condemned the reported arrest of 21 activists protesting in Jayapura over a “tragic day in...