Monthly Archives: July 2026
July 4th anniversary – speakers at NZ rally slam American ‘freedom built on bones...
Asia Pacific Report
Pro-Palestine and anti-war protesters gathered at the US Consulate in downtown Auckland today to mark July 4 -- but they were not...
Gaza genocide – how many UN findings will the West ignore?
"No one living today ever imagined they would witness a genocide that would continue for 1000 days. Yet here we are. One thousand days...
Horse-trading in New Caledonia over provincial presidency elections
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia's newly-elected three provincial assemblies -- Northern, Southern and the Loyalty Islands -- have elected their respective presidents...
Chris Hedges: Requiem for America on the Fourth of July
The con of neoliberalism has gutted our democracy and paved the way for fascism.
COMMENTARY: By Chris Hedges
Neoliberalism, better understood by its less sanitised term...
Fears of more conflict in West Papua after American pilot killed
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
Fears of yet another escalation in military conflict in Indonesia's Papua region have risen after an American pilot flying...
Monsters playing victims – how Israel’s Danny Danon twists his war on the truth
COMMENTARY: By Ramzy Baroud
Whether Israelis will ever comprehend the irreparable damage inflicted upon their country’s reputation by their UN Ambassador, Danny Danon, is a...
Pacific nations among hardest hit as global aid drops, says OECD
By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific
Global aid forecasts have small island developing states "among the hardest hit individually" as aid spending reaches new lows.
The...
Vile abuse and targeted by Murdoch media. The cost of speaking out against Israel
Executive director of the Jewish Council of Australia, Sarah Schwartz, has told the Bondi Royal Commission of sustained abuse by pro-Israel activists. Michael West...
The West called it terrorism – Iran called it the architecture of survival
ANALYSIS: By Lim Tean
For four decades, the West presented Iran's regional strategy as the work of a rogue state exporting revolution and chaos. They...
Indonesian soldiers accused of wounding two Papuan teenagers in Titigi
Asia Pacific Report
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULWP) has accused the Indonesian military of shooting and wounding two teenagers in Titigi village,...
At the World Cup, the Western media has set up a ‘moral checkpoint’
COMMENTARY: By Patrick Gathara
“Why is it that African teams and Middle Eastern teams have to answer for what their governments are doing but European...
Bougainville volcano ups gears, as Titan Ridge submarine volcano cools off
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
Explosive activity has picked up in recent days at Bougainville's Mt Bagana volcano.
Papua New Guinea's Rabaul Volcanological Observatory declared...
ACT candidate resigns in NZ after Chinese political group link revealed
By Justin Wong, Local Democracy Reporter
An ACT candidate has withdrawn from a new Wellington electorate race at November's election, after failing to declare her...
