Monthly Archives: August 2026
Ashneel Jaynesh Prasad: Fiji’s flag – a conversation we must have
COMMENTARY: By Ashneel Jaynesh Prasad
There are some conversations a nation keeps postponing because they are uncomfortable. Changing Fiji’s flag is one of them.
We came...
Why US sanctions are deadlier for children than Tomahawk cruise missiles
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
United States unilateral sanctions, the kind being imposed on Cuba today, are deadlier for children than war according to a major...
The ABC’s intellectual and moral decline comes at the worst possible time
COMMENTARY: By Joel Jenkins
Of late, Australia's public broadcaster ABC has been altering the way it sees the world around it. Bound by a national...
‘Triple tap’ in Gaza, Iran and the Hind Rajab atrocities condemned at Stop Wars...
Asia Pacific Report
"Triple-tap" attacks by Israeli and US forces against Palestine, Iran and Lebanon were condemned today at a Stop Wars Aotearoa rally against...
Australia, world leader in arresting climate protesters, drops 130 charges
By Michael West
NSW Police have dropped charges against the remaining climate protesters from Rising Tide’s 2024 People’s Blockade of Newcastle Harbour -- the site...
Pacific Islands Forum fails to reach consensus on anti-missile statement against China
By Susana Suisuiki of RNZ Pacific
Disagreement from some China-aligned Pacific Islands countries has prevented regional countries within the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) issuing a...
Australia’s Royal Commission into antisemitism a ‘$131 million whinge’
“Australians are not being investigated for hating Jews. They are being investigated for objecting to a genocide.” Michael West Media's coverage of the Royal...
El-Sayed’s Michigan primary win against tyranny a good omen for a fairer US future
COMMENTARY: By Robert Reich
With the victory of progressive Dr Abdul El-Sayed over Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic primary this week, prepare yourself to...
Pacific foreign ministers to discuss Solomons’ idea for regional security treaty
By Teuila Fuatai of RNZ Pacific
A proposal from the Solomon Islands government for a regional security treaty is being considered by the Pacific Islands...
Self defence action by Iran ‘first truly consequential action’ by state, says human rights...
The Electronic Intifada
Israel and Iran are unique for starkly different reasons -- Israel has less of a right to exist than any other country,...
Gaza genocide: Mourning the 112 victims of two families of Israeli attacks – why...
By Hamza Gwarzo
Many of you have seen on social media globally what happened in Gaza this week.
Why has the world remained silent? Why have...
Manasseh Sogavare unleashes on Solomon Islands government over US agreement
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
The US Shiprider Agreement signed by the new-look Solomon Islands government has been subject to fiery criticism in Parliament.
The...
NUJP slams Sara Duterte for disparaging news groups, touting social media
By Victor Barreiro Jr in Manila
The National Union of Journalists (NUJP) of the Philippines calls it "outrageous" for the Vice- President to insult the...
Jeremy Rose: Far from Winston’s first racist rodeo
COMMENTARY: By Jeremy Rose
“New Zealand is not a monotonous garden where every flower is the same; it is a garden where the diversity of...
KNPB plans coordinated demos across Papua on New York Agreement anniversary
Jubi News Desk
The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) says it will stage another round of coordinated demonstrations next week to mark the anniversary of...
Caitlin Johnstone: All mainstream Western institutions view Palestinian lives as worthless
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
The BBC recently interviewed an Israeli settler who said that all the Palestinians in four surrounding villages should be exterminated to...
‘I am now legally censored from even talking about being censored’ – Martyn ‘Bomber’...
EDITORIAL: By Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury, editor and publisher of The Daily Blog
Media Insider: Complainant wants apology and blog posts permanently removed; blogger Martyn Bradbury...
Chlöe Swarbrick kicked out of House after challenging Speaker’s ‘double standards’
By Lillian Hanly of RNZ
The New Zealand Greens co-leader has been kicked out of the House, after challenging what she called the Speaker's "double...
Gagged NZ editor’s ‘free speech’ case adjourned as judge warns Daily Blog over ‘contempt’...
Pacific Media Watch
Daily Blog editor and publisher Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury’s gagging case has been adjourned until next week, with the judge warning today that...
NZ’s shameful silence on Gaza is potentially complicity with genocide
The New Zealand government remains shamefully silent on Gaza, despite being a signatory to international agreements that oblige it to act, writes John Hobbs...
Why I am willing to go to prison tomorrow for Free Speech – The...
EDITORIAL: By The Daily Blog editor and publisher Martyn Bradbury
Daily Blog editor and publisher Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury yesterday declared he has been served "legal...
Sinister ‘Free Speech Union’ attacks investigative journalist for being investigative
POLITICAL BYTES: By Ian Powell
On June 6, I published a Political Bytes post criticising the mis-named "Free Speech Union" (FSU) for opposing the exercise...






























