Yearly Archives: 2026

The Democrat voters chose Dr Abdul El-Sayed because he’s a fighter

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 Islands Forum member flags

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...
International justice advocate Craig Mokhiber

The Electronic Intifada Israel and Iran are unique for starkly different reasons -- Israel has less of a right to exist than any other country,...
112 members of two Palestinian families - Al-Hasayneh and Abu Sharia - have been buried in Gaza

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...
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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...
In the face of a denunciation by the Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte, the NUJP recalls that the Philippine media has borne the attacks of Duterte-era leadership

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...
An image well illustrating the diversity of today’s Aotearoa New Zealand

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 spokesperson Ogram Wanimbo

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...
Zionist lawyer Yehuda Shimon

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...
New Zealand Herald's editor-at-large Shayne Currie's "Media Insider" column

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...
NZ's Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick

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...
These "Legally censored - Redacted" lines now replace headlines over two Daily Blog editorials published prior to today's Auckland District Court hearing

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...
A lack of scrutiny and action from the international community, including New Zealand, is allowing illegal atrocities to continue in Gaza

The New Zealand government remains shamefully silent on Gaza, despite being a signatory to international agreements that oblige it to act, writes John Hobbs...
The Daily Blog editor and publisher Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury

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...

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...
Public broadcaster Television New Zealand

COMMENTARY: By John Minto Television New Zealand outdid itself last week. For decades it has been a direct funnel for Israeli propaganda into our living rooms...
"Democracy not deals"

COMMENTARY: By Saige England Failing To Report for Duty I'm feeling guilty at not writing down all the speeches: the speeches by people whose voices I recorded, the...
political parties appear to have lost their "attraction, drawcard and magic touch".

Cook Island News Independent candidates are replacing traditional political parties in the Cook Islands, argues a veteran former politician -- a claim rejected by a...
Gazan journalists calling for open access to the besieged Palestinian enclave . . . more than 200 journalists and media freedom groups signed a petition demanding free media access and protection for Palestinan media workers

COMMENTARY: By Eva Karene Bartlett During the ongoing Israeli genocide of Gaza, Palestinian journalists have been courageously reporting under Israel’s bombs, drones and snipers. More than...
Trump's bluster works once

COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Trump’s Iran "deal” isn’t a deal. It’s hos third retreat in four months. April 2026: 48-hour ultimatum, then a two-week delay. July: “13...
The Daily Blog has been served legal directives

EDITORIAL: By The Daily Blog editor and publisher Martyn Bradbury Comrades. The Daily Blog is New Zealand's largest leftwing blog; we have been around for 13...
American advocacy journalist and film maker Abby Martin in conversation with Auckland journalist Simon Wilson

REVIEW: By Olivia Rosane It’s a commonly repeated statistic that the US military is the world’s largest institutional polluter, but what exactly does that mean? The...