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Western reporters are full partners in the genocide. They amplify Israeli lies, which they know are lies, betraying Palestinian colleagues who are slandered, targeted and killed by Israel. ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges There are two types of war correspondents. The first type does not attend press conferences. They do not beg generals and politicians for| Asia Pacific Report
Israel is boosting its Zionist influence in the Pacific. Australia has exposed such media influence. The media in the Philippines is now under scrutiny. And Aotearoa New Zealand? COMMENTARY: By Walden Bello When the Flores and Velasco articles and posts whitewashing Israel’s genocidal policies in Gaza first came out a few days ago, I was| Asia Pacific Report
Reporters Without Borders In an unprecedented international operation organised by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the global campaigning movement Avaaz, more than 250 news outlets from over 70 countries simultaneously blacked out their front pages and website homepages, and interrupt their broadcasting to condemn the murder of journalists by the Israeli army in the Gaza| Asia Pacific Report
Pacific Media Watch Today, 1 September 2025, is being marked as a Black Monday following the latest deadly strikes by the Israeli army against journalists in the Gaza Strip as part of a worldwide action by the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders and the community politics organisation Avaaz. On August 25, one| Asia Pacific Report
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As we honor George Veikoso’s legacy of unity through music, let’s reject the labels that have long divided our people. The recent passing of George Veikoso, known across Oceania as “Fiji”, sent waves of grief across the Pacific. Whether we grew up in the outer islands or in capital towns, Fiji’s reggae music was the ... Read moreAbout the author/s Amota Ataneka Amota Ataneka is an I-Kiribati PhD candidate at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.| Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
This essay, on the debate over decolonising Shakespeare, was my Observer column this week. It was published on 23 March 2025, under the headline “Why decolonise Shakespeare when all the world’s a stage for his ideas on injustice?” “My quarrel with the English language,” James Baldwin wrote in his essay Why I Stopped Hating Shakespeare, had been “that the language reflected none of my experience.” And so “I condemned him as one of the authors and architects of my oppression...| Pandaemonium
Asia Pacific Report West Papuan civil society and solidarity networks are calling for urgent action over a brutal Indonesian security forces crackdown that has led to a wave of arrests and political repression. Protests erupted in Sorong, in the western part of the Melanesian territory, on Wednesday over the transfer of 4 political prisoners out| Asia Pacific Report
COMMENTARY: By Walden Bello I am alarmed by reports that Filipino journalists were flown in by the Israeli government to participate in what is essentially a whitewashing campaign for the ongoing genocide in Gaza. At least two articles, atrocious excuses for journalism, have come out of this trip.One is a piece by Wilson Lee Flores| Asia Pacific Report
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The dominant issue going into the next election in Bougainville next week is not much different from the last election five years ago. The autonomous Papua New Guinea region goes to the polls on September 4. In 2020, there were strong expectations Bougainville would soon be independent, given| Asia Pacific Report
COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell Chances are, anyone whose family is dying of starvation would not be looking for New Zealand to have a prolonged debate over how they deserve to be defined. Yet a delay in making even the symbolic gestures seems to be all that we have to offer, as hundreds of thousands of| Asia Pacific Report
COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell “Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu has ‘lost the plot’ and has condemned attacks on Gaza. “It is among the strongest language the New Zealand leader has used against Netanyahu and comes amid reports of intense aerial attacks on Gaza after Israel’s decision to launch a fresh| Asia Pacific Report
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan independence advocate has accused Indonesia of “continuing to murder children” while escalating its military operations across the Melanesian region. United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) interim president Benny Wenda says West Papua faces two connected crimes — ecocide and genocide. Two schoolchildren were killed by the occupying military| Asia Pacific Report
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific Correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls has ended an extended seven-day visit to New Caledonia with mixed feelings. On one hand, he said he was confident his “Bougival deal” for New Caledonia’s future is now “more advanced” after three sittings of a “drafting committee” made up| Asia Pacific Report
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The President of Bougainville, Ishmael Toroama, says he is not feeling the pressure as he seeks a second five-year term in office. Bougainville goes to the polls next Thursday, September 4, with 404 candidates vying for 46 seats in the Parliament of the autonomous Papua New Guinea region.| Asia Pacific Report
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By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Prime Minister François Bayrou’s surprise announcement yesterday that he will call for a parliamentary confidence vote in his government is set to further complicate protracted talks in New Caledonia on the French territory’s political future. The announcement comes as French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls| Asia Pacific Report
Pacific Media Watch A media studies analyst has condemned the latest deadly attack by Israel on journalists in Gaza and challenged Western media over the carnage, asking “where is the outrage” and international solidarity? Five journalists were reported to have been assassinated among 21 people killed in the air strike on the al-Nasser Medical Centre| Asia Pacific Report
COMMENTARY: By Greg Barns If it were China or Russia, the imposition of sanctions and threats of harm to prosecutors and judges of the International Criminal Court would be front page news in Australia- and in New Zealand. The Australian’s headline writers and columnists, for example, would be apoplectic. Prime Minister Albanese, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland| Asia Pacific Report
RNZ News Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is condemning Israel’s E1 settlement plan for the occupied West Bank, despite New Zealand not signing a joint statement on the matter. Twenty-seven countries, including the UK and Australia, have condemned Israel’s plans to build an illegal settlement east of Jerusalem. The countries have said the plan would “make| Asia Pacific Report
By Pip Hinman and Alex Bainbridge of Green Left More than 200,000 people took the streets across Australia on Saturday in a national day of action demanding that the Labor government sanctions Israel and stops the two-way arms trade. It comes after 300,000 people marched, in driving rain, across Sydney Harbour Bridge on August 3| Asia Pacific Report
By Alifereti Sakiasi in Suva West Papuan journalist Victor Mambor has vowed not to be silenced despite years of threats, harassment and even a bomb attack on his home. The 51-year-old founder and editor-in-chief of Jubi, West Papua’s leading media outlet, was in Fiji this week, where he spoke exclusively to The Fiji Times about| Asia Pacific Report
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A newly established “drafting committee” held its inaugural meeting in Nouméa this week, aiming to translate the Bougival agreement — signed by New Caledonian political parties in Paris last month — into a legal and constitutional form. However, the first sitting of the committee on Thursday| Asia Pacific Report
Two New Zealand Palestinians, Rana Hamida and Youssef Sammour, left Auckland today to join the massive new Global Sumud Flotilla determined to break Israel’s starvation blockade of the besieged enclave. Here, two journalists report on the Asia-Pacific stake in the initiative. Ellie Aben in Manila and Sheany Yasuko Lai in Jakarta Asia-Pacific activists are preparing| Asia Pacific Report
Pacific Media Watch Three media commentators addressed the 98th week of New Zealand solidarity rallies for Palestine in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland today, criticising the quality of news reporting about the world’s biggest genocide crisis this century. Speakers at other locations around the country also condemned what they said was biased media coverage. The critics said| Asia Pacific Report
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie Protesters in their thousands have been taking to the streets in Aotearoa New Zealand demonstrating in solidarity with Palestine and against genocide for the past 97 weeks. Yet rarely have the protests across the motu made headlines — or even the news for that matter — unlike the larger demonstrations| Asia Pacific Report
By ‘Alakihihifo Vailala of Pacific Media Network As Israel expands its relationships with Pacific Island nations, an activist is criticising the region for its “dreadful response” to the Israel-Palestine conflict. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, rooted in the 1948 Nakba and decades of seized land and expelled indigenous people, escalated after Hamas’ attacks on 7 October 2023.| Asia Pacific Report
By Andrew Mathieson Exiled West Papuan media are calling for Fiji — in a reflection of Melanesian solidarity — to hold the greater Pacific region to account and stand against Indonesia’s ongoing media blackout in addition to its human rights abuses. The leaders in their field which include two Papuans from Indonesia’s occupied provinces have| Asia Pacific Report
Pacific Media Watch “Speak Up Kōrerotia” — a radio show centred on human rights issues — has featured a nuclear-free Pacific and other issues in this week’s show. Encouraging discussion on human rights issues in both Canterbury and New Zealand, Speak Up Kōrerotia offers a forum to provide a voice for affected communities. Engaging in| Asia Pacific Report
Asia Pacific Report The advocacy and protest group Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has condemned New Zealand’s “deliberate distraction” over sanctions against Israel and has vowed more protests against Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ “failed policy” on Gaza. After the huge turnout of thousands in Palestine solidarity rallies across more than 20 locations in New Zealand last| Asia Pacific Report
ANALYSIS: By Treasa Dunworth, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau It’s now more than a week since Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced his government had begun to formally consider New Zealand’s position on the recognition of a Palestinian state. That leaves two weeks until the UN General Assembly convenes on September 9, where it is| Asia Pacific Report
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls is once again in New Caledonia for a four-day visit aimed at maintaining dialogue, despite a strong rejection from a significant part of the pro-independence camp. He touched down at the Nouméa-La Tontouta Airport last night on his fourth trip| Asia Pacific Report
COMMENTARY: By Saige England I unequivocally support Irish author Sally Rooney with all my heart and soul. The author risks imprisonment for donating funds from her books and the TV series based on Normal People to a Palestinian group. Once again the United Kingdom tells Palestinians who they should support. Go figure. In her opinion| Asia Pacific Report
Why the recognition of the State of Palestine by Australia is an important development. Meanwhile, New Zealand still dithers. This article unpacks the hypocrisy in the debate. ANALYSIS: By Paul Heywood-Smith The recognition of the State of Palestine by Australia, leading, it is hoped, to full UN member state status, is an important development. What| Asia Pacific Report
Pacific Media Watch The New Zealand Green Party co-leader suspended over criticising government MPs over a “spineless” stance over Gaza has called for action. Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick said in an interview with Al Jazeera that public pressure was mounting on governments to end the Israeli genocide in Gaza. The politician continues to push for| Asia Pacific Report
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Edinburgh University's 'Decolonised Transformations: Confronting the University of Edinburgh’s History and Legacies of Enslavement and Colonialism,' is Left-wing politics of the worst kind, says Professor James Alexander.| The Daily Sceptic
If the development sector is serious about decolonisation, it must stop confusing optics with real, transformational change, argues Awssan Kamal.| From Poverty to Power
Many NGOs are now in danger of neglecting ethical communications as they chase desperately needed funds. But as Jess Crombie argues, ethical storytelling – or as she prefers 'equitable storytelling' – isn’t a ‘nice to have’, but rather one of the tactics that will help to raise the money to sustain delivery of aid.| From Poverty to Power
What does it mean for international NGOs to truly shift power? At Oxfam, we think our fund for grassroots women’s rights organisations, which is founded on the principle that our partners should decide what to spend money on, holds some of the answers. Oxfam GB CEO Dr Halima Begum writes here about a project that last week won two 2025 Charity Awards.| From Poverty to Power
From themes of mythologised memories and ancestral resistance to decolonial archives, this year’s edition of the world’s biggest photography festival centres global narratives| 1854 Photography
If you saw two children in a park, and one was hitting the other one with a stick, would you just watch it happening, not do anything to stop it, and just listen to the child’s feelings afterwards? If the stick-hitting was happening day in and day out, would you still keep watching and not […]| Marion Rose, Ph.D. Aware Parenting and The Marion Method
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Dr Zena Kamash FSA, Senior Lecturer in Roman Archaeology, Dept of Classics, Royal Holloway Zena.Kamash@rhul.ac.uk @ZenaKamash In 2019 I was invited to give the keynote lecture at the Theoretical Ro…| CUCD EDI
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A forthcoming new edition of David Robie’s Eyes of Fire honours the ship’s final mission and the resilience of those affected by decades of radioactive fallout.| asiapacificreport.nz
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New Zealand has joined 22 other countries and the European Union in calling for Israel to allow a full resumption of aid into Gaza immediately.| asiapacificreport.nz
Ali Kazak: born Haifa, 1947; died May 17 2025, Thailand| asiapacificreport.nz
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In this paper the authors bring together two ongoing enquiries that are connected in a case study: firstly, how to teach experimental film practice and theory to students unfamiliar with this area,…| JUICE
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More than 180 remained in detention without a clear indication of when or if they would be released, the physicians’ report said.| Asia Pacific Report
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A rich family history of political struggle and personal responsibility, diverging paths and roads left untrod inform Thero Makepe's We Didn't Choose to be Born Here| 1854 Photography
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Millions of women in the Global South earn a pittance, own no wealth or land and do far more unpaid care than men – and much of their condition today can be traced back to the economic devastation caused by both colonialism and the extractive economic system it created. That’s why any plan for redress must include justice for women. In the latest blog in our World Economic Forum series, Lurit Yugusuk and Hazel Birungi set out five ways to do that…| frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk
The world looks set to see five trillionaires within a decade — and more billionaires are now being created through inheritance than entrepreneurialism. Anjela Taneja and Harry Bignell introduce Oxfam’s 2025 Davos report, which reveals the scale of unearned wealth — and how those riches are built on a colonial legacy of exploitative global systems.| frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk
Global Early childhood development (ECD) has become a topic of interest for researchers and policy makers worldwide. This movement, which we call global ECD, claims to bring about economic and societa...| Mad In South Asia
I’m sharing some reflections and pictures from a 2024 highlight in June, when I organised an event titled “From Crisis to Liberation” as part of the program Black Feminism & The Polycrisis, which I lead as Research Chair at The New Institute. What is the polycrisis? It’s the entanglement of interconnected crises—climate change, wars, economic...Continue Reading| MsAfropolitan
I’m thrilled to share a talk I gave recently at Puistokatu4, a space for science and hope in Helsinki. The talk is about the dominant philosophy of the 21st century - what I refer to as Europatriarchal Knowledge. It delves into the foundational roots and methodology of Europatriarchal Knowledge from its inceptions in Ancient Greece to fifteenth It then moves to fifteenth century Europe and Columbus's arrival in Hispaniola, the invention of the human, and finally to our present-day -- the BL...| MsAfropolitan
In 2022, historian Adam Tooze introduced the term “polycrisis” to capture the complex web of crises like climate change, pandemics, inequality, wars, and economic downturns impacting our world. It quickly became a buzzword in influential circles—from the World Bank to university lecture halls and podcasts.| MsAfropolitan
I am pleased to share a recent interview with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) We spoke about feminism today — with a focus on African feminism at the intersection of current crises and debates. See some extracts below and read the full interview here. The post Interview about African Feminism with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs first appeared on Feminism and Social Criticism by Minna Salami.| Feminism and Social Criticism by Minna Salami
In order to transform social reality, we must transform what, why, and how we know. I could not be happier to share that in partnership with the global platform for alternative education and transformative experiences, Advaya, and the black feminist advocacy organization Black Women Radicals, I’ve developed a feminist course titled, “Sensuous Knowledge: A Black... Continue Reading The post Sensuous Knowledge, a Black Feminist Course for Everyone. Join us! first appeared on Feminism and So...| Feminism and Social Criticism by Minna Salami
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“Living in London” – Documentary Workshop| Decolonising SOAS
