The Guardian • Pacific
Japan’s radioactive dumping ground
Ten years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan’s government prepares to release radioactive wastewater from the power plant into the Pacific Ocean.
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Issue #2107
Drive to war: RIMPAC 2024
The US-sponsored ‘Rim of the Pacific’ (RIMPAC) military exercises have just begun. This show of naval force is the world’s largest. Vice Admiral John Wade,...
Read moreSocial imperialism: its history and effects
In some sections of the international communist movement today, China is characterised as imperialist, capitalist, or “social imperialist.” Despite being around since the turn of the last century, the phrase “social imperialism” really took flight when the international communist movement split in the 1960s under the weight of the divisions between the Soviet Union and China.
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Issue #2016
Telstra buys Digicel Pacific and tax payers foot the bill
The multinational telecommunications company Digicel, has recently (14th July, 2022) completed the sale of its Pacific subsidiary to Telstra. While there has been much huffing...
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Issue #2094
An Australian Pacific Battalion: mutual defence or imperialist domination?
A report, Regional security and Pacific partnerships, has just been published by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). One of this right-wing think tank’s major...
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Issue #2012
By engaging with China, Pacific countries seek their own paths out of poverty
From 24th May to 4th June, 2022, China’s highly experienced Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, and a large delegation visited eight Pacific countries in person, as...
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Issue #2004
Ironic for Morrison to draw red line without respecting others’
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison just drew a “red line” for China. Australian media widely reported on Sunday that Morrison claimed China building a military...
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Issue #2008
DINGO
The US Department of Defence recently went through the formality of asking Congress to give it the go-ahead to fund facilities in Australia to process...
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Issue #2046
Minnow Australia in the Anglosphere
Why does Australia want nuclear submarines at all? The 2016 Defence White Paper tell us that “the key capabilities of the future submarine will include:...
Read moreAustralia fails the Pacific islands
The small, low-lying Pacific islands are often described as “the canary in the coalmine.” The very existence and lives of their people are threatened by climate change.
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Issue #2005
Preparing for war does not preserve peace
Everyday in our news cycle the drums of of war become louder. Last month, however, that messaging received a massive boost when Defence Minister Peter...
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Issue #2002
Australia’s political hypocrisy in the Pacific
A draft security cooperation agreement between the People’s Republic of China and the Solomon Islands was leaked catching the Australian government by surprise. The proposed...
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Issue #2016
Beware the “Asian NATO”
From 28-30th June, NATO leaders met in Madrid, producing a new Strategic Concept and declaring that Russia and China are the key threats to western...
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Issue #2006
CPA at protests around the country
The CPA fighting for aged care workers in Perth. Around 500 workers rallied at the Perth Cultural Centre demanding respect for aged care workers and...
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Issue #2011
DINGO
A historical perspective brings into sharper focus US imperialism’s strategies in the Asia-Pacific since WW2. The victory over fascism – German Nazism and Japanese militarism,...
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Issue #2164
Albanese’s neocolonial travelogue
Australian PM Anthony Albanese has been doing the rounds of the Pacific, with visits to Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea. There’s been a lot of...
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Issue #2015
ACT Supreme Court ends prosecution of Bernard Collaery
The prosecution of Bernard Collaery has been officially ended after the new federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus ordered the charges levelled at Collaery to be dropped....
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Issue #2083
Drowning states
“The window for 1.5 degrees is rapidly closing. Every fraction of a degree matters. Every ton of carbon dioxide counts. We need immediate and drastic...
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Issue #2156
GLOBAL BRIEFS
Israel: The Freedom Flotilla ship Handala has been illegally intercepted by Israeli military forces in international waters. Pre-recorded messages from the crew prepared in anticipation...
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Issue #2128
Marles, missiles and a Canadian alliance
Australian Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, has shown yet again that he will spare no effort in preparing Australia for war. It doesn’t faze him...
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Issue #2147
Penny Wong on the back foot
In a demonstration of Pacific solidarity, Penny Wong has returned to the scene of her maiden trip as foreign minister while making the first trip...
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Issue #2116
Pacific Islands Forum and Australian control
The Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga has come to a close. Official photographs have been taken, and media conferences have been held. For Albanese the...
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Issue #2125
The origins of AUKUS
“The United States is a Pacific power, and we are here to stay,” said US President Obama during his visit to Australia in 2011 as...
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Issue #2187
DINGO
Pacific governments and civil society have come together in Vanuatu as part of a key regional meeting ahead of the landmark First International Conference for...
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Issue #2154
The Australian Special Envoy’s Proposed Plan to Combat Antisemitism
On 10 July 2025, Special Envoy Jillian Segal AO submitted her Plan to Combat Antisemitism for the Australian government’s consideration. A broad spectrum of stakeholders...
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