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July 29, 2020
Flashback: Tagata Pasifika’s John Pulu talks to Oscar Temaru. By David Robie One of the champions of the South Pacific’s nuclear-free and independence campaigners, Oscar Manutahi Temaru, is expected to make a guest appearance tomorrow in a retrospective webinar about the impact of the Rainbow Warrior bombing 35 years on. The webinar, titled “The Rainbow ... <a title="35 years on, Tahiti’s Temaru likely guest in Rainbow Warrior rewind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/35-years-on-tahitis-temaru-likely-guest-in-rainbow-warrior-rewind/" aria-label="Read more about 35 years on, Tahiti’s Temaru likely guest in Rainbow Warrior rewind">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Op-Ed Stansfield SmithFrom Chicago Common Dreams, a liberal-left website, reposted an article by David Smilde of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA): Joe Biden Should Not Try to Out-Hawk Trump on Venezuela. It starts off well with the subtitle: “The first task for a Biden administration would ... <a title="WOLA’s David Smilde Advocates a more Efficient Regime Change Strategy against Venezuela" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/wolas-david-smilde-advocates-a-more-efficient-regime-change-strategy-against-venezuela/" aria-label="Read more about WOLA’s David Smilde Advocates a more Efficient Regime Change Strategy against Venezuela">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Support this progressive voice and be a part of it. Donate to COHA today. Click here Frederick B. Mills, Rita Jill Clark-Gollub, Alina Duarte From Washington DC On October 21, 2019, the Organization of American States (OAS) issued a fateful communique on the presidential elections in Bolivia: “The ... <a title="Bolivia`s Struggle to Restore Democracy after OAS Instigated Coup" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/bolivias-struggle-to-restore-democracy-after-oas-instigated-coup/" aria-label="Read more about Bolivia`s Struggle to Restore Democracy after OAS Instigated Coup">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie, who sailed on the original Rainbow Warrior to Rongelap and is author of the book Eyes of Fire. Thirty five years ago today the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior was bombed in Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour by French secret agents in a blatant act of state terrorism, killing a photojournalist. People’s campaigns ... <a title="From nuclear refugees to climate justice – the Rainbow Warrior legacy " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/from-nuclear-refugees-to-climate-justice-the-rainbow-warrior-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about From nuclear refugees to climate justice – the Rainbow Warrior legacy ">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2020
COMMENT: By Benny Wenda, chair of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua For over 50 years, Indonesia has been promising West Papua “autonomy”. Each time, underneath autonomy lies only bullets and killings. As the 2001 Special Autonomy law expires this year, the United Liberation Movement (ULMWP) and all the people of West Papua are ... <a title="Benny Wenda: A referendum, not ‘autonomy’, only West Papua solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/09/benny-wenda-a-referendum-not-autonomy-only-west-papua-solution/" aria-label="Read more about Benny Wenda: A referendum, not ‘autonomy’, only West Papua solution">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Thirty five years ago this week in another life Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie was an environmental journalist on board the original Rainbow Warrior, the Greenpeace flagship that was bombed by French secret agents on 10 July 1985. He was on board for almost 11 weeks and joined the ... <a title="Pacific bombs, nuclear weapons and the Rongelap evacuation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/pacific-bombs-nuclear-weapons-and-the-rongelap-evacuation/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific bombs, nuclear weapons and the Rongelap evacuation">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2020
By RNZ Pacific A sit-in has been held outside the French High Commission in French Polynesia to commemorate the 54th anniversary of the first nuclear weapons test at Moruroa. The demonstration was organised by the anti-nuclear group Association 193 which again decried the recent law change tightening compensation criteria for those suffering ill-health. The group ... <a title="Protest marks French Pacific nuclear tests at Moruroa anniversary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/protest-marks-french-pacific-nuclear-tests-at-moruroa-anniversary/" aria-label="Read more about Protest marks French Pacific nuclear tests at Moruroa anniversary">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Simone da Silva Ribeiro Gomes and Lara Sartorio GonçalvesFrom Rio de Janeiro, Brazil It is a recurring debate. In 2011 journalist and activist Darcus Howe commented on the civil unrest that had happened in England in August of that year saying, “I don’t call it rioting. I call ... <a title="Fire, the Right to Breathe, and the Aesthetics of Protest in the Americas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/fire-the-right-to-breathe-and-the-aesthetics-of-protest-in-the-americas/" aria-label="Read more about Fire, the Right to Breathe, and the Aesthetics of Protest in the Americas">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2020
From RNZ Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan New Zealand established its credentials as an independent small nation after the fatal bombing of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in 1985, says an author and academic who spent weeks on the vessel shortly before it was attacked. On 10 July 1985, the Rainbow Warrior was sunk at an ... <a title="NZ gained ‘international creds’ as nuclear-free nation with Rainbow Warrior bombing, says author" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/29/nz-gained-international-creds-as-nuclear-free-nation-with-rainbow-warrior-bombing-says-author/" aria-label="Read more about NZ gained ‘international creds’ as nuclear-free nation with Rainbow Warrior bombing, says author">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Support this progressive voice and be a part of it. Donate to COHA today. Click here By Danny Shaw From NY The human rights group Indepaz reports that 800 activists have been killed in the past three and a half years in Colombia, since November 24, 2016, the ... <a title="Colombia’s Other Pandemic: Unchecked State Violence in the Time of COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/25/colombias-other-pandemic-unchecked-state-violence-in-the-time-of-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Colombia’s Other Pandemic: Unchecked State Violence in the Time of COVID-19">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Roger D. HarrisFrom Corte Madera, California The police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th was the spark that ignited the tinder of accrued injustice throughout the US and globally. This injustice has deep antecedents in the US and indeed in much of what is ... <a title="“Black Lives Matter” is International: Where there is oppression, there will be resistance " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/19/black-lives-matter-is-international-where-there-is-oppression-there-will-be-resistance/" aria-label="Read more about “Black Lives Matter” is International: Where there is oppression, there will be resistance ">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Patricio Zamorano From Washington DC It is hard to describe the community energy generated this week from the mass protests throughout the country. June 6 in Washington, DC was like a street festival full of symbols of poignancy, rage, hope, contained aggression, and beauty. This amalgam ... <a title="Photo essay: “No Justice, No Peace!” George Floyd Breathes in the Cries of Millions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/12/photo-essay-no-justice-no-peace-george-floyd-breathes-in-the-cries-of-millions/" aria-label="Read more about Photo essay: “No Justice, No Peace!” George Floyd Breathes in the Cries of Millions">Read more</a>