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Eugene Doyle
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Eugene Doyle is a writer based in Wellington, New Zealand. He has written extensively on the Middle East, as well as peace and security issues in the Asia Pacific region.
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7 October 2023. Part 1: What Really Happened
Tuesday, 7 October 2025, 3:56 pm | Eugene Doyle
Thousands of Hamas Al Qassam fighters wake in the early hours to messages calling them to arms, directing them to assembly points across the Gaza Strip. For all but a few this is unexpected. Is it just another training exercise? More >>
October 7th Anniversary: Hamas Is Better Than Us
Wednesday, 24 September 2025, 7:19 pm | Eugene Doyle
The violence of October 7th did not erupt from nowhere, nor did those who launched it (Hamas) control all the actions, including serious crimes, that occurred that day. More >>
The Infantilisation Of Western Grand Strategy – And The Rise Of Eurasia
Friday, 12 September 2025, 7:41 pm | Eugene Doyle
Despite the propaganda, the greatest threat Russia poses to Europe is not that it marches west but that it turns its back on the western periphery and builds a brighter future to the east. More >>
NATO In Asia-Pacific: Dragging Us Into A Fight We Can’t Win
Monday, 8 September 2025, 10:00 am | Eugene Doyle
The West is best-in-class when it comes to committing genocide, beating up African and Middle Eastern people who have third-rate militaries – but has proven inferior to the Russians in what the US admits is a proxy war in Ukraine. More >>
Saving Marwan Barghouti Is Our Duty
Tuesday, 19 August 2025, 10:28 am | Eugene Doyle
Marwan’s wife and human rights activist Fadwa Barghouti, was shocked to see the heavy toll the Israelis had inflicted on a man legendary for his indomitable spirit. More >>
Recognise Palestine? Then Free Marwan Barghouti!
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 8:30 am | Eugene Doyle
Eugene Doyle, in this opinion piece, argues that Marwan Barghouti is a crucial leader for a future Palestinian state. More >>
We Have Turned The Nagasaki 80th Into A Celebration Of Israeli Genocide
Tuesday, 22 July 2025, 12:29 pm | Eugene Doyle
From Auschwitz to Nagasaki to Gaza: whatever happened to Never Again? Whatever happened to our decency? The Australian journalist Caitlin Johnstone wrote this month “If you're still supporting Israel in the year 2025, there's something seriously wrong ... More >>
Vive La Resistance! The Heroes Who Oppose Genocide
Wednesday, 16 July 2025, 6:37 pm | Eugene Doyle
The real question, the burning question each of us must answer is – given there is no middle ground, there is no fence to sit on when it comes to genocide – whose side are you on? And what are you going to do about it? Vive la Resistance. Vive ... More >>
Yousef Aljamal. The War On Memory, And Writing Through A Genocide.
Thursday, 10 July 2025, 1:20 pm | Eugene Doyle
I have never interviewed anyone who has lost so many friends, colleagues and family. It made visceral for me that word we hear a lot these days: genocide. It was a tough thing to sit and listen to – but Yousef delivered his message with genuine thoughtfulness. More >>
The Rainbow Warrior 1985-2025 | Part 2: Nuclear Refugees In The Pacific - The Evacuation Of Rongelap
Monday, 7 July 2025, 6:29 pm | Eugene Doyle
Until we learn their stories and know their names as well as we know those of Marco Rubio or Keir Starmer, we will remain strangers in our own lands. The Pacific owes them, along with the people of Greenpeace, a huge debt. More >>
The Rainbow Warrior 1985-2025 || Part 1: French State Terrorism And The End Of Innocence
Thursday, 3 July 2025, 12:06 pm | Eugene Doyle
To mark the 40th anniversary of the French terrorist attack Little Island Press has published a revised edition of Eyes of Fire first released in 1986. A new prologue by former prime minister Helen Clark and a preface by Greenpeace’s Bunny McDiarmid. More >>
Why Asia-Pacific Should Be Rooting For Iran
Thursday, 26 June 2025, 7:55 pm | Eugene Doyle
The US Empire is heading into a blood-drenched sunset; their project will fail and the 500-year empire of the White West will end – starting and finishing with genocide. America is not our friend. China is not our enemy. More >>
The West’s War On Iran
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 5:43 pm | Eugene Doyle
What we are witnessing is the racist, genocidal Israeli regime, armed and encouraged by the US, Germany, UK and other Western regimes, launching a war that has no justification other than the expansion of Israeli power and the advancement of its Greater Israel ... More >>
Writing In The Time Of Genocide
Friday, 30 May 2025, 7:53 am | Eugene Doyle
"I don’t want to live in a country that turns a blind or a sleep-laden eye to one of the great crimes against humanity. I have come to the hurtful realisation that I have a very different worldview from most people I know and from most people I ... More >>
Chinese Jet Shoots Down France’s Best Fighter; NZ And Australia Should Pay Attention
Friday, 23 May 2025, 1:21 pm | Eugene Doyle
China’s manufacturing output is now at least double the U.S. China builds 40% of global shipbuilding by tonnage, compared to less than 2% for the U.S.. When it comes to warships, the rate China can build a ship is many times faster than the Americans, ... More >>
50 Years After The “Fall” Of Saigon: From Triumph To Trump
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 12:50 pm | Eugene Doyle
Vietnam today is united and free and millions of ordinary people have achieved security, health, education and prosperity vastly better than their parents and grandparents’ generations were able to. More >>
Quiet Mutiny: The U.S. Army Falls Apart
Thursday, 24 April 2025, 11:15 am | Eugene Doyle
There were many reasons that the U.S. and its allies were defeated in Vietnam. First and foremost they were beaten by an army that was superior in tactics, morale and political will. More >>
The Fall Of Saigon 1975: Fifty Years Of Repeating What Was Forgotten
Friday, 18 April 2025, 3:58 pm | Eugene Doyle
Here we are 50 years later in the midst of the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza, with the US fuelling war and bombing people across the globe. Isn’t it time we stopped supporting this madness? More >>
Before It’s Too Late: Reimagine New Zealand’s Military Future
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 1:25 pm | Eugene Doyle
The increases in spending are spread across a range of areas: digital modernisation, science and tech, cyber capabilities, long-range remotely piloted aircraft, helicopters, planes, Javelin missiles, uncrewed surveillance vessels, and a sustainment programme ... More >>
Disruption: Historians Challenge Russophobic Propaganda
Saturday, 29 March 2025, 6:07 pm | Eugene Doyle
The courage to oppose a dominant discourse comes at a price. Powerful forces are pressing in on academics and others who dare to express alternative views. Staying silent or parroting the party line is the safer option. More >>
