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Long Read: How the Media Became a Weapon in the Gaza Genocide

Steven Methven

Since 7 October, media outlets have made themselves a strategic asset for both Israel’s genocidal regime and western powers seeking to uphold the status quo in the Middle East. Steven Methven explains.

A family of five people in a black and white photograph

Opinion: I Have Lived Through Two Nakbas

Ghada Karmi

Nakba survivor Ghada Karmi reflects on a year spent watching history repeat itself.

Report: Exclusive: Tory MP Looks at Israel’s Lebanon Pager Attacks ‘With Awe’

Simon Childs

Lincoln Jopp MP told a meeting at the Conservative party conference that killing three children would be ‘a phenomenally small amount of collateral damage’.

Feature: The Museum of Neoliberalism Is Being Bulldozed to Make Way for Luxury Flats

Juliet Jacques

The satirical museum has met an end too good to be scripted. Juliet Jacques meets its co-founder, the artist Darren Cullen.

Richard Hermer. Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street

Opinion: The Government’s ‘Progressive’ Top Lawyer Is Off to a Rocky Start

Simon Childs

Richard Hermer was seen as a progressive appointment to the role of attorney general. Now he's being criticised for his role in the decision to continue supplying some arms to Israel and for downplaying torture. Simon Childs reports.

Starmer delivers his keynote speech at the 2024 Labour Party conference in Liverpool. REUTERS/Phil Noble

Opinion: Starmer’s Conference Speech Was Utterly Vacuous

Aaron Bastani

It’s bizarre to watch the prime minister go through the motions just three months after winning a landslide, writes Aaron Bastani.

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves at the Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, September 2024. Phil Noble/Reuters

Opinion: Reporters Are Asking the Wrong Questions About Labour’s Freebie Fiasco

Adam Ramsay

Journalists shouldn’t be asking government ministers why they accepted luxury gifts. They should be asking why they were given them in the first place, writes Adam Ramsay.

Keir Starmer at an Arsenal game. Reuters/John Sibley

Opinion: Why Can’t Starmer Give Up Freebies?

Ash Sarkar

The Prime Minister accepting gifts is actually a public service, apparently. But do donors really want nothing in return, asks Ash Sarkar?

Opinion: Nigel Farage Loves Migrants – As Long As They Travel By Private Jet

Simon Childs

The Reform leader will speak at his party conference on Friday, and a gathering for tax avoiding ‘global citizens’ the following week.

The Guardian's headquarters in London. Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

Opinion: The Guardian Is Basically Giving The Observer Away. Here’s Why

Aaron Bastani

Acting as the parish noticeboard for liberal obsessions like stopping Brexit will only get a newspaper so far, writes Aaron Bastani.

A group of three men and one woman stand against an exposed brick wall

Feature: Can a Bunch of Tech Nerds Solve the Housing Crisis?

Rivkah Brown

Roost promises to create one million housing co-ops, but its high rents and willingness to work with landlords have turned off housing activists. Is their scepticism warranted? Rivkah Brown reports.

Keir Starmer and David Lammy fly to the US for talks with Joe Biden, September 2024. Stefan Rousseau/Reuters

Opinion: Do Western Powers Risk Putting Nato at War With Russia?

Ash Sarkar

Joe Biden and Keir Starmer hope supplying Ukraine with cruise missiles could turn the tide against Russia. This might not be the knockout blow they’re aiming for, writes Ash Sarkar.

An arrested activist in London. Sandrine Laure Dippa/Reuters

Report: Rightwing Journalists Keep Grassing Up Activists to the Police

Clare Hymer

Reporters for tabloid newspapers are infiltrating non-violent direct action groups, collaborating with the police and getting activists arrested. Clare Hymer reports.

Keir Starmer speaks to the 2024 TUC annual congress in Brighton. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

Analysis: Starmer Heckled As Trade Unions Oppose Labour’s New Austerity

Polly Smythe

Trade unionists are breathing a sigh of relief after 14 years of Tory rule, but there is little enthusiasm for Labour's economic policies at the TUC's annual congress. Polly Smythe reports.

Grenfell survivors hold a press conference as the inquiry publishes its second report on the 2017 fire. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy

Opinion: When Will There Be Justice for Grenfell Survivors?

Ash Sarkar

Following the publication of the long-awaited Grenfell inquiry report, it's imperative that urgency is maintained, writes Ash Sarkar.

Protesters in Jerusalem during foreign secretary David Lammy's visit to Israel in August 2024. Saeed Qaq via Reuters Connect

Report: Key Israel Arms Supplier Sponsors Labour Conference Event

Sam Bright

Exclusive: the New Statesman magazine will host an event sponsored by Northrop Grumman, a key supplier to the Israeli airforce, on the subject of ‘a new era of defence’.

A protestor outside Valley Vets in South Wales

Feature: Six Companies Own 60% of UK Vets, and Workers Are Sick of It

Polly Smythe

Global megacorporations have spotted an opportunity in the millions of new lockdown puppies and are snapping up local veterinary practices in bulk. The result is broke pet owners and underpaid workers - and the first vet practice strike in UK history, reports Polly Smythe.

The empty fourth plinth on Trafalgar Square in London

Feature: The Fourth Plinth Is About to Become a Trans Monument

Juliet Jacques

Mexican artist Teresa Margolles will fill Trafalgar Square with the faces of 850 trans people in a visual protest against transfemicide. Juliet Jacques reports.

Long Read: How the Media Became a Weapon in the Gaza Genocide

Steven Methven

Opinion: I Have Lived Through Two Nakbas

Ghada Karmi

Report: Exclusive: Tory MP Looks at Israel’s Lebanon Pager Attacks ‘With Awe’

Simon Childs

Feature: The Museum of Neoliberalism Is Being Bulldozed to Make Way for Luxury Flats

Juliet Jacques

Opinion: The Government’s ‘Progressive’ Top Lawyer Is Off to a Rocky Start

Simon Childs

Opinion: Starmer’s Conference Speech Was Utterly Vacuous

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: Reporters Are Asking the Wrong Questions About Labour’s Freebie Fiasco

Adam Ramsay

Opinion: Why Can’t Starmer Give Up Freebies?

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: Nigel Farage Loves Migrants – As Long As They Travel By Private Jet

Simon Childs

Opinion: The Guardian Is Basically Giving The Observer Away. Here’s Why

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: Do Western Powers Risk Putting Nato at War With Russia?

Ash Sarkar

Report: Rightwing Journalists Keep Grassing Up Activists to the Police

Clare Hymer

Analysis: Starmer Heckled As Trade Unions Oppose Labour’s New Austerity

Polly Smythe

Opinion: When Will There Be Justice for Grenfell Survivors?

Ash Sarkar

Report: Key Israel Arms Supplier Sponsors Labour Conference Event

Sam Bright

Feature: Six Companies Own 60% of UK Vets, and Workers Are Sick of It

Polly Smythe

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Long Read: How the Media Became a Weapon in the Gaza Genocide

Steven Methven

Opinion: I Have Lived Through Two Nakbas

Ghada Karmi

Report: Exclusive: Tory MP Looks at Israel’s Lebanon Pager Attacks ‘With Awe’

Simon Childs

Feature: The Museum of Neoliberalism Is Being Bulldozed to Make Way for Luxury Flats

Juliet Jacques

Opinion: The Government’s ‘Progressive’ Top Lawyer Is Off to a Rocky Start

Simon Childs

Opinion: Starmer’s Conference Speech Was Utterly Vacuous

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: Reporters Are Asking the Wrong Questions About Labour’s Freebie Fiasco

Adam Ramsay

Opinion: Why Can’t Starmer Give Up Freebies?

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: Nigel Farage Loves Migrants – As Long As They Travel By Private Jet

Simon Childs

Opinion: The Guardian Is Basically Giving The Observer Away. Here’s Why

Aaron Bastani

Feature: Can a Bunch of Tech Nerds Solve the Housing Crisis?

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: Do Western Powers Risk Putting Nato at War With Russia?

Ash Sarkar

Report: Rightwing Journalists Keep Grassing Up Activists to the Police

Clare Hymer

Analysis: Starmer Heckled As Trade Unions Oppose Labour’s New Austerity

Polly Smythe

Opinion: When Will There Be Justice for Grenfell Survivors?

Ash Sarkar

Report: Key Israel Arms Supplier Sponsors Labour Conference Event

Sam Bright

Feature: Six Companies Own 60% of UK Vets, and Workers Are Sick of It

Polly Smythe

Feature: The Fourth Plinth Is About to Become a Trans Monument

Juliet Jacques

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