Opinion: The Corruption Behind Starmer’s Rise Has Finally Been Exposed
by Joe Guinan
Details are starting to emerge of the most secretive and dishonest leadership campaign in the history of British politics.
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Opinion: Erdoğan’s ‘Solidarity’ With Palestine Is Just a Vehicle for His Own Nationalism
by Ronî Özdemir
The Turkish state’s solidarity with Palestine isn’t just hollow and hypocritical, but serves to justify Erdoğan’s own war crimes against Kurds in north-east Syria, writes Ronî Özdemir.
Analysis: The Rightwing Media Is Very Upset About the Remembrance Day Disorder It Helped Cause
by Simon Childs
The press spent all week saying pro-Palestine protests are a mark of disrespect to the war dead, but they didn’t want anyone to actually do anything about it.
Report: The Far-Right Observed Remembrance Day by Fighting the Police
by Simon Childs
Far-right activists threw missiles and started fights in order to 'defend' the cenotaph from a protest march happening a mile away.
Opinion: Armistice Day Is Perfect for a Peace March
by Joe Glenton
Suella Braverman has tried to instrumentalise the war dead to stop a pro-Palestine march on Armistice Day. But as a veteran, I hope the streets are heaving, writes Joe Glenton.
Feature: These Pro-Palestine Activists Are on Trial for ‘Blackmail’
by Rivkah Brown
On Monday, three members of Palestine Action will be the first political activists to be tried for blackmail in over a decade. Rivkah Brown reports.
Report: Activists Just Shut Down a Factory That Makes Parts for Israeli Fighter Jets
by Charlotte England
Around 400 people are blockading the entrances to a factory in Kent that makes parts for the Israeli military's 'most lethal' fighter jets. Charlotte England reports.
Analysis: Suella Braverman, Far-Right Activists and the Media Are Stoking Tensions Ahead of Saturday’s Palestine March
by Simon Childs
Far-right activists plan to defend the Cenotaph from a march that's going nowhere near it.
Report: Former Amnesty Official Arrested for Satirical Placard
by Rivkah Brown
Aisha Jung was arrested for holding a placard that described Israel as an ‘apartheid cuntry’ while attending a pro-Palestine demo with her husband and sons.
Report: School Students Walk Out of Shadow Minister’s Assembly Over Labour’s Position on Palestine
by Clare Hymer
Around 300 sixth form students in east London boycotted an assembly with Wes Streeting last week over Labour’s support for Israel, while young people in Bristol skipped school for the UK’s first ever ‘school strike for Palestine’. Clare Hymer reports.
Opinion: With All Eyes on Palestine, Don’t Forget Rojava
by Dani Ellis
In early October, a major western ally began an air campaign against a small Middle Eastern territory unlike anything experienced in the region’s decades-long liberation struggle. This wasn't Israel’s assault on Gaza, but Turkey’s on Rojava.
Report: Palestinian Journalists Are Risking Their Lives to Counteract the ‘Israeli Narrative’
by Daisy Schofield
Palestinian journalists are working in ‘dire’ conditions to show the world what is happening in Gaza, despite Israeli forces make it harder and harder for them to report.
Analysis: Who Is the Tory Counter-Extremism ‘Expert’ Labelling Pro-Palestine Protests ‘Antisemitic’?
by Simon Childs
Robin Simcox used to spend his time defending indefinite detention in Guantanamo Bay - then he was hired as an expert advisor to the British government.
Opinion: Keir Starmer Doesn’t Care That You’re Angry With Him
by Michael Chessum
Tory unpopularity, coupled with Labour’s monopoly on opposition, means Keir Starmer can do whatever he likes - and probably still win an election. But at what moral cost?
Report: Labour Councillors Are Defying Keir Starmer to Back a Ceasefire in Gaza
by Clare Hymer
All 31 Labour councillors in Sheffield backed a motion in support of Palestine, as opposition to the party’s line on Israel builds.
Report: Minister Who Loves Free Speech Starts a Witch-Hunt Against Academics
by Polly Smythe
Michelle Donelan: 'The freedom to disagree is just as important as the freedom to agree'. Also Michelle Donelan: 'Criticising Israel is extremist'.
Report: Revealed: Tory Superdonor Makes Millions From Government Handouts to Arms Trade
by Andrew Kersley
Little known defence giant QinetiQ made almost two-thirds of its revenue from government contracts.
Analysis: There Is Zero Evidence of a Shoplifting ‘Epidemic’
by Ell Folan
Shoplifting rates are down from 2017, writes Ell Folan, while the media is acting as if all hell has broken loose.