Report: Minister Who Loves Free Speech Starts a Witch-Hunt Against Academics
Polly Smythe
Michelle Donelan: 'The freedom to disagree is just as important as the freedom to agree'. Also Michelle Donelan: 'Criticising Israel is extremist'.
Articles
Report: Revealed: Tory Superdonor Makes Millions From Government Handouts to Arms Trade
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’
Ell Folan
Shoplifting rates are down from 2017, writes Ell Folan, while the media is acting as if all hell has broken loose.
Report: Jewish Activists Protest at Foreign Office Calling for a Ceasefire
Clare Hymer
Protesters sang 'ceasefire now' and 'end the occupation' in Hebrew.
Report: Arms Factory Blockaded As Calls for Practical Solidarity With Palestine Grow
Polly Smythe
150 activists are picketing an arms factory in Kent in protest at the UK arms trade with Israel.
Report: Tory MP Says It’s ‘Not Easy’ to See Difference Between Hamas Members and Civilians
Simon Childs
John Howell, vice-chair of the Conservative Friends of Israel, also told a constituent he ‘disagrees’ that the UK has historical responsibility for the situation in Palestine.
Opinion: The Israeli War Machine Runs on Jewish Fear
Rivkah Brown
From national newspapers to communal gatekeepers, the British establishment is playing on Jewish fear to justify genocide, writes Rivkah Brown.
Analysis: Liz Truss’s Downfall Was a Huge Victory for Progressives
Matthew Butcher
Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister left Downing Street a year ago today. While most people remember Liz Truss as a joke, her premiership was actually a catastrophic defeat for the libertarian right, argues Matthew Butcher.
Opinion: Why Are Conservatives Supporting Israel’s Strategy When It Would Create Millions More Refugees?
Aaron Bastani
Conservatives claim they want to reduce immigration - yet they are cheering on the displacement of 1.5m Palestinians in Europe’s near abroad. It makes no sense, writes Aaron Bastani.
Opinion: Ofcom Has Capitulated to a Rightwing Witch-Hunt Over Israel
Simon Childs
The broadcast regulator suspended a director after her supposedly ‘extreme’ views were exposed by hypocritical free-speech warriors.
Report: ‘Blood On Your Hands’: Labour Faces Protests Over Israel-Palestine Stance
Simon Childs & Clare Hymer
Muslim members have demanded an apology from Keir Starmer over his statements about Israeli war crimes, and the party has tried to stop members from talking about the crisis.
Report: ‘A Chance to Implement Forced Displacement’: Israeli Settlers Are Attacking Palestinians in the West Bank
Daisy Schofield
Emboldened by the crisis in Gaza, Israeli settlers in the West Bank are putting on uniforms, shooting unarmed Palestinians and driving them off their land. Daisy Schofield reports.
Report: Just Stop Oil Blocks Bus Transporting Asylum Seekers to Bibby Stockholm
Clare Hymer & Richard Hames
Activists blocked a bridge in order to stop the forced return of migrants to the barge.
Report: Dutch Court Rules ‘From the River to the Sea’ Protected Speech and Not Antisemitic
Rivkah Brown
The pro-Palestine chant is now officially protected under Dutch law, striking a blow at those who claim it is antisemitic. Rivkah Brown reports.
Long Read: Aged 82, Patricio Guzmán Is Still Making Revolutionary Cinema
Juliet Jacques
The exiled Chilean documentary-maker has been capturing successive waves of revolution and rebellion in his home country for over four decades, writes Juliet Jacques – and contributing to them through art.
Red Flags: I Can’t Fit It All In: How Do I Do My Job and Also Be a Good Person?
Sophie K Rosa
Work, activism, hobbies, exercise, eating, sleeping and showing up for the people you love: In the second instalment of Novara Media's advice column, Red Flags, Sophie K Rosa advises a burnt-out worker who blames herself for not being able to fit it all in.
Report: Labour Councillors Keep Quitting Over Party ‘Endorsing’ Israeli War Crimes
Simon Childs
Labour has been hit with a number of resignations after its leadership affirmed Israel’s right to ‘self defence’ when asked to condemn war crimes.
Report: Palestinian Trade Unions Call for End to ‘Complicity’ in Israeli Crimes
Polly Smythe
An open letter from Palestinian trade unions to the international labour movement has called for 'a mass increase of global solidarity'.