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Police form a line facing a man wearing a keffiyeh and megaphone

Palestine Marchers Set to Defy Police Ban

Rivkah Brown

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign has always cooperated with police, until now. Rivkah Brown reports on why the group is refusing to cancel Saturday's central London march, despite the Met doubling down.

A sign that reads 'Jews against genocide' is held up at a protest

British Jews Call Bullshit on Met’s Palestine March Ban

Rivkah Brown

Over 720 British Jews, including prominent human rights lawyers and academics, have signed a statement slamming the Met’s ban on an upcoming Palestine demonstration over supposed synagogue disruption. Union leaders, MPs and cultural figures have joined them. Rivkah Brown reports.

A man with short hair a suit and coat grimaces in front of BBC broadcasting house

BBC Exec Downplayed Israel ‘Plausible Genocide’ Ruling to Dismayed Colleagues

Rivkah Brown

Exclusive: BBC News global director Jonathan Munro refuted colleagues’ claims that the corporation was suppressing the International Court of Justice’s ruling that Israel was plausibly committing genocide while minimising the ruling’s significance, internal emails reveal. Rivkah Brown reports.

First Working GP Sent to Prison for Peaceful Climate Protest

Clare Hymer

Patrick Hart has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for cracking the display of petrol pumps at an Esso service station as part of an action with Just Stop Oil.

How Private Rail Companies Are Trying to Slow Down Nationalisation

Polly Smythe

The longer renationalisation is delayed, the longer profiteers have to lobby the government, reports Polly Smythe.

Protesters show support for political prisoners, including Just Stop Oil’s Chris Bennett (bottom right), September 2024. Vuk Valcic/Reuters

Climate Prisoners Are Exposing the Dire State of Prison Healthcare

Clare Hymer

Just Stop Oil supporters spoke to Novara Media about their medical neglect in prison, which in one case had potentially life-threatening consequences.

‘This Is Genocide’: Amnesty Publishes Landmark Report on Gaza

Rivkah Brown

Amnesty International has published a 290-page report analysing 102 Israeli official statements, 212 interviews and a cache of documentary evidence. Its conclusion? “This is genocide.” Rivkah Brown reports.

Amazon workers striking outside an Amazon warehouse in Coventry, January 2023. Henry Nicholls/Reuters

More Than Half of UK Amazon Workers Have to Borrow Money to Make Ends Meet

Polly Smythe

On Black Friday, trade unionists push the US corporate giant to stop squeezing workers for profit.

Berlin Police Brutalise Women at Anti-Violence Demonstration

James Jackson

Protesters marking the international day for the elimination of violence against women were choked, pepper-sprayed and kettled in a show of police force that has become quotidian in the German capital.

The Kurdish Community Centre (KCC) in Haringey, north London

Metropolitan Police Put Kurdish Community Centre Under ‘Siege’

John Lubbock

Counter-terror police arrested six people as part of an investigation into the Kurdistan Workers' party, which will close the centre for two weeks.

A protestor outside Valley Vets in South Wales

Vet Company Responds to Strikes By Simply Closing Branches

Polly Smythe

Valley Vets is the first veterinary group in the UK to face strike action by its workers. Now it’s shutting most of its surgeries. Polly Smythe reports.

Photographs of various gender clinicians surround an image of Donald Trump

Are NHS Workers Bringing Trump-Style Anti-Trans Ideology to the UK?

Rivkah Brown

Several clinicians pivotal to the Cass Review recently addressed the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine, a designated anti-trans hate group that shares funding sources with the organisation behind Project 2025. Rivkah Brown reports.

Inside TikTok’s Mass Sacking

Polly Smythe

The Chinese tech giant is giving over 100 UK moderators the sack, begging the question: can it stop the spread of dangerous content with AI? Polly Smythe reports.

A group of police officers stand in front of Israeli flags

Germany Ties Cultural Funding to Israel Allegiance

Rivkah Brown

On Thursday a cross-party group of German MPs voted to withhold culture and science funding from those who boycott Israel or breach a pro-Israel definition of antisemitism. Rivkah Brown reports.

Delivery riders organised by IWGB on strike in 2021. WIktor Szymanowicz via Reuters Connect

Delivery Company Offers Workers Rights – But Only With a Pay Cut

Polly Smythe

After a strike-ballot opened, workers were taken into one-on-one meetings and asked to sign new contracts that they hadn’t even seen. Polly Smythe reports.

a man with short brown hair and a fade looks pained as he's arrested by police in yellow hi vis

Science Museum Grasses on Workers Protesting Tommy Robinson

Simon Childs

The museum praised a demonstration against Tommy Robinson – then wrote to the police about striking staff joining in.

Israel Detained a US Journalist for 4 Days. Why Was the World Silent?

Rivkah Brown

Jeremy Loffredo was detained for allegedly publishing sensitive military information. The US state department said nothing for two days. Rivkah Brown reports.

Lord Walney arrives at the ADS Group annual dinner in January. Mark Kerrison / Alamy Stock Photo

Lord Walney Keeps His Job – For Now

Simon Childs

This week it looked like the government’s anti-protest advisor John Woodcock AKA Lord Walney had lost his job. Then it didn’t. Now he’s ‘under review’. What the hell is going on, asks Simon Childs.

Palestine Marchers Set to Defy Police Ban

Rivkah Brown

British Jews Call Bullshit on Met’s Palestine March Ban

Rivkah Brown

BBC Exec Downplayed Israel ‘Plausible Genocide’ Ruling to Dismayed Colleagues

Rivkah Brown

First Working GP Sent to Prison for Peaceful Climate Protest

Clare Hymer

How Private Rail Companies Are Trying to Slow Down Nationalisation

Polly Smythe

Climate Prisoners Are Exposing the Dire State of Prison Healthcare

Clare Hymer

‘This Is Genocide’: Amnesty Publishes Landmark Report on Gaza

Rivkah Brown

More Than Half of UK Amazon Workers Have to Borrow Money to Make Ends Meet

Polly Smythe

Metropolitan Police Put Kurdish Community Centre Under ‘Siege’

John Lubbock

Vet Company Responds to Strikes By Simply Closing Branches

Polly Smythe

Are NHS Workers Bringing Trump-Style Anti-Trans Ideology to the UK?

Rivkah Brown

Inside TikTok’s Mass Sacking

Polly Smythe

Germany Ties Cultural Funding to Israel Allegiance

Rivkah Brown

Delivery Company Offers Workers Rights – But Only With a Pay Cut

Polly Smythe

Science Museum Grasses on Workers Protesting Tommy Robinson

Simon Childs

Israel Detained a US Journalist for 4 Days. Why Was the World Silent?

Rivkah Brown

Lord Walney Keeps His Job – For Now

Simon Childs

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Palestine Marchers Set to Defy Police Ban

Rivkah Brown

British Jews Call Bullshit on Met’s Palestine March Ban

Rivkah Brown

BBC Exec Downplayed Israel ‘Plausible Genocide’ Ruling to Dismayed Colleagues

Rivkah Brown

First Working GP Sent to Prison for Peaceful Climate Protest

Clare Hymer

How Private Rail Companies Are Trying to Slow Down Nationalisation

Polly Smythe

Climate Prisoners Are Exposing the Dire State of Prison Healthcare

Clare Hymer

‘This Is Genocide’: Amnesty Publishes Landmark Report on Gaza

Rivkah Brown

More Than Half of UK Amazon Workers Have to Borrow Money to Make Ends Meet

Polly Smythe

Berlin Police Brutalise Women at Anti-Violence Demonstration

James Jackson

Metropolitan Police Put Kurdish Community Centre Under ‘Siege’

John Lubbock

Vet Company Responds to Strikes By Simply Closing Branches

Polly Smythe

Are NHS Workers Bringing Trump-Style Anti-Trans Ideology to the UK?

Rivkah Brown

Inside TikTok’s Mass Sacking

Polly Smythe

Germany Ties Cultural Funding to Israel Allegiance

Rivkah Brown

Delivery Company Offers Workers Rights – But Only With a Pay Cut

Polly Smythe

Science Museum Grasses on Workers Protesting Tommy Robinson

Simon Childs

Israel Detained a US Journalist for 4 Days. Why Was the World Silent?

Rivkah Brown

Lord Walney Keeps His Job – For Now

Simon Childs

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