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Opinion: If Even Sally Rooney Can’t Speak Freely About Palestine, What Hope Do Ordinary Culture Workers Have?

Juliet Jacques

Lobby groups have targeted 54% of culture workers' organisations. Is it any wonder, asks Juliet Jacques, that even the most famous artists are being silenced on Palestine?

A Black man wearing a keffiyeh as a headscarf holds a banner alongside Palestinian flags

Interview: Ex-Amazon Union Leader Says US Trade Unions Are Complicit in Gaza Genocide

Polly Smythe

Former Amazon Labor Union president Chris Smalls, who joined a July aid flotilla to Gaza, told Polly Smythe that the main unions in the US “continue to do the dirty work for Israel”.

Report: The Royal Opera House Cancelled One Israeli Show. Staff Demand It Axe Them All

Polly Smythe

On Monday, the Royal Ballet and Opera cancelled a planned production of Tosca at the Israeli National Opera. Workers say the institution must refuse all work with Israel indefinitely. Polly Smythe reports.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham speaks during a demonstration agains1t cuts to the winter fuel allowance. Photo: Tejas Sandhu / SOPA Images via Reuters Connect

Report: Unite Votes for Israel Arms Embargo

Polly Smythe

Unite has voted to support workers who refuse to handle Israeli weapons. Is this the first step towards an ‘arms embargo from below?’ Polly Smythe reports.

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Analysis: The ICJ’s New Acting President Is a Christian Zionist. What Does That Mean for Israel?

Louis Matheou

Judge Julia Sebutinde believes in the biblical bond' between Jewish people and the land of Israel and has been accused of plagiarising pro-Israel sources. What does her acting presidency mean for South Africa’s case at the ICJ, and for the international order as a whole? Louis Matheou speaks to legal experts.

Tom Drummond. Photo: Sutton Conservatives

Opinion: Tory Councillor Accused of Smearing Teenager As Antisemite for Palestine Petition

Simon Childs

When Tommy Oliver started a BDS petition, he had no idea it would be debated on Holocaust Memorial Day. That didn't stop the leader of the Sutton Conservatives calling the petition antisemitic and running to the Times.

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

Report: Germany Is Seizing Jews’ Money Again

James Jackson

On Tuesday, a German Jewish group had its account frozen after the bank demanded a list of its members’ details, in what experts believe is a clear breach of EU law. James Jackson reports from Berlin.

a row of police officers line up in front of protesters holding up free palestine banners

Opinion: In the UK, Israel Has Spotted a Like-Minded Government

Hedi Viterbo

Of course Israeli officials would think they could influence UK court cases, writes Hedi Viterbo – on Palestine and protest rights, the two states are perfectly aligned.

Men wearing jeans and black jackets walk through a series of metal gates with two guard towers on either side

Opinion: Israeli Apartheid Won’t End Itself

Omar Barghouti

BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti on why, as settler-colonial ‘democracy’ crumbles, the movement is more necessary than ever.

Peter Limbourg (Director General, Deutsche Welle, Germany) and Salil Shetty (Secretary General, Amnesty International) pictured at the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2017

Report: German State Broadcaster Fires Seven Arab Journalists in Supposed Antisemitism Purge

Rivkah Brown

Deutsche Welle employees say the firing spree reflects the organisation’s increasingly hardline pro-Israel stance. Rivkah Brown reports.

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Report: After Years of Campaigning Against an Israeli Weapons Factory, It Was Direct Action That Shut It Down

Rivkah Brown

On Monday, Elbit Systems announced the sale of its Oldham factory. Over years, local activists had been gradually building momentum for the campaign – until a direct action group turbocharged it. Rivkah Brown reports.

Novara Live: The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Not Over

While it may seem the Covid-19 pandemic in Britain is ending, this week saw global case levels higher than ever before. We speak to Deepti Gurdasani about the ongoing global coronavirus crisis.

Opinion: A Spanish Company is Building an Apartheid Railway in Israel – Now It Wants in on HS2

Zakaria Odeh

Companies abetting human rights abuses shouldn't be rewarded with lucrative government contracts - they must be boycotted until they end complicity with apartheid, writes Palestinian organiser Zakaria Odeh.

Palestinian flags at labour party conference

Opinion: Labour’s New Leadership Must Not Abandon Palestine

Ben Jamal

A group of prominent British Palestinians recently penned an open letter to Keir Starmer calling upon the Labour leader to restate his party’s commitment to the Palestinian struggle. Ben Jamal, director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, sets out why.

Opinion: We Have Let Israel Dispossess, Displace and Ethnically Cleanse Palestinians for Decades

Malia Bouattia

As Israel intensifies its campaign against Palestine by preparing to annex the West Bank, we must remember that its actions have not come out of nowhere, writes Malia Bouattia. Instead, they are the outcome of decades of inaction and complicity by foreign governments and companies.

5 Reasons People Are Boycotting Eurovision This Year

Alia Malak

Eurovision doesn’t usually set off discussions around international law, apartheid and human rights. But with Israel hosting the 2019 competition, this year is different. Alia Malak explains why.

You can be a ‘liberal democracy’, or you can ban boycotts – not both

Thomas Seal

The Conservatives' boycott ban shows Britain’s values are all relative once our exports are threatened, says Thomas Seal.

Arts Strike Now! 5 Reasons Cultural Workers are Boycotting the Zabludowicz Collection

BDZ Group

Amid the erosion of public arts funding, the private Zabludowicz Collection has stepped up as the post-austerity arts pathbreaker. Notorious for its complicity in Israeli militarism, it is now the target of a boycott by cultural workers.

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Opinion: If Even Sally Rooney Can’t Speak Freely About Palestine, What Hope Do Ordinary Culture Workers Have?

Juliet Jacques

Interview: Ex-Amazon Union Leader Says US Trade Unions Are Complicit in Gaza Genocide

Polly Smythe

Report: The Royal Opera House Cancelled One Israeli Show. Staff Demand It Axe Them All

Polly Smythe

Report: Unite Votes for Israel Arms Embargo

Polly Smythe

Analysis: The ICJ’s New Acting President Is a Christian Zionist. What Does That Mean for Israel?

Louis Matheou

Opinion: Tory Councillor Accused of Smearing Teenager As Antisemite for Palestine Petition

Simon Childs

Opinion: In the UK, Israel Has Spotted a Like-Minded Government

Hedi Viterbo

Report: German State Broadcaster Fires Seven Arab Journalists in Supposed Antisemitism Purge

Rivkah Brown

Report: After Years of Campaigning Against an Israeli Weapons Factory, It Was Direct Action That Shut It Down

Rivkah Brown

Novara Live: The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Not Over

Opinion: A Spanish Company is Building an Apartheid Railway in Israel – Now It Wants in on HS2

Zakaria Odeh

Opinion: Labour’s New Leadership Must Not Abandon Palestine

Ben Jamal

Opinion: We Have Let Israel Dispossess, Displace and Ethnically Cleanse Palestinians for Decades

Malia Bouattia

5 Reasons People Are Boycotting Eurovision This Year

Alia Malak

You can be a ‘liberal democracy’, or you can ban boycotts – not both

Thomas Seal

Arts Strike Now! 5 Reasons Cultural Workers are Boycotting the Zabludowicz Collection

BDZ Group

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Opinion: If Even Sally Rooney Can’t Speak Freely About Palestine, What Hope Do Ordinary Culture Workers Have?

Juliet Jacques

Interview: Ex-Amazon Union Leader Says US Trade Unions Are Complicit in Gaza Genocide

Polly Smythe

Report: The Royal Opera House Cancelled One Israeli Show. Staff Demand It Axe Them All

Polly Smythe

Report: Unite Votes for Israel Arms Embargo

Polly Smythe

Analysis: The ICJ’s New Acting President Is a Christian Zionist. What Does That Mean for Israel?

Louis Matheou

Opinion: Tory Councillor Accused of Smearing Teenager As Antisemite for Palestine Petition

Simon Childs

Report: Germany Is Seizing Jews’ Money Again

James Jackson

Opinion: In the UK, Israel Has Spotted a Like-Minded Government

Hedi Viterbo

Opinion: Israeli Apartheid Won’t End Itself

Omar Barghouti

Report: German State Broadcaster Fires Seven Arab Journalists in Supposed Antisemitism Purge

Rivkah Brown

Report: After Years of Campaigning Against an Israeli Weapons Factory, It Was Direct Action That Shut It Down

Rivkah Brown

Novara Live: The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Not Over

Opinion: A Spanish Company is Building an Apartheid Railway in Israel – Now It Wants in on HS2

Zakaria Odeh

Opinion: Labour’s New Leadership Must Not Abandon Palestine

Ben Jamal

Opinion: We Have Let Israel Dispossess, Displace and Ethnically Cleanse Palestinians for Decades

Malia Bouattia

5 Reasons People Are Boycotting Eurovision This Year

Alia Malak

You can be a ‘liberal democracy’, or you can ban boycotts – not both

Thomas Seal

Arts Strike Now! 5 Reasons Cultural Workers are Boycotting the Zabludowicz Collection

BDZ Group

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