Opinion: Israeli Apartheid Won’t End Itself
by Omar Barghouti
BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti on why, as settler-colonial ‘democracy’ crumbles, the movement is more necessary than ever.
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Report: German State Broadcaster Fires Seven Arab Journalists in Supposed Antisemitism Purge
by Rivkah Brown
Deutsche Welle employees say the firing spree reflects the organisation’s increasingly hardline pro-Israel stance. Rivkah Brown reports.
Report: After Years of Campaigning Against an Israeli Weapons Factory, It Was Direct Action That Shut It Down
by 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.
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
by 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.
Opinion: Labour’s New Leadership Must Not Abandon Palestine
by 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
by 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
by 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
by Thomas Seal
The Conservatives' boycott ban shows Britain’s values are all relative once our exports are threatened, says Thomas Seal.
Long Read: The Arms Trade in Austerity Times
by Elliot Murphy
Sunday Long Read: Whilst some observers have taken to the broadsheets to proclaim a gloomy economic year, the immediate future looks rosy for one booming British industry: the arms trade.
Arts Strike Now! 5 Reasons Cultural Workers are Boycotting the Zabludowicz Collection
by 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.