Report: Israel is Losing the Misinformation War
by Hamza Ali Shah
Israel’s hundred years’ war on Palestine has been bolstered by a sophisticated campaign of lies. The old tools may not work for much longer, reports Hamza Ali Shah.
Tag: occupation
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.
The Bastani Factor: Why the Media Can’t Tell the Truth on Israel & Palestine
Whether it’s the filtering process of mainstream outlets – or the ‘electric fence’ approach of lobbying organisations – the biggest casualty is truth and the Palestinian people. Aaron Bastani on why the truth is rarely uttered when it comes to covering the occupation.
Analysis: Palestinians Are Resisting a Nakba That Never Ended
by Yara Shoufani
The latest wave of Palestinian resistance isn't just against Gazan bombardment or the theft of Sheikh Jarrah. It is against a Nakba that started in 1948 and never stopped, writes Yara Shoufani.
Report: Is Coronavirus Incubating a New Student Movement?
by Sophie K Rosa
Universities duped students into returning to campus, only to lock them down in halls. Angry and abandoned, students have organised rent strikes, occupations and protests. Is the experience of Covid on campus radicalising a new generation? Sophie K Rosa reports.
Opinion: Israel is Rushing Settlement Expansion in Fear of a Biden Presidency. It Has Nothing to Worry About
by Aron Keller
Netanyahu appears to be accelerating settlement expansion in fear of a Biden win next week. Yet it's unlikely Biden will stand in his way any more than Trump has, writes Aron Keller.
Obituary: The Opposite of a Cynic: David Graeber, 1961-2020
by James Butler
Novara Media would likely not exist without anthropologist and activist David Graeber, who died on Wednesday. He helped give us the confidence to start out, and the conviction that left media – and especially left media that is able to think for itself – actually matters, writes James Butler.
Report: Activists Have Occupied an Abandoned High Security Police Station
by Harriet Williamson
Activists have occupied the abandoned high security police station at Paddington Green, London. The successful occupation, which started on 7 February, has ambitions for creating a lasting impact in the local community. Harriet Williamson reports.
Defending the Red City: Why the Fight for Làbas is a Fight for the Future of Bologna
by Maurilio Pirone
Bologna, with its history of urban activism and network of autonomous political spaces, has long held a reputation as a 'Red City'. But with the recent violent and unexpected eviction of the Làbas social centre, this reputation is under threat.
Surrey’s Water Protectors: 3 Reasons Protesters Are Occupying Leith Hill
by Robin Ellerson
Leith Hill Protection Camp is an occupation of a proposed exploratory drilling site in an area of natural beauty in Surrey. Here are three reasons the occupiers are there - and why you should join them.
Occupy, Strike, Resist: 3 Lessons from the Warwick Occupation
by Clare Hymer and Connor Woodman
Following a two-week occupation, Warwick students have won major concessions on their demands that the university oppose government higher education reforms, agree to fair teaching conditions for hourly-paid academic staff, and scrap a protest injunction.
3 Reasons the UAL Occupation Matters to FE, HE and the Free Education Movement
by Tom Scrivener
Like other recent direct actions such as at LSE, the University of the Arts London occupation is rooted in the free education movement. But the task of articulating longer term goals alongside combating immediate course cuts presents fresh challenges for students in the face of an ongoing restructuring of education.
4 Things I Learnt from Arguing with University Management
by John Murray
Provoked by the outcry over a police attack on a student sit-in last December, the Centre for Human Rights in Practice at the University of Warwick held a 'protest summit'. Free education activists and university bosses were invited onto the panel, making for a revealing - and sometimes heated - exchange of views.
#ReclaimIWD: 7 Reflections from Inside the University of London’s Feminist Occupation
by Helena Dunnett-Orridge
8 March is International Women’s Day, and to mark the occasion free education activists from across the country have spent the weekend in an occupation of Senate House at the University of London.
4 Reasons the Privatization of Sussex University Services Affects Us All
by Alia Al Ghussain
The anti-privatization campaign at Sussex University has been one of the catalysts for a recent resurgence in political activity on campuses across the UK. A major hurdle Sussex campaigners have had to overcome is conveying to fellow students the consequences that privatization of university services has – for all of us. Here, Alia Al Ghussain […]