May 2025
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Starmer’s Powellite gambit: why Labour’s far-right turn will backfire
Just as German Social Democrats joined the Nazis in singing Deutschland Uber Alles, ANDREW MURRAY observes how Starmer tries to out-Farage Farage with anti-migrant policies — but evidence shows Reform voters come from Tories, not Labour, making this ploy morally bankrupt and politically pointless Continue reading
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UK doctor suspended over Gaza posts
And since 2 March, Israel has prevented all medications, medical supplies, food, fuel and basic essentials from entering Gaza, plunging two million people, half of them children, into a deepening catastrophe. However, if you are a doctor in the UK, and you express outrage about the genocide, you might lose your job with the National… Continue reading
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Thousands Flee in Gaza City After Israel Issues Mass Displacement Orders and Vows to Attack ”With Great Force”
The scenes of mass displacement on Wednesday were like a slow-moving human flood flowing through destroyed streets. Continue reading
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Breaking news and analysis on day 587 of the Gaza genocide | The Electronic Intifada
Thursday, 15 May 2025 — The Electronic Intifada Scheduled for May 15, 2025 Your gift supports The Electronic Intifada’s independent journalism on Palestine: • Donate by credit card, ApplePay, PayPal, Venmo or US bank account via Kindful: https://bit.ly/EIKindful Continue reading
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A Language of Blood Has Gripped Our World: The Twentieth Newsletter (2025)
Thursday, 15 May 2025 — The Tricontinental Dahlia Abdelilah Baasher (Sudan), Untitled, n.d. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Over the past weeks, international focus has no doubt been on the escalation between India and Pakistan, which we will write more about once the dust settles. Though none of Continue reading
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British Intelligence: A Law Unto Themselves
On May 1st, The Times reported that Britain’s Intelligence and Security Committee, a parliamentary body intended to supervise and appraise the work of London’s assorted spying agencies, was facing a funding “crisis” so severe it may be forced to cease functioning outright. Moreover, in a remarkable statement, current ISC chair Lord Beamish fulminated that the… Continue reading
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Negotiations or Political Theatre in Istanbul?
How will the war end? The position of Ukraine and NATO continues to go from bad to worse, yet there is still a reluctance to engage in genuine discussions. There is subsequently a growing possibility that there will eventually be a collapse of the government in Ukraine, which would allow Moscow to dictate the political… Continue reading
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UK: We’re no island of strangers
Earlier this week, the UK government launched its immigration white paper. The prime minister warned of Britain becoming “an island of strangers” and referred to the period of increased migration as a “squalid chapter”. We don’t recognise the country described here. Nor will anyone who has lived alongside, worked with, or supported people seeking safety… Continue reading
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Israeli Forces Bombed Two Gaza Hospitals in One Day
By targeting European Hospital and Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, the Israeli military is further decimating Gaza’s already devastated medical system. Continue reading
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NATO: Watchdog of Imperialism and Global Finance Capital
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is often portrayed as a defender of democracy and freedom. However, its true purpose lies in safeguarding the interests of global finance capital and maintaining imperialist domination. While NATO’s founding was justified as a countermeasure to communist influence, this explanation obscures the organization’s deeper role as a military arm… Continue reading
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President Ibrahim Traore’s Interview with Russia Today and Sputnik
This is the powerful interview that the President of Burkina Faso Captain Ibrahim Traore granted to Sputnik Afrique and RT French journalist Igor Kourachenko in Moscow on May 10th 2025. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report May 14, 2025
Wednesday, 14 May 2025 — Black Agenda Report Corruption, Lies, Biden’s Health and Trump’s Victory Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist The same corporate media talking heads who told us to ignore Biden’s failing health are now cashing in with books revealing political cover ups while also covering up their own role in Continue reading
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Jeremy Bowen’s interview with Gaza aid chief was shameful – and he knows it
There was no excuse for the BBC to follow Israel in treating the head of UNRWA as though he is aligned with terrorism. This kind of craven journalism just makes Israel’s job of genocide easier Continue reading
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The UK government battles a High Court legal challenge against selling weapon parts to Israel
A four-day judicial review was set to take place, as Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq challenges the legality of the UK selling parts for Israeli F-35 fighter jets, used to commit genocide in Gaza. The British Labour government claims that blocking the sale will damage international peace and security by not allowing a regime led… Continue reading
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‘I’m doing the work I need to do to live with myself’: Joe Sacco on democracy, genocide, and drawing the truth Zach Rabiroff
If an artist can be measured in part by their capacity to look truth squarely in the eye without flinching, let it be said that Joe Sacco is an artist. For more than three decades, Sacco has been perhaps the most prominent and influential cartoonist-journalist in comics. His Palestine, published in 1993, was a probing… Continue reading
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Fascism: Our Common Enemy
Russia’s actions in Ukraine have causes which necessitated its actions. Unbiased observers know what those causes are and why Russia’s special military operation was a necessary consequence. Continue reading
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Support legal resistance against cruel migration policies
Tuesday, 13 May 2025 — Crowd Justice Yesterday, on the 12th May, Starmer received criticism after he announced sweeping migration reform, with a promise to ‘tighten up’ every part of the immigration system. Continue reading
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UK Activists Challenge Return of U.S. Nuclear Weapons with Two-Week Encampment at Royal Air Force Base Lakenheath
In anticipation of U.S. nuclear weapons returning to UK soil after their removal 18 years ago, activists from around the world gathered at the Lakenheath Peace Camp from April 14 to 25, 2025, with a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week vigil at the main entrance to the Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath base. Continue reading
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From Sankara to Traoré: continuing the legacy of anti-imperialist revolution in Burkina Faso
Right now, Burkina Faso sits again on the frontlines against U.S./western imperialism. Prior to 2022, Burkina Faso was completely under the control of French neocolonial rule and oppression. The Burkinabe government — previously under the rule of Paul-Henri Damiba, a high-ranking officer of the Burkinabe military — allowed France to plunder the country for natural… Continue reading
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