August 2025
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The number arrested has now risen to 532 people over Palestine Action Protest
Monday, 11 August 2025 — Al Mayadeen English London’s Metropolitan Police said it has arrested 532 people after a protest opposing Britain’s decision to ban the group Palestine Action, with more arrests expected. Demonstrators gathered in Parliament Square on Saturday, waving placards in support of the group and chanting slogans such as “shame on you” Continue reading
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Anas al-Sharif
This hurts: Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera staff killed by Israel in Gaza – AlJazeerah, Aug 10 2025 Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City. Continue reading
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Re: Palantir in the NHS
Monday, 11 August 2025 — Just Treatment My name is Rhiannon and I’m an NHS doctor. Today I’m reaching out to raise the alarm about what is happening to patient health data, and what you can do about it. Continue reading
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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇪🇺 US Vice President JD Vance Once Again Performing “The US and Europe are Split” + “the US Wants Out of Ukraine” Theater
1. this is AMERICA’S WAR in the first place (one Trump himself helped precipitate) – and the US controls Europe’s senior leadership no matter what theater they perform to try and convince the public otherwise; Continue reading
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Yalta 2.0: escalation logic and mutual threat perception between Moscow and Washington
On August 15, 2025, in Alaska, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will prepare to negotiate, in a Yalta 2.0 format, the contours of a new strategic order – with Ukraine and Europe at the center of the discussions, absent from the banquet where their fate is nevertheless being decided. Continue reading
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Israel assassinates five al-Jazeera journalists
BREAKING NEWS || Israeli occupation forces deliberately targeted and killed five Palestinian journalists, including Anas Al Sharif, Moe’men Olaiwa, Ibrahim Daher, Mohammed Quraiqa, and Mohammad Nofal, who were assassinated as they were residing in a tent nearby the Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City. Continue reading
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Missiles Return to Europe: How NATO’s Advances Reignited Russia’s Red Lines
With the collapse of the INF Treaty and NATO’s eastward reach, Cold War specters awaken on European soil—and Moscow prepares its answer. Continue reading
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Brian Berletic: Is the U.S. Setting a Trap for Russia in Alaska?
Brian Berletic is a former US Marine, author and international relations expert. Berletic discusses the upcoming meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska, and the history of US deception and faking diplomacy to regroup. Continue reading
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Famine in Gaza: The Bloody Legacy of British Colonialism
26-year-old Mariam clutches the cold body of her son to her chest with trembling hands. Mahmoud was only 40 days old. He wasn’t killed by a bomb. He wasn’t shot by soldiers. He died of starvation—slowly, agonizingly, in front of his mother, who couldn’t help him. This happened because the 21st-century neo-Nazi Netanyahu gave a… Continue reading
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Your Party is taking shape locally
Friday, 8 August 2025 — The Crispin Flintoff Show This video captures the first national discussion held since the launch of Your Party, with contributions from activists in Rotherham, Sheffield, Hastings, Coventry, Tottenham, Stevenage, Liverpool and beyond. People are setting up local WhatsApp groups (some with 150+ members), organising street stalls, planning public meetings and Continue reading
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FDA Orders COVID ‘Vaccine’ Makers Pfizer and Moderna to Warn Public About Heart Damage Risk
“The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Moderna to issue warnings that their Covid mRNA “vaccines” [August 2025] carry a high risk of heart damage, particularly for young men. Continue reading
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Einar Tangen: Economic Tsunami Is Now Unavoidable
Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow at Teihe Institute and a Senior Fellow at CIGI. Over the past decade, the US has increasingly been pushing adversaries such as Russia and Iran into China’s arms. While Trump promised to reverse this mistake, he is now doubling down by also pushing friendly states such as India into… Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 7 August 2025
Thursday, 7 August 2025 — GM Watch GM microorganisms pose huge challenges for risk assessment and governance A recent review by researchers from Environment Agency-Austria, Austrian Academy of Sciences and the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation identifies critical biosafety and wider governance risks of environmental applications of genetically modified microorganisms (GMMs), including those developed Continue reading
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Breaking news and analysis on day 671 of the Gaza genocide | The Electronic Intifada
Thursday, 7 August 2025 — The Electronic Intifada Continue reading
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🚨 LIVE with Alastair Crooke August 7th 11am eastern 8am Pacific!
Thursday, 7 August 2025 — Danny Haiphong We talk Trump’s escalations with Russia, Witkoff Putin meeting, nuclear tensions exploding over Ukraine, diplomacy, war and g3nocide in Gaza plus much more! Continue reading
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Another Summer of far-right discontent – Time to take stock
We tend to think of all the great social movements in history as driven by progressive values – anti-racist and for civil rights, for instance. But what do we do when a vociferous, regressive, racist social movement emerges, one that threatens to destroy every gain that we have fought for over decades? On 2 August,… Continue reading
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Roger Waters Resistance Ballad: “Sumud”
As noted over the past several days, Roger Waters has released a new song, a ballad of resistance formulated in support of Palestine but also globally as Humanity seeks freedom from Western Oligarchy. Pepe Escobar has written a review of the song which I’ll share with you. Continue reading
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Roger Waters – Sumud (New Song, 2025)
Last week, during a video posted on YouTube for the War Abolisher Awards, Roger Waters shared a new song titled “Sumud.” Continue reading
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A Tribute to All Those Who Fought for a Better World and Died So Young: The Thirty-Second Newsletter (2025)
In July, a few days after the centenary of Frantz Fanon’s birth, I had lunch with his daughter, Mireille Fanon Mendès-France. When I commented that Fanon had died so young, at thirty-nine, Mireille corrected me: ‘No, thirty-six’. Even three more years would have been a gift – to him because he might have been able… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 