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The BBC, Zelensky and the Price of Primacy: When Hegemony Calls Itself Defense
This essay excavates the BBC’s framing of the Ukraine war to reveal how catastrophe rhetoric and moral personalization manufacture consent. It reconstructs the documented record—NATO expansion, U.S. strategic doctrine, Minsk diplomacy, sanctions, and militarization—to widen the frame beyond headline urgency. It then situates the conflict within the deeper contradiction between imperial hegemony and national sovereignty,… Continue reading
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Will this scandal bring down Keir Starmer?
Such is the omnicrisis of the Labour government that it’s hard to tell what the final nail in Keir Starmer’s coffin will be. But the Labour Together scandal has got to be up there. Continue reading
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Labour Spied On Journalists, Including Me
An extraordinary political scandal has erupted in Britain, raising the prospect Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s already embattled government could tumble. On February 5th, it was revealed Labour Together, a dubious ‘think tank’ intimately intertwined with the Labour party, paid shady PR firm APCO Worldwide tens of thousands of pounds to spy on journalists. Primary targets… Continue reading
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Starmer is toast. But the dark forces that brought him to power are as strong as ever
The political and media classes that once venerated Mandelson and are now cutting him adrift are the same ones that spent five years destroying Corbyn Continue reading
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Palestine Action acquitted, with Asa Winstanley
Friday, 13 February 2026 — The Electronic Intifada Asa Winstanley, associate editor, discusses the acquittal of the Filton 6 amid the broader effort to overturn the British government’s designation of Palestine Action as a “terrorist” group. This is a segment from The Electronic Intifada’s livestream on day 860 of the Gaza genocide. Ali Abunimah, Nora… Continue reading
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Wes Streeting admits Israel committed war crimes
This week, Britain’s health secretary Wes Streeting released the contents of his private WhatsApp messages with the disgraced former politician and diplomat Peter Mandelson. In the messages, Streeting admitted in July 2025 that “Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes”. Continue reading
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Over 2,000 Britons served for Israel amid Gaza genocide
More than 2,000 Britons served in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) during the Gaza genocide, it can be revealed. Continue reading
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Palantir-NHS: Our Mandelson Palantir petition is snowballing – please share it
Since you signed the petition demanding a full investigation into Peter Mandelson’s dealings with US Spy Tech corporation Palantir, the issue has continued to gain momentum. Continue reading
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Our lawyers have sent their dossier to the Prof Standards Authority
Stop misleading patients – Physician Associates cannot replace doctors Continue reading
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From Minneapolis to Manchester – the normalisation of force
In Minneapolis, the same city where George Floyd was murdered by police officer Derek Chauvin six years ago, two people have been killed in recent weeks by ICE agents during protests. Renée Good and Alex Pretti were both US citizens. These deaths point to a darker reality unfolding in the US, one marked by the… Continue reading
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The criminal elite exposed in the Epstein files are burying the truth
A handful of figures will be sacrificed – but only to protect a wider culture that believes rules don’t apply to the ruling elite Continue reading
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Victory for Palestine Action as “Filton 6” acquitted
Six Palestine Action activists who broke into an Israeli arms factory in the UK have been acquitted or not convicted of all charges against them. Continue reading
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Shabana Mahmoud is turning the UK into a prison with transparent walls
Panopticon is total surveillance. Totalitarianism. It is the home secretary’s vision for the UK for which she makes “no apologies”. And before you accuse me of hyperbole, here are her exact words: Continue reading
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Under-16s Social Media “Ban” = Digital ID by Back Door?
Proposals to “ban” under-16s from social media should be opposed. (A consultation on doing so has just been announced.) This policy would be a serious mistake – undermining parental responsibility, civil liberties, child safety, and democratic accountability, while being unworkable in practice. Five reasons why: Continue reading
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Barrister’s powerful speech at Filton Trial reminds jury of its right to defy judge
Starmer and the media need convictions to justify Palestine Action’s proscription as a terrorist group. Rajiv Menon KC spells out to the jury why it is a vital last defence against government tyranny Continue reading
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Every time, the media sides with the apologists for genocide
British-Palestinian doctor Ghassan Abu Sittah was cleared last week by a UK tribunal of misconduct charges, related to social media posts, that could have seen him removed from medical practice. Stop making moral outcasts of doctors and teachers for their principled opposition to genocide. Turn your fire instead on MPs, the media and pro-Israel lobby… Continue reading
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Palestine Action activists on hunger strike reach ‘critical phase’ in British jail
Supporters warn that prisoners are ‘wasting away’ and facing ‘irreversible’ harm as British ministers refuse to meet with the activists Continue reading
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A story of a 1930s uprising against British colonialism is key to understanding Gaza today
‘Palestine 36’ is a potent reminder that the blueprint for Israel’s depraved war crimes in Gaza were laid down by a British empire whose tyranny the Palestinians tried – and failed – to end Continue reading
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Files expose Britain’s secret D-Notice censorship regime
Documents obtained by The Grayzone reveal how British soldiers and spies censor news reporting on ‘national security,’ coercing reporters into silence. The files show the Committee boasting of a “90% + success rate” in enforcing the official British line on any controversial story – or disappearing reports entirely. Continue reading
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‘Cumulative Impact’: What does this mean for protest?
Wednesday, 19 November 2025 — NetPol The Crime and Policing Bill currently moving through Parliament contains worrying new proposals to allow the police to ban or restrict protests based on the “cumulative disruption” they have, or may, cause. Continue reading
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