UK
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Our right to protest – and how we defend it
Does the ‘right to protest’ mean legal protections for “peaceful protest”, or “lawful protest”, or only protests that cause no disruption? Continue reading
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From racist terror in France, to enforcing belonging in the UK
This week’s Calendar of Race and Resistance features the shocking act of racist terror in Trappes and La Verrière, west of Paris, in which a gunman targeted Black and Brown people in a drive-by shooting which killed a young French man of Congolese origin, Pengo Bossio Wangi, and injured five people including a 12-year-old girl,… Continue reading
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🚨 BREAKING: NHS funding denied
Chancellor John Healey has just announced the first Budget of this new Burnham-led government. I wish I could say it marked a turning point for our struggling NHS. But the government has instead refused to deliver additional investment into our health service. Continue reading
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‘God help us authors’: Helm’s defense of Rooney ignites Downing Street Row
Police are assessing a post by author Sarah Helm, wife of UK national security adviser Jonathan Powell, expressing support for Palestine Action. Downing Street distanced itself from Helm’s comments, while the Campaign Against Antisemitism demanded police action and a public denunciation from Powell. An open letter signed by 419 writers and publishing professionals supports Sally… Continue reading
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on Palantir’s comments on Creeps accessing medical records
The problem isn’t that the NHS systems don’t have audit trails, it’s that they’re hidden from patients because abuse is rife Palantir policy guy Tom Watson has a substack, and he’s posted a long defence of his new employer, Palantir: Continue reading
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The Canary is forced to shut down after being debanked by Lloyds
British Left-Wing Media Outlet ‘The Canary’ Has Announced It Is Officially Closing After 11 Years Of Journalism The platform was de-banked by Lloyds Bank & later announced a second account with Metro Bank was also frozen. A major attack was launched against the platform, which The Canary said made continuing to operate untenable. Continue reading
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Will you tell a friend about Palantir?
Over 89,000 of us have told the health secretary that we don’t want Palantir in our NHS. But the government is just weeks away from deciding whether to cancel or renew the contract, and we need to reach 100,000 before then to make sure we’re impossible to ignore. Will you help us get there by… Continue reading
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Demand an end to Hostile Hospitals – sign the open letter
Denying people healthcare harms us all. But, did you know that hospitals up and down the country are doing the Home Office’s dirty work: charging migrants thousands of pounds for healthcare and sharing their data with the Home Office. Continue reading
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Unite against racism and sectarianism
Resistance to the past traumas of violent racism, including far-right incursions into Asian neighbourhoods of Southall, Newham, Bradford, Rotherham etc, live on in the collective memory. And thanks to archives across the country, including the IRR’s Black History Collection and its digitisation of the CARF magazine, we also have documents and campaign literature that aid… Continue reading
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No More Deaths in Police Custody
“Families are continuously traumatised by the unnecessary lengthy delays in investigating the death of their loved one, with no real admission, accountability, or justice from the state. Therefore, how can they heal?” – Marcia Rigg, sister of Sean Rigg who was killed by police in Brixton in 2008. Continue reading
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The government is panicking
Friend, it’s been a massive 72 hours in the fight to kick Palantir out of our NHS: Continue reading
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Let’s make ministers come clean on Palantir
The pressure is mounting on health ministers to kick Palantir out of the NHS. But as the deadline looms to renew the spy-tech firm’s £330m contract, they’re keeping us in the dark. So we’re taking legal action to fight back. Will you join us? Continue reading
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We have power too- here’s what I want you to remember
There’s no doubt that the racism we’re witnessing on our streets is designed to isolate and scare us. But we won’t let it. As an Organiser with Migrants Organise I’ve been building community power to fight back against racist anti-migrant systems for years. Here are three non-negotiable organising principles that I want everyone to know: Continue reading
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Operation Interflex: Britain Is Bankrolling a War Europe Cannot Pay For
While posing as a defender of European security, Britain is in fact fuelling the fire: its military programmes and century-long partnership with Kyiv make peace with Moscow ever less attainable and militarise the continent for decades to come. Continue reading
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RALLY: People vs Palantir ✊
All across the world, campaigners are building resistance to US spy tech company Palantir. Here in the UK, we have been demanding that Palantir’s controversial NHS contract is dropped. But our campaign is just one part of a much bigger global fight. Continue reading
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Starmer, Burnham and A Very British Coup
The story of how the generals and spooks fell out of love with Starmer and engineered his orderly ousting by a more malleable successor. Continue reading
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The Canary and George Galloway have been debanked without explanation
Left-wing media outlet The Canary and Workers’ Party leader George Galloway have both had their bank accounts closed by LLoyds Banking Group without explanation. Given they are critics of western imperialism and Israel’s genocide in Gaza, I think we can all work out what’s happening here. Continue reading
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Join the People vs Palantir Day of Action!
Our movement is holding a ‘People vs Palantir’ day of action, which will see over 15 local protests across England united in demanding that Palantir’s NHS contract is scrapped! Continue reading
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The British state has lost the argument, even as it rigs the trials of genocide opponents
The UK isn’t a dispassionate arbiter of justice in prosecuting anti-genocide activists. It has been aggressively colluding in Israeli crimes. That huge conflict of interest is the elephant in the room Continue reading
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Strategist Behind Palestine Action Ban is former British Intelligence
The U.S.’ designation of U.K.-based activist collective Palestine Action as a global terrorist group is part of a wider project, concocted by far-right pro-Israel strategist Sebastian Gorka, to criminalize left-wing or pro-Palestine dissent against Trump’s rule. MintPress exposes this plan. Continue reading
