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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
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The government wants to turn off free access to TV channels
The Government is threatening to switch off Freeview – the free telly you get from an ordinary aerial. If they get their way, millions could be forced to pay for expensive broadband or lose their TV entirely. The move risks leaving older people, those in rural areas, and anyone feeling the pinch isolated and priced… Continue reading
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The spy unit that runs Britain’s secret wars
In a departure from the norm, the Chief of MI6, Richard Moore, admitted that MI6 and its various allied intelligence agencies have been engaged in covert operations against Russia — specifically in Ukraine. The timing was auspicious. Only ten weeks before, the cover of the main central co-ordinating group for all covert ops in Russia,… Continue reading
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Exclusive: Palestine Action facing new rigged ‘terrorism’ trials
A judge has threatened defendants with a ‘terrorism connection’ if they even attempt to explain to jurors why they targeted a weapons factory. Continue reading
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UK Government Targeting of Muslim Scholar Part of a Coordinated Campaign to Clamp Down on Pro-Palestine Solidarity
Amid a deepening crackdown on Palestine solidarity in the country, a senior member of the British parliament is leading a campaign to have a popular activist and Muslim scholar arrested. Alicia Kearns, the Shadow Minister for Home Affairs has called on the U.K. Home Office to detain Sayed Hussain Makke. Continue reading
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Professor David Miller Wins Employment Appeal Tribunal
My article explaining what is in the judgement from the Employment Appeal Tribunal Continue reading
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Palantir’s NHS data platform: the evidence keeps unravelling
When NHS England wanted to show that Palantir’s £330m software was working, it picked two examples where it claimed to have made a big difference. Continue reading
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Burnham & Healey’s Militarist Madness
Why does every British Prime Minister make the the pilgrimage to Kiev? In this clip form the most recent Decline & Fall show we look at the recently elevated Andy Burnham. Continue reading
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An act of utter weakness. And utter mediocrity
For a long time, the classic 18th-century song “Rule, Britannia!” by English composer Thomas Arne, with lyrics by Scottish poets James Thomson and David Mollett, effectively served as the United Kingdom’s second national anthem. Its refrain, “Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves,” powerfully captured the essence of the concept of “Mistress of the Seas,” a… Continue reading
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Leaks show Paul Mason secretly advised UK Chancellor John Healey to escalate Ukraine war
Leaks reveal failed journalist Paul Mason secretly advised ex-Prime Minister Keir Starmer, his Defence Secretary and now-Chancellor John Healey, and top aides on important security matters. Continue reading
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Palantir sued Sadiq.
a major investigation just exposed how Palantir’s NHS data platform, which cost £330 million, is a GIANT waste of money – with swathes of NHS staff barely using it because it’s so rubbish. [1] What’s more, the evidence used to ‘prove’ its benefit is apparently totally flawed and full of errors. [2] Continue reading
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Burnham’s foreign policy: Reform or rhetoric?
Andy Burnham’s foreign policy direction as the new prime minister needs little speculation. He was effectively confirmed as the new Labour leader this week after securing more than 85% of MP nominations, leaving no room for a contest. Continue reading
