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Israel’s Brutality Draws on British Rule
Britain’s “mandate” over Palestine from 1920-48 left an apparatus of repression which Israel inherited and still uses today in its ferocious war on Palestinians, writes A. Bustos. Continue reading
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Boycott called off as Arnolfini apologises for anti-Palestinian censorship
Thanks to your commitment and thanks to the tenacity and care of a group of artists in Bristol, Arnolfini gallery have published a detailed apology for cancelling events curated by Bristol Palestine Film Festival back in November, and have committed to reparative work. Continue reading
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UK: Resisting state violence and the hostile environment
As our calendar of racism and resistance shows, within days of the passage of the Safety of Rwanda Act, which received Royal Assent last week, and days before local elections in England, the Home Office began detaining asylum seekers as they arrived for routine immigration bail appointments and rounding them up nationwide in immigration raids,… Continue reading
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“We must stop another Windrush.”
“EU citizens may soon encounter issues akin to those witnessed in the Windrush scandal,” say legal charity Here For Good. Last year, the Home Office introduced “draconian rules” relating to late applications for the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS). The scheme gives EU citizens legal rights to stay in the UK post-Brexit. Continue reading
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Let’s demand the impossible
The Rwanda Deportation sham continues to dominate British politics causing relentless trauma. Continue reading
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Watch: Outrageous
We are witnesses to the greatest medical scandal in this country in living memory, and possibly ever: the excess deaths in 2022 and 2023. Its causes are complex, but the novel and untested medical treatment described as a covid vaccine is a large part of the problem. Continue reading
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Systemic injustice and the criminal legal system
This week, adding to a growing number of voices and campaigns rejecting the normalisation of systemic injustice in the criminal legal system, we publish a special issue of Race & Class featuring several important interventions. Continue reading
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Serious Disruption Prevention Orders
Serious Disruption Prevention Orders are here. The controversial measure, introduced in the Public Order Act 2023, came into effect on the 5 April and campaigners are already warning of the “chilling effect” they will have on the right to protest. Continue reading
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Fixing the broken mental health system
Did you know that the number of children referred to emergency mental healthcare has soared by more than 50% in three years? Continue reading
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Craig Murray: UK Legal Shambles in Case of Assange
The latest judgment by the High Court in the Julian Assange case achieved completely the objectives of the U.K. and U.S. states. Above all, Julian remains in the hell which is Belmarsh maximum security prison. He is now safely there alone and incommunicado, from the authorities’ point of view, for at least several more months. Continue reading
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Colin Powell and “The Sloppy Dossier”: Plagiarism and “Fake Intelligence” Used to Justify the 2003 War on Iraq
COLIN POWELL AND THE “THE SLOPPY DOSSIER”: PLAGIARISM AND “FAKE INTELLIGENCE” USED TO JUSTIFY THE 2003 WAR ON IRAQ: COPIED AND PASTED FROM THE INTERNET INTO AN “OFFICIAL” BRITISH INTEL REPORT Continue reading
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Starmer emails about Israel have been been censored
In 2011, Keir Starmer, then serving as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), decided to block the application for Tzipi Livni’s arrest for war crimes in Gaza. Continue reading
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So who is George Galloway?
I have known George Galloway my entire adult life, although we largely lost touch in the middle bit while I was off diplomating. I know George too well to mistake him for Jesus Christ, but he has been on the right side against appalling wars which the entire political class has cheer-led. His natural gifts… Continue reading
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Anti-immigration election campaigning, extremism and the need to fight back
Over the last weeks, we have witnessed stronger and extreme anti-immigrati policies mooted across Europe. In Portugal the far-right Chega party distributed leaflets campaigning against ‘uncontrolled Islamic Immigration’ in the lead up to its general election; Finland passed temporary legislation to allow border guards to block asylum seekers crossing from Russia; and both Germany and… Continue reading
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The real face of the Tory Party
Frank Hester, the largest donor to the British Conservative Party, has been found to have made inflammatory remarks about MP Diane Abbott by The Guardian newspaper. Continue reading
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Border deaths & the criminalisation of people arriving on ‘small boats’
This edition of the IRR Newsletter is published as the number of people who have lost their lives attempting to cross the Channel since 1999 surpasses 400. Within the last nine days four more people have tragically died attempting the crossing. Highlighted in our calendar of racism and resistance is the devastating story of a… Continue reading
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Israel Lobby funds government review of ‘extremism’
Jonathan Woodcock, a member of the House of Lords, has spearheaded a government review aimed at combating ‘extremism’ and shutting down support for the Palestinian cause. Continue reading
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Trying to bargain away the excess deaths problem
Politicians fancied themselves as heroes in 2020. They were saving lives. Having played doctor with the population they are now being shown the fallout and it is not pretty. They are working through the stages of grief. Continue reading
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If hope had wings
We’re delighted to share, “Hope”, our latest creative exhibition with you. ‘Hope’ is a stunning exploration of memory, future dreams, freedom, resilience, family and community. It is creative solidarity. Continue reading
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Watch: Who killed Navalny? Question revisited on ‘Redacted’
The visitor ‘pull’ of the interview channel ‘Redacted’ moderated by Natali Morris may not match that of Tucker Carlson, but perhaps it comes in second or third, with 2.31 million subscribers. Accordingly, an invitation to join Natali online is a very welcome means of bringing some novel and perhaps penetrating analysis to a very broad… Continue reading
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