On Labour’s 50th day in office, we have written a joint letter with Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), and War on Want condemning the government’s failure to suspend export licences for arms transfers to Israel.
Every day that this government fails to take action, the UK is materially and politically supporting Israel’s genocide against Palestinians.
The far-right-orchestrated riots, birthed in the political and media mainstreaming of hate, has left the communities targeted for racist violence outraged and exhausted. But, with the government choosing to ignore the racist intent of the far Right in favour of the ‘violent thuggery’ narrative, it has become clear that, where the far Right is concerned, the government is part of the problem and not part of the solution. The Home Office’s latest announcement of a beefed-up Border Security Command to combat boat people and ‘smash the gangs’ rehashes, in the words of Praxis, ‘the tired tactics of hostility and division’.
Consortium News‘ CN Live! interviewed British journalist Richie Medhurst about his arrest last Thursday by British authorities because of his “opinions” and “beliefs” under the so-called Terrorism Act.
The British journalist discusses with CN Live! his arrest under Section 12 of the U.K.’s Terrorism Act and the meaning of the Western crackdown on dissident journalism.
Guest: Richard Medhurst. Interviewers: Cathy Vogan, Elizabeth Vos and Joe Lauria. Producer: Cathy Vogan. Time: 39 minutes.
Despite 300 U.K. civil servants writing to David Cameron urging him to release legal advice about its support for Israel, no such steps have been taken
In May, when the U.K. government came under blast from hundreds of staff workers from the Foreign Office, after writing a letter to the Foreign Secretary at the time, David Cameron, demanding he release legal advice on the British support for Israel’s assault on Gaza.
Tariq Dawoud, 17, was killed by Israeli occupation forces near Qalqiliya. (Photo: via social media)</
The policy of collective punishment against the families of ‘wanted persons’ has long been adopted by Israel but intensified in conjunction with the ongoing aggression on the Gaza Strip.
Dunia Dawoud, 52, is still in mourning over her son Tariq, 17, who was killed by the Israeli occupation army several days ago near Qalqilya, north of the West Bank.
Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian (forefront) secured vote of confidence from the parliament for the entire list of cabinet nominees, in a rare display of unity, Tehran, August 21, 2024 There is a Zen proverb — ‘If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top.’ All the show of contrived enthusiasm by the US President Joe Biden and CIA Director William Burns over a Israel-Hamas deal on Gaza war cannot obfuscate the grim reality that unless and until Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu greenlights it, this is a road to nowhere.
KHive Snitches, Right Wing Liberals, and Palestine
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The allegation that only Trump threatens democracy is a useful ruse for the Democratic Party. They continue their support for genocide and ethnic cleansing and fiercely attack anyone who dares to expose them and their very undemocratic ways.
Fears are mounting within the U.K. government that their officials could be legally responsible for enabling war crimes in Gaza
Following the resignation of counter-terrorism official Mark Smith, who has accused Israel of “flagrantly and regularly” committing war crimes in Gaza, while stating that his internal protests over weapons transfers had fell on deaf ears, fears are growing of legal repercussions for British officials.
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US Big Tech corporations have essentially colonized the world. In almost every country on Earth, the digital infrastructure upon which the modern economy was built is owned and controlled by a small handful of monopolies, based largely in Silicon Valley.
The determination of Washington’s self-appointed “junior partner” to escalate the proxy conflict into all-out hot war between Russia and the West has only intensified under Starmer’s new Labour government.
British Challenger 2 tanks reached Ukraine with enormous fanfare, ahead of Kiev’s long-delayed, ultimately catastrophic 2023 “counteroffensive”. On top of encouraging other proxy war sponsors to provide Ukraine with armoured fighting vehicles, Western audiences were widely told the tank – hitherto marketed to international buyers as “indestructible” – made Kiev’s ultimate victory a fait accompli. As it was, Challenger 2 tanks deployed to Robotnye in September were almost instantly incinerated by Russian fire, then very quietly withdrawn from combat altogether.
We were waiting for Richard Medhurst to arrive and join our panel at the Beautiful Days festival, when he was arrested and imprisoned for 23.5 hours. Obviously we were all worried sick about him.
It is now becoming easier to list the truly dissident UK journalists who have not been arrested for terrorism that those who have! This fascist ploy of labeling journalists as terrorists is incredible. (more…)
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As we head towards the end of summer, in a couple of weeks children across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be returning to school, whilst students in Scotland have already recommenced. For a lot of children this will be an exciting, positive and happy time. But for many young people, school can actually be a brutal and traumatising place which fuels mental distress. |
After committing a massacre at a school in Gaza City, the Israeli military claimed that the facility, which housed over 6,000 displaced civilians, was being used as a Hamas command center. The military released the names of alleged fighters killed in the attack. However, some of those identified as militants were killed months earlier, and every claim made by Israel is contradicted by substantial evidence. After committing a massacre at a school in Gaza City, the Israeli military claimed that the facility, which housed over 6,000 displaced civilians, was being used as a Hamas command center. The military released the names of alleged fighters killed in the attack. However, some of those identified as militants were killed months earlier, and every claim made by Israel is contradicted by substantial evidence.
Alastair Crooke
Israelis have been deeply divided these last years, unable to coalesce around a government. After five general elections, they decided to dismiss the Lapid/Gantz team and to put a new coalition – formed around Netanyahu and small Jewish supremacist parties – into power.
The Allies failed to denazify Europe by failing to dismantle the political foundations their own nations shared with the Nazi regime.
Germany’s firm stance in support of genocide in Palestine raises the question: How come the country best known for its supposed reckoning with guilt for its past genocide is repeating such similar mistakes? Understanding what Nazism is — not the crimes it committed, but its very nature as a sociopolitical vision — helps us understand how and why the Allies deliberately failed to denazify Germany and why the specter of fascism continues to haunt Palestine, Europe, and the world today. It also helps us understand how the solution is in our hands.
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There are a few notable data points on the Ukraine. They are now being left by their ‘allies’, to live or die by their own reconnaissance. Zelensky is being thrown under the bus, exquisitely slowly.
The war frontline, even during the attacks on Russian border areas, is dissolving in bits and drabs. Forced conscription in the streets is actively and with fists and kicks and sticks and stones withstood and protested. Desertion from the Ukrainian army has reached alarming levels. Every 14th serviceman has voluntarily left his unit, according to a Ukrainian police report.
Following declarations from the Brazilian and Colombian heads of state, Nicolás Maduro told the media that Venezuela is a sovereign country and the decisions about the country would be made by its institutions.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Photo: Prensa Presidencial
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro told media outlets on the evening of August 15 that he rejects calls for redo elections by his counterparts in Brazil and Colombia. He declared that “Venezuela has the sovereignty of an independent country with a Constitution, it has institutions, and the conflicts in Venezuela of any kind are solved among Venezuelans, with their institutions, with their law and with their Constitution.”
Atilio Boron, Stella Calloni and Paula Klachko
If both waited two and a half months to know the definitive result of the presidential election in Mexico due to the challenge filed by Xóchitl Gálvez on behalf of the right wing of that country, what is wrong with them now? Why do they not wait for the deadlines established by law, which grant the National Electoral Council (NEC) up to 30 days after the election to announce the definitive results? Perhaps they ignore the fact that these could not be published immediately and in detail due to the massive cyber attack suffered by the transmission platforms of the NEC. Furthermore, due to all the media campaign of the fascist right wing and the provocative proclamation of Gonzalez Urrutia as the winner of the elections, the issue had to be judicialized and now lies before the Electoral Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice which has all the minutes submitted by the NEC and the political organizations and will have to wait for that highest judicial instance to communicate its decision.
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The New Dark Age 