Starmer and Sunak both push anti-refugee narratives
At Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs), both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer kept the rhetoric on refugees harsh in a game of scapegoat. Starmer: gloating over Elphicke Starmer accused Sunak of…
At Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs), both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer kept the rhetoric on refugees harsh in a game of scapegoat. Starmer: gloating over Elphicke Starmer accused Sunak of…
In the past couple of weeks, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) boss Mel Stride has lied not once, but twice about disabled people’s benefits – specifically, PIP. Naturally,…
This month, Japan is launching a ‘new whaling mothership’ which, shockingly, plans to catch around 379 whales this year. The new vessel is now the world’s only whaling fleet mothership,…
On Tuesday 7 May, European Union (EU) countries backed the bloc’s first law devoted to combatting violence against women and girls (VAWG). However, the text was a far-cry from enshrining…
As well as killing more than 34,000 people and causing catastrophic levels of hunger and injury, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has also caused massive material destruction. Corey Scher, a PhD…
Early on Wednesday 8 May, Palestine Action targeted multiple arms manufacturers – smashing a lorry into one Elbit-owned site to shut down operations, and blockading another. It was, of course,…
The tragedy of what is happening in Gaza, and indeed the West Bank, has served to highlight how the extreme right-wing nature of modern capitalism can quickly descend into authoritarianism.…
Al Jazeera will look to pursue all possible legal action against Israel’s ban on its operations there, the TV network’s news director has said. He likened the actions of the…
Mining, big agribusiness, and the fossil fuel sectors have unleashed an astronomical spate of attacks on human rights defenders (HRDs) throughout 2023. Crucially, perpetrators linked to companies and projects in…
Jeremy Corbyn has summed up the dire situation in Palestine where Israel has begun its offensive on Rafah. South Gazan city Rafah is where over half of Gaza’s population –…
According to a new report from the World Bank, changing how we farm could cut global emissions by almost one third. Greenhouse gas emissions could be drastically reduced by simply…
Hundreds of Imperial College London students, staff, and alumni – including former government chief scientific advisor David King – have called on the university to fully divest its £542m endowment…