The following article was written by the Canary Editorial Board and posted on their website. JULIAN ASSANGE – AS ‘DAY X’ APPROACHES, DO YOU REALLY WANT BE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY? Next week, jailed journalist Julian Assange will have an appeal hearing in London. It could be the last attempt to stop…
Raped and beaten: Prince Harry charity linked to horrific abuses in Africa
The following article written by Steve Topple was first posted by the Canary. RAPED AND BEATEN: PRINCE HARRY CHARITY LINKED TO HORRIFIC ABUSES IN AFRICA A charity with strong ties to Prince Harry has been funding rangers responsible for horrific abuses against Indigenous People in the Congo, including torture and rape, according to a major…
Sinn Féin, the IRA and the betrayal of the Palestinians
In this hard hitting article by Georoid O’Loingsigh, first posted by Socialist Democracy (Ireland), he exposes the hypocrisy behind the Sinn Fein leadership, over its stance on Palestine and its kowtowing to Biden’s US imperialism. SINN FEIN, THE IRA AND THE PALESTINIANS Following a peace process in which the armed group, which is not the…
Top uni accused of fuelling racist abuse of Black colleague who condemned Israel
The following article, written by Anita Mureithi, was first post by openDemocracy. It highlights the sexist and racist nature of the attacks on Stella Maris, the student rector of St. Andrews University. TOP UNI ACCUSED OF FUELLING RACIST ABUSE OF BLACK COLLEAGUE WHO CONDEMNED ISRAEL Suella Braverman’s smearing of the huge and diverse Palestine solidarity…
The counter-narrative to Zionist and US/British imperialist backed genocide
The following two articles are Ilan Pappe’s response to the International Court of Justice’s ruling first published by the Palestine Chronicle and Tony Greenstein’s account of the alternative Holocaust Memorial Day first published on his blog. 1. ICJ RULING IS NOT ENOUGH AND THIS IS THE WAY FORWARD If committed activists needed an additional reason…
India lurches toward full-fledged fascism – Modi’s Hindu supremacism
The following article was first posted as Progressive International Briefing No 4. Its title is self-explanatory. INDIA LURCHES TOWARD FULL-FLEDGED FASCISM – MODI’S HINDU SUPREMACISM Today, the 26th of January, India celebrates “Republic Day,” the day it adopted its constitution as an independent country after 200 years of British colonialism — as a “Sovereign, Socialist,…
The John Maclean Centenary Concert
The following article was written by Jim Aitken and was first posted by Culture Matters. It spotlights the exceptional concert held as part of Celtic Connections in Glasgow’s Concert Hall. THE JOHN MACLEAN CENTENARY CONCERT Celtic Connections put on a wonderful concert recently, in memory of Scotland’s great Marxist revolutionary, John Maclean (1879 -1923). Glasgow’s magnificent…
Western racism laid the foundations for Israel’s genocide in Gaza
The following article by Jonathan Cook was first posted Middle East Eye.It argues that South Africa and Israel bear the trauma of Europe’s long history of racial supremacism, but each has drawn precisely opposite lessons WESTERN RACISM LAID THR FOUNDATIONS FOR ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE IN GAZA It should surprise no one that the prize-match fight for…
Four ‘Just Stop Oil’ supporters found not guilty, as judge declares they had lawful excuse to disrupt parliament
The following article was written and posted by The Canary. It highlights a success for a group which understands the nature of the UK state but is still prepared to take action in defiance of this state. FOUR ‘JUST STOP OIL’ SUPPORTERS FOUND NOT GUILTY, AS JUDGE DECLARES THEY HAD LAWFUL EXCUSE TO DISRUPT PARLIAMENT…
UK’s chief rabbi gives his blessing to war crimes in Gaza
The following article was written and first posted on Jonathan Cook’s blog. The title says it all. UK’s CHIEF RABBI GIVES HIS BLESSING TO WAR CRIMES IN GAZA In referring to Israeli soldiers as ‘our heroes’, Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis not only has Palestinian blood on his hands but potentially Jewish blood too Britain’s chief rabbi,…