Statement By Amnesty International: The Israeli Defense Ministry on 19 October 2021 issued a military order declaring six Palestinian civil society organizations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to be “terrorist organizations.” The groups are Addameer, […]
1. Jonathan Freedland’s untruth Freedland:“Back in 1971 was this the first ever case where a commercial scheduled passenger jet had been hijacked, taken over by a government?”Learmount: “I think that was pretty much unique at the time…” BBC […]
Scottish PSC expresses its full support for David Miller, currently Professor of Sociology at Bristol University and with previous posts at Strathclyde and Stirling universities. He has been a chosen target of pro-Israel groups in […]
After Corbyn, Israel Lobby Turns Its Guns on UK Academia BY JONATHAN COOK Jeremy Corbyn. Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair. The Jewish Chronicle warns that the dismissal of Prof David Miller is ‘just the beginning’ The […]
Alternative economic and political strategy “This struggle against the policies of British state-monopoly capitalism can open the road to socialism, although any strategy for such fundamental change must be able to outline the distinct stages […]
Industrial decline in northern Ireland has left the Loyalist communities that once worked its mills and shipyards plagued by unemployment, educational underachievement, debt, drugs and suicide. They remain perennially disaffected with – and yet perennially […]
Transparency International, TI, the creators of annual reports on corruption worldwide, define corruption as “the abuse of entrusted power for private gain.” Unfortunately, TI only deals with perceptions, gleaned from public surveys etc., of corruption […]
The “Battle of Cable Street” has become part of British lore as a stand against fascism, but its true history shows the country’s enduring legacy of white supremacy and colonialism. BY M. WISNEFSKY RIOTS ERUPTED BETWEEN […]
BY PATRICK COCKBURN Photograph Source: Jeanne Menjoulet – CC BY 2.0 Three years ago, on 2 October 2018, a team of Saudi officials murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The purpose of the killing was […]
BYJake Johnson, Common Dreams Under the leadership of then-Director Mike Pompeo, the CIA in 2017 reportedly plotted to kidnap — and discussed plans to assassinate — WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange, who is currently imprisoned in London […]