The crew of the Freedom Flotilla boat, Handala, warned Israel to obey international law but are now in captivity, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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Today, the annual Windrush Day will offer an opportunity to take stock, critically debate and even celebrate the symbolic anniversary. ROGER McKENZIE, a descendant of that generation, believes it’s also time to step up the resistance against prevailing racism
TRUTH BE TOLD: Andria Marsh holding a photo of her parents, who arrived on the Windrush and (left to right) Winston Whyte, John Richards and Allan Wilmot joined the effort to rebuild post-war Britain and (bottom)
A Chilean court ruled that funds were illegally taken by the dictator to accumulate family wealth that is now disputed among his heirs, writes PABLO MERIGUET
DAVID HORSLEY remembers communist seaman Bill Bailey, the ‘Kid from Hoboken,’ whose heroics in tearing down a swastika flag from a ship’s mast inspired early anti-fascist resistance
Our Foreign Secretary now condemns Israel in the Commons, yet Britain still supplies weapons and intelligence for its bombing campaigns — as the horror reaches perhaps the final stage, action must finally replace words, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
I went to bed planning for university, but woke to bombs falling on Gaza, losing my home, best friend, and nearly my hand — yet I am unbroken, and still dream of writing to carry Palestinian voices worldwide, writes EMAN GHASSAN ABUZAYED
The shock suspension of socialist MPs and Diane Abbott’s re-suspension reveals a leadership intent on crushing internal debate — but MERCEDES VILLALBA MSP warns against surrendering party democracy without a fight
I’M the middle of three children of immigrants from Jamaica. My dad arrived first in 1960 to start what was to be 30 years of work on British Rail.
He was followed a year later by my mom who raised us kids while holding down part-time mainly cleaning jobs.
I will never need anyone to explain to me what hard work and dedication to your family looks like. We saw it every day.
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Ceasefire is only way to help all war-stricken civilians, warn agencies
