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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We should all ‘stand up to racism’ now the Tories are on the offensive
Organising a conference against racism is crucial with an increasingly reactionary government introducing vicious legislation against refugees and migrants and ignoring the unequal impact of Covid, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
STANDING UP: Diane Abbott addresses an SUTR rally in solidarity with black England football players, July 2021
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
THIS government is pursuing a broad-based racist offensive that is almost dizzying in its scope and pace.
While Enoch Powell and his followers only talked about “sending them back,” this is government is doing just that, including deportation flights carrying those who were born here and others who are the victims of modern slavery and people-trafficking.
This country helped to draft the international laws regulating conduct at sea, yet this government is now pursuing an illegal policy of pushing back desperate asylum-seekers in the Channel.
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