A Dutch investigation found seven internationally renowned Holocaust and genocide experts, including Israelis, concluded Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute genocide, despite a campaign of denial and disinformation from the US state, writes TERRY HANSEN
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The British government is playing a disgraceful role in Gaza
The idea that the US is calling for any kind of ‘restraint’ from Israel instead of fully supporting its slaughter of Palestinians is a sick joke — yet our government is following it blindly, making Britain a global pariah, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, December 15, 2023
The horrors in the Congo have much in common with Gaza’s genocide, most notably the financial and military support of the US, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
MIKE COWLEY welcomes half a century of remarkable work, that begins before the Greens and invites a connection to — and not a division from — nature
ANDREW MURRAY recommends a volume of essays that nail the visionless, racist and neoliberal character of policy under Starmer’s Labour Party
JONATHAN TAYLOR appreciates how, for a black British musician, to walk onstage can be a rebellious act
Since 2023, Strike Map has evolved from digital mapping at a national level to organising ‘mega pickets’ — we believe that mass solidarity with localised disputes prepares the ground for future national action, writes HENRY FOWLER
IN recent days Britain’s representative at the UN security council abstained on the question of the call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. It repeated this disgraceful prevarication in a similar vote at the UN general assembly.
That is an extraordinary thing to do. It suggests that this country is indifferent in matters of war and peace.
Of course, that is not true of the people of this country. Most of them support an immediate ceasefire, and by very large majorities.
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