A recent Financial Times column on the Iran war exemplifies how the Western elite worldview is more concerned with strategy and power than legality or human life, writes ANDREW MURRAY
They cannot silence our songs of peace for Palestine
We will continue to gather, to protest, to bear witness and, yes, to sing carols against Israel’s genocide, whatever the police do to stop us, writes Palestine Solidarity Campaign director BEN JAMAL
SPEAKING OUT: A Palestine Solidarity Campaign rally in central London earlier this year and (below) much-loved poet and author Michael Rosen
STEVE BISHOP considers the prospects for a settlement of the conflict and how the demands of both sides are being viewed
The PM is drawing cautious distance from Donald Trump over Iran – but history suggests Britain’s support may run deeper than it appears, just as it did during the Vietnam war, says KEITH FLETT
Years of austerity and political failure have left classrooms overcrowded and staff overstretched – now educators are organising across roles to demand change, says ED HARLOW
While US restrictions tighten economic and social pressures on Cuba, international allies and grassroots campaigns are stepping in to support the island’s resilience, writes BERNARD REGAN, secretary of Cuba Solidarity Campaign
Labour’s approach to Scotland reveals a long-running tension between rhetoric and reality, warns PAULINE BRYAN
CHRISTMAS is a time for messages of peace. Last Saturday, the Metropolitan Police intervened to prevent a major outbreak of disorder, a threat to peace on the streets of London.
Using powers under the Public Order Act, they imposed a section 14 condition designed to prevent serious disruption to the community. Dozens of police officers surrounded about 30 people drawn from members of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities, and some of no faith.
Led by a priest, they had gathered to sing reworded carols that drew attention to Israel’s ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people. Earlier in the day, the police had used the same powers to impose a curfew on another threatening event — PSC’s rally in Whitehall, which was part of a national day of action.
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