To defend Puerto Rico’s right to peace is to defend Venezuela’s right to exist, argues MICHELLE ELLNER
A dangerous Bill that limits freedom of conscience
The anti-boycott Bill ultimately acts as a way of gagging public bodies and must be opposed, writes Labour peer PAULINE BRYAN
THE RIGHT TO OBJECT: Over 400 trade unionists including health workers, teachers, hospitality workers, academics and artists blockade weapons manufacturer BAE Systems in Rochester, Kent, which provides components for military aircraft being used by Israeli forces in the bombardment of Gaza
Despite the apocalyptic destruction RAMZY BAROUD points to Gaza’s triumph of spirit against the architecture of genocide
We are demanding action from our politicians to deliver justice, fairness and decency throughout our communities – join us, says ROZ FOYER
After NGOs and the EU, UN condemns Germany’s crackdown on Palestine Solidarity, writes LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
It’s not just the Starmer regime: the workers of Britain have always faced legal affronts on their right to assemble and dissent, and the Labour Party especially has meddled with our freedoms from its earliest days, writes KEITH FLETT
Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
OVER the past few years we have seen many Bills in the House of Lords that show a worrying disregard for humanity, but the anti-boycott Bill is the first, as I far as I know, that actually instructs public bodies to disregard morality.
If we have to rely on the moral compass of this government to set standards, then it will be set at a very low bar.
We should not be surprised because Conservative governments have form for being on the wrong side of history. Just two examples:
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