A California union’s decision to host a meeting about US policy towards Cuba has prompted a congressional probe and renewed attacks on international solidarity, writes CAMERON HARRISON
Israel’s war crimes in Gaza
With the death toll now over 20,000, and just about 1 per cent of the Palestinian population in Gaza wiped out, still no let-up to the Israeli bombardment is in sight, warns VIJAY PRASHAD
BRUTAL: Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in Gaza, as seen from southern Israel
The Baltic state is set to reverse its constitutional prohibition on nuclear weapons and foreign bases as part of accelerated Nato war preparations, warns TOM UNTERRAINER
Long-term underfunding and state neglect, while simultaneously probation services have been undermined, have intensified the prison crises, argues SOLOMON HUGHES
Holyrood incompetence has cost jobs and put the future of Clydeside’s Ferguson Marine shipyard into jeopardy. Its future should have been assured, argues KENNY MACASKILL
With the agitated debate now raging in the media about the early release schemes, Prison Officers Association general secretary STEVE GILLAN gives the view of those who work in the sector
The hounding of the late Jason Arday is an all too familiar experience for many black people. ROGER McKENZIE calls for collective action to combat what can feel like personal isolation
ON THE night of December 19 2023, Israeli military forces surrounded the al-Awda building in Gaza City’s al-Remal neighbourhood. Four families were inside the building, including the Annan family, after whom the building is popularly known as the “Annan Building.”
The al-Remal area, along the Gaza coastline, was a middle-class area of apartment buildings. During the early days of the war, the Israelis cruelly bombed this residential area, turning this residential quarter into rubble.
Some buildings — such as the Annan Building — remained intact and had become shelters for extended families. Israeli forces raided the building, separated the men from the women and children and then shot to death about 15 of the men. According to the United Nations, the Israeli military then “allegedly ordered the women and children into a room, and either shot at them or threw a grenade into the room, reportedly seriously injuring some of them, including an infant and a child.”
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