Mass mobilisations are forcing governments to seriously consider imposing sanctions and severing ties — even in places like Australia and the Netherlands — despite continued arms shipments to Israel’s war machine, writes RAMZY BAROUD
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Chris Kaba’s life matters. Black lives matter
The latest fatal police shooting of a young black man should be of concern to all who oppose racism and is a sinister sign of a state prepared to crack down on its citizens in the most brutal way it can, warns DIANE ABBOTT
Soon-to-be father Chris Kaba was shot dead by police last week
What we are learning today is that fascism can come to power even when the working class of almost every capitalist nation is very far from achieving revolution, argues DAVID LETHBRIDGE
TONY BURKE explains how an internationally significant breakthrough for workers’ organisation and recognition against two notoriously anti-union global mega corporations has been finally achieved in Canada
The heroism of the jury who defied prison and starvation conditions secured the absolute right of juries to deliver verdicts based on conscience — a convention which is now under attack, writes MAT COWARD
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
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
AT A time of national mourning it is important to reflect that there is no hierarchy when it comes to the value of life.
Many people feel that the Queen deserves her special ceremonial period of mourning and burial. That is only to be expected for such a long reign and such a well-loved monarch.
Yet many others have died over the same period, including Chris Kaba. And unlike our departed Queen, he did not die peacefully in his bed at a good age, surrounded by his loved ones. He was just 24 years old and was gunned down in the street by officers of the Metropolitan Police.
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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
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