With foreign media banned from Gaza, Palestinians themselves have reversed most of zionism’s century-long propaganda gains in just two years — this is why Israel has killed 270 journalists since October 2023, explains RAMZY BAROUD
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How much longer can we stomach US interference?
The so-called ‘special relationship’ between Britain and the US is taking new and sinister forms – time to demand a divorce, says DOUG NICHOLLS
From the extradition of Julian Assange to the Bank of England withholding Venezuelan gold, Britain's slavish subservience to Washington is an insult to our sovereignty
On the release of her memoir that reveals everything except politics, Sturgeon’s endless media coverage has focused on her panic attacks, sexuality and personal tragedies while ignoring her government’s many failures, writes PAULINE BRYAN
At 80, Elizabeth Morley wished she could join Palestine Action’s ladder-climbing but found her perfect protest at Defend Our Juries, proving Britain’s elders won’t be silenced despite government crackdowns, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports on the Israeli national strike as thousands call for an end to the war
AQEL TAQAZ looks warily at the implications of Western states’ proposed recognition of the Palestinian state
As of August 2025, 10,800 Palestinian political detainees and political prisoners languish in Israeli jails. Since 1967, 320 political prisoners have died inside Israeli prisons, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
US COMMUNICATIONS platforms dominate our social media and the most profitable parts of the entertainment industry — gaming, film and popular music.
Gaming substantially reflects the psychotic obsession with violence in US culture — which binds the figure of the heroic trigger-happy sheriff, the staggering prison population there, the proliferation of US fascist groups and serial killers and the US death squads operating in many countries and its arsenals that are targeted on China.
The integration of the US military in the creation of many of the most bloodthirsty games comes as no surprise, as aggressive imperialism is normalised in them and brought into millions of teenagers’ bedrooms throughout the world.
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