Standing strong in solidarity
Let’s press forward together in 2021 for freedom, justice and equality for Palestinians, writes BEN JAMAL
The welcome news that Cuba has finally been removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list is tempered by the fact that Donald Trump, the man who put it there, is returning to the White House, warns NATASHA HICKMAN
Thanks to impressive progress in Britain with wind and solar generation, clean electricity now costs a fraction of the price of gas — yet the current system keeps bills artificially high to protect fossil fuels, writes TOM HARDY
By spreading race-based conspiracy theories, the billionaire tycoon turned right-wing provocateur has been seriously undermining the case against those who really did let victims of the grooming gangs down, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Many Western countries are grappling with deep political instability. What are the causes of this, and what could be a possible way forward? asks MARC VANDEPITTE
KEITH BENNETT explains why, despite its present meagre economic outcomes, an honest and fruitful partnership with China is worth pursuing
Nick Wright talks to photographer and author JANINA STRUK
NOT many of us will want to give 2020 a backward glance as we move into the new year, with renewed hope of a better future.
For Palestinians, 2020 was marked not just by the fight against the ravages of Covid-19 but against the attempts by Israel, supported by Donald Trump and authoritarian Arab states, to obliterate their cause entirely.
The sketch of the deal Trump laid out when he moved the US embassy to Jerusalem in 2018 was inked in full — No capital in Jerusalem, Israel given the green light to proceed with the annexation of huge swathes of the West Bank, leaving the Palestinians with a series of disconnected Bantustans.
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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
BEN JAMAL calls for solidarity against the ongoing dispossession and occupation of Palestinian land by Israel in full view of the world ahead of next weekend's anniversary march
Those who continue to shield Israel from accountability and treat it as a normal functioning democracy are on the wrong side of history, writes Palestine Solidarity Campaign director BEN JAMAL
A temporary ceasefire does not change the brutal reality of the military occupation and the daily injustices inflicted on the Palestinian people, writes BEN JAMAL of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign
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We can never overestimate the power of Israeli think tanks to orchestrate campaigns anywhere in the world to discredit critics, manipulate media, and stifle opposition — even during the era of live-streamed genocide, warns HUGH LANNING