A Catholic priest has admitted sending racist messages in fascist online chatrooms. Yet Father Mark Rowles was only sentenced to community service. Seems like ‘two tier’ justice isn’t quite what the far-right make it out to be… Rowles’ story is truly bizarre. He styled himself ‘skinheadlad...
On 26 October, the city of El Fasher in southern Sudan fell to the Rapid Support Force (RSF). The RSF reportedly began massacring civilians immediately after taking control. The death toll included nearly 500 patients at the local hospital. But in the press coverage that followed, some dim...
Donald Trump’s weird use of HALO memes has gone down predictably well with the players and developers. The US president and White House have been posting images of Trump as the game’s Master Chief character in order to recruit. Recruit for what you ask? Well, Immigration and Customs Contro...
Parliament’s powerful public accounts committee, known as PAC, is asking questions about Prince Andrew’s luxurious 30 room mansion. The shamed royal’s tenancy is under scrutiny in the midst of a sexual abuse allegations that simply refuse to go away. In a 19 October letter to the Crown Est...
Prisoners for Palestine are preparing to take on the violence of the British state with a hunger strike. The Canary first reported their plan to put their own bodies on the line for Gaza on 20 October. The last time such an pledge was undertaken was when Republican prisoners took on Margar...
Four people have been killed in Cameroon amid protest over a contested national election. Supporters of presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary had pushed ahead with protests despite a ban. Bakary claims he won the election against president Paul Biya. Biya’s party deny the allegations...
Regional tensions are flaring in the Caribbean as the forces of US empire close in on Venezuela. The oil-rich country suspended an energy agreement with Trinidad and Tobago after the US military arrived in the island nation. Reuters reported that Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro had cal...
The Trump administration is planning a major revamp of Immigration and Customs Control (ICE) leadership. Reports suggest this is because the organisation – whose hooded, militarised goons have been kidnapping people off American streets for months – aren’t hitting targets. Trump’s deputy c...
Zarah Sultana has laid out her position on NATO after criticism over her comments on the differences between Your Party and the Green Party. Sultana has been a long-time opponent of the US-dominated North Atlantic military alliance. The Coventry MP called NATO an “imperialist war machine” ...
We all hate to see Keir Starmer happy. Which, as it happens, works out fine because his government is such a shambling disaster that it’s a vanishingly rare sight. But yesterday, 27 October, he did look chuffed. Why, you may ask? Well, he signed an arms deal obviously. The UK is selling 20...