In the heart of a cemetery in Khan Yunis, Dr Raghad Hamad, an academic at Al-Aqsa University, lay on the cold ground with her family. She fled northern Gaza to escape Israel’s bombing, only to find herself among the graves, trying to turn a concrete wall into a shelter and the open sky int...
In 2027, the Royal Academy will host a “monumental” exhibition by Simone Leigh — the first Black woman to represent the US at the Venice Biennale. Leigh’s sculptures and installations explore colonial architecture, exploitation, and the erasure of Black women’s labour. Mainstream critics a...
Comprising 34 countries, Spain has announced its intention to join the international coalition to hold Israeli occupation accountable, known as the Hague Group. Spain to join the Hague Group The Spanish government has announced its accession to an international coalition of 34 countries, k...
Basque women’s basketball team Lointek Gernika has announced its refusal to play its scheduled Women’s Eurocup game against Israeli club Elitzur Ramla because of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. Lointek Gernika: taking a stand The Basque team beat Greece’s Pas Giannina in the cup on Wedn...
Rappers, Palestine activism, and farcical British state repression seem to be inseparable this week. Not only were Kneecap in court facing absurd terror charges for waving a flag around, three activists for the direct action group BDS Belfast were facing a magistrate on accusations of crim...
In Gaza, where the smell of gunpowder mixes with the moans of the sick and the cries of the displaced, writer and poet Amal Abu Assi penned one of the most brutal and painful testimonies of genocide, a testimony in which cancer of the body intersects with the cancer of occupation. Israel’s...
On 26 September, Keir Starmer announced that his historically unpopular Labour government was resurrecting Tony Blair’s failed Digital ID policy. It was hard to see what could go wrong: the least trusted people in parliament pushing through the most suspicious policy for the least credible...
Unite the Union is the largest trade union in the UK, and it has a long history with the Labour Party. As such, it’s momentous that general secretary Sharon Graham has launched an attack on the party at start of the 2025 Labour Conference. It comes as Keir Starmer’s approval has hit the lo...
New data released by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) shows that children in the Gaza Strip are facing “extremely dangerous” humanitarian conditions, with Israeli military operations continuing for the second consecutive year and an accompanying severe shortage of food, medicine, a...
Around 100 people have been sitting down outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool this Sunday 28 September, silently holding signs saying: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action”: BREAKING – Sign-holders are gathering outside the Labour Conference in Liverpool to call on La...
