This year’s Trade Union Congress (TUC) kicked off yesterday, on Sunday 7 September, and will run through to Wednesday 10 September. It marks the 157th annual meeting of the federation of trade unions. TUC general secretary Paul Nowak took the opportunity to renew his organisation’s calls f...
The street artist Banksy has unveiled a new piece at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Looking at it, it’s clear he’s making a statement about the how the UK is increasingly using legal means to restrict the right to speak out. Fittingly, the powers-that-be immediately moved to hide h...
Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Monday 8 September that his country has decided to adopt a series of immediate measures to pressure Israel and stop what he described as “genocide in Gaza,” stressing that previous efforts have failed to alleviate the suffering of the Pales...
On 6 September, Your Party’s Zarah Sultana spoke at an event in Newcastle, alongside Majority’s Jamie Driscoll. After an inspiring event where Sultana got a standing ovation from a packed room excited about the efforts to create a new mass party on the left, the Canary sat down to speak wi...
At the end of July, US special forces veteran Lt Col Anthony Aguilar, who had been working as a contractor for the US-Israel run so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), came forward as a whistleblower and said that he had left GHF after seeing fellow contractors and IDF soldiers murd...
Trade unions are calling on Labour to demonstrate their commitment to workers’ rights following last week’s cabinet reshuffle. They want the ensure that the government follows through on the in-progress Employment Rights Bill without watering it down further. The demands come after Angela ...
One of the most shocking moments of Israel’s genocide in Gaza so far was its murder of five-year-old Hind Rajab in January 2024. And a new film capturing her horrific story has just won second prize at the Venice Film Festival, following an unprecedented 23-minute standing ovation at its p...
If Keir Starmer has had one success, it’s killing democracy in the Labour Party. Following the latest reshuffle, it’s clear that Starmer has no intention of tolerating dissent, even though his MPs clearly have a better read of the public mood than him – and his head honcho Morgan McSweeney...
In the Gaza Strip, access to the most basic daily services has become an elusive dream. Since the start of Israel’s genocide in October 2023, Gaza’s infrastructure has continued to collapse almost completely, leaving the population in direct confrontation with hunger, poverty, disease, and...
Did you know that England is the only country in the world with fully privatised, for-profit water and sewage systems? On an unrelated note, a surf competition came to a screeching halt yesterday when an unexpected poo tsunami hit the once-pristine shoreline – and Feargal Sharkey had somet...
