The government has responded to urgent queries from the United Nations around it’s treatment of disabled people whilst attempting to cut Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits, and once again they’ve told an absolute pack of lies. The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Pers...
Introduction to modern neuroscience Modern neuroscience is opening up incredible new horizons in our understanding of the human brain. Over the past few decades, researchers have focused on studying the neural networks, synaptic activity and cognitive processes that determine our behaviour...
On Tuesday, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), disguised in a civilian vehicle, stormed Ramallah – the largest city in the occupied West Bank – using tear gas and live bullets, with snipers positioned on the rooftops. They broke into a currency exchange shop in the centre of the city, lo...
On Wednesday 27 August, activists from Shut Elbit Down Bristol took direct action against the headquarters of Elbit Systems UK, Israel’s number one weapons manufacturer. Elbit Systems: bike blockade to genocide HQ Two people cycled up to the entrance of the building and used lock-on device...
A journalist on Israel’s i24 television channel has openly called for the murder of all journalists in Gaza. Zvi Yehezkeli, who served in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and worked for Shin Bet unleashed his diatribe after Israel carried out a ‘double tap’ bombing on a hospital in Khan Yun...
Hourglass is the only UK-wide charity dedicated to ending the abuse, harm, exploitation, and neglect of older people. The organisation has responded to comments by the safeguarding minister Jess Phillips, who admitted the main risk assessment tool for domestic abuse “doesn’t work”. Its cal...
A coalition of trade unionists, climate justice groups, and grassroots organisers have issued an open letter urging the labour movement to confront the rising threat of climate misinformation and the resurgence of the far right in communities and workplaces across the UK. The coalition is ...
We’ve had a spectacular bank holiday just gone here in England. As well as blazing sunshine, this weekend saw an ancient English tradition return, that of “we’re going to tell you it belongs to us because look at our flag” – dressed up as ‘patriotism’. Such custom harks back to the days of...
A group of anti-poverty, disability, and carer charities have sent an open letter to Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) minister Stephen Timms, ahead of his review into Personal Independence Payment (PIP). The letter urges for Timms to commit to genuine co-production with disabled peop...
A coalition of over 100 grassroots organisations and activist groups will converge on the ExCeL Centre on September 9 for ‘The Big One‘. The mass protest action is taking place on the first day of the returning Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair. The coalition in...
