Between World Cup stadiums and tents of the displaced in Gaza
Despite the war, football remains alive in Gaza. Since the 2026 World Cup began, Palestinians in the Strip have eagerly awaited every match. Reports and videos show people gathering in…
Despite the war, football remains alive in Gaza. Since the 2026 World Cup began, Palestinians in the Strip have eagerly awaited every match. Reports and videos show people gathering in…
Tournaments are not always measured by who lifts the trophy, nor are great stories confined to the identity of the winner. In every World Cup, a team emerges that leaves…
Unite general secretary election challenger Simon Dubbins has publicly challenged incumbent Sharon Graham to stop hiding from him and debate him directly. The explosive challenge comes after Graham repeatedly sent…
In a sign of how hollow power can be once confronted, a Wicklow hotel has cancelled a Peter Thiel led event after a relatively brief campaign from Irish activists. A…
Your Party (YP) has suspended three members of its executive committee — for attending a socialist event. Well-known Jewish left-winger Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, Essex’s Solma Ahmed and the RMT’s Mel Mullins…
The so-called “Board of Peace” and the US administration have announced that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) “has no place in the new Gaza.”…
Sinn Féin, ever keen to present itself as the vanguard of opposing illegitimate British presence in Ireland, have confirmed they will vote against banning the barbaric colonial practice of hare…
The Wimbledon tennis tournament has surprisingly backed Turkish tennis player Zeynep Sönmez’s stand of solidarity with Gaza. Yet the gesture still exposes the establishment’s cowardice in the face of Israel…
Lebanon — On Friday (June 26th,) as the Shia festival of Ashura concluded, protestors took to the streets of South Beirut to vent their anger as news spread of the…
Domestic abuse — The National Crime Agency (NCA) has revealed that they have been investigating a “truly international network” of organised sexual abuse and assault in which drugs are used…