Mahmoud Khalil and Michael T. Workman discuss the new film documenting the student encampments at Columbia University and the brutal crackdown that eradicated them.
Hedges Report: The Encampments
Category: Human Rights
Jonathan Cook: Israel’s Biggest Con
Israel has created a false death toll debate that relates only to those who were killed directly by its bombs and gunfire — not the genocide it is waging by other means.
‘Release Gaza Footage,’ British Victim Demands
In a spy flight documentary released Thursday by Declassified UK, the father of a former Royal Marine killed in Gaza says footage captured by an opaque U.K. surveillance program could clarify what happened to his son.
Craig Murray: The Troubled Case Against Palestine Action
Here are some key extracts to give you an idea of what has been going on in the U.K. trial of six peace activists accused of the attack inside Elbit Systems’ Filton factory on Aug. 6, 2024.
Jonathan Cook: The Filton Show Trial Against Palestine Action
With this prosecution, the British government hopes to legitimize its proscription of Palestine Action and deflect attention from its own sustained support for Israel’s genocide.
Sanctions Kill
Speakers from four affected countries — Cuba, Nicaragua, Palestine and Venezuela — describe the deadly toll of blockades and sanctions, particularly on children under 5.
Vijay Prashad: Capitalist Climate Catastrophe
As Global North countries fail to meet their climate finance obligations, the U.N.’s climate meetings have become sites of struggle for countries of the Global South.
Did Trump Pressure Starmer to Ban Palestine Action?
Conversations between the two leaders came up during the direct action group’s legal challenge to its proscription at the High Court last week, John McEvoy and Dania Akkad report.
Jonathan Cook: UK Hunger Strike Is Not Being Televised
Even Palestinian hunger strikers held illegally in Israeli jails receive more coverage from the Israeli press than Palestine Action’s political prisoners are getting in Britain.
The Richest Men in the World Are Media Moguls
Alan MacLeod on the capture of media systems by the planet’s mega-rich and the existential threat that poses to an open society and the free flow of information.