Keir Starmer needs convictions to justify Palestine Action’s proscription as a terrorist group. In the Filton trial, the direct-action group’s barrister explained how jurors pose a vital defence against government tyranny.
The judge in a preliminary hearing in Edinburgh on permission for a judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action promised to give a decision this week if possible, or soon.
British authorities are no longer pursuing British journalist Richard Medhurst under the Terrorism Act for his reporting on Gaza, writes Joe Lauria.
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.
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.
This looks like a stitch-up to extricate Keir Starmer and his ministers from the mess they have made of British terrorism laws — all so they can continue conspiring in Israel’s genocide.
Two weeks have passed since the Red Fort attack in Delhi and the Indian response against Pakistan has been muted, unlike after an earlier terrorist attack in April, reports Betwa Sharma.
Four months after pro-Palestine activists targeted Brize Norton, the Ministry of Defence can’t substantiate claims about the cost of the damage, reports John McEvoy.
Whitney Webb on how mass surveillance and the military industrial complex are beginning to coalesce in unprecedented ways under the Trump administration.
Nick Turse covers the U.S. president’s push in the direction of a genuine police state as he deploys armed forces in U.S. cities and proclaims he is waging a “war from within.”