"We have failed you. This is the awful guilt we carry. We tried. But we did not try hard enough." -- Chris Hedges
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Foreign Affairs
Susan Hall says the protest should have been “refused” permission – but the PM now says they have the right to march
The Conservatives' rhetoric and actions against the right to protest concern us all, writes Liberty's interim director Akiko Hart.
With its history of treaty violation and oppression of occupied Ukrainians, Zelensky would be foolish to trust the Kremlin. And is winning a strategic war over Crimea
The crafting of 'ceasefire' marches as a transgression of Remembrance Sunday looks like a throwback to a top-down colonial mindset, argues Suriyah Bi
Organisers believe the Met Police is being strong-armed into opposing the Gaza protests.
Israel is losing the information war. But that is not because they aren't trying. MintPress' Alan MacLeod breaks down how the government of Israel has spent millions of dollars on targeted ads aimed at Westerners, all in an attempt to whitewash a genocide.
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A bill to restrict public bodies from making ethical financial decisions based on the conduct of foreign states makes no distinction between Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Prominent adulterer and the Opposition’s shadow minister for home affairs, Barnaby Joyce, has boasted to colleagues of the interest in his upcoming shotgun wedding. With magazine titles such as Women’s Weekly and Sporting Shooter battling it our for the coverage... Read More ›
To think that tiny little Gaza is the spark that has refocused the energies of the whole region is a political miracle that many political scientists will find difficult to understand, let alone explain.
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