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Peace activists rally at Lakenheath against US nukes on British soil
8+ hour, 22+ min ago (408+ words) PEACE activists rallied outside a British military base today, accusing commanders of allowing US nuclear weapons to be housed on the'site. Shouting slogans and holding signs which read "we do not comply," they demanded the MoD halt its partnership with…...
Free Palestine, end the repression — and protect free speech in our unions
22+ hour, 35+ min ago (1213+ words) The Morning Star here publishes a speech that would have been given by Stop the War officer and longtime NEU and NUT activist Alex Kenny on the eve of the verdicts handed to Chris Nineham and Ben Jamal this week....
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1+ day, 8+ hour ago (15+ words) Over 57,000 Palestinian children lost parents in Gaza'Morning Star | The People's Daily...
Lebanese death toll passes 1,260 as Israel targets Beirut
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (168+ words) ISRAELI air strikes killed at least 1,268 people in Lebanon last month, including more than 125 children, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said'today. The figures come as a new wave of Israeli attacks was reported on the southern suburbs of'Beirut. The…...
The cold calculus of empire
3+ day, 46+ min ago (1434+ words) A recent Financial Times column on the Iran war exemplifies how the Western elite worldview is more concerned with strategy and power than legality or human life, writes ANDREW MURRAY Years of austerity and political failure have left classrooms overcrowded…...
Hundreds rally in the occupied West Bank against new Israeli death penalty for Palestinians
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (364+ words) HUNDREDS took to the streets of the occupied West Bank today in protest against a new Israeli law to use the death penalty against Palestinians convicted of killing'Israelis. The new law, approved by the Israeli parliament on Monday, has been…...
Apartheid hangings: the horrific reality of the Israeli state must isolate it
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (502+ words) ISRAEL'S adoption of a racist death penalty law, in which capital punishment only applies to Palestinians, is a watershed'moment. The details are extraordinary. The law specifies that convictions only require a majority vote (not unanimity), that hanging will be the…...
Israel's parliament set to vote on death penalty for Palestinians
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (307+ words) ISRAEL'S parliament began a debate today on a Bill that would make the death penalty the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted of murdering'Israelis. The Bill's passage would be a victory for Israel's far-right Minister of National Security Itamar…...
Canada warns Israel that Lebanon’s sovereignty ‘must not be violated’
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (318+ words) CANADA warned Israel today that Lebanon's sovereignty "must not be violated" after an Israeli minister openly called for annexation of Lebanese'territory. The warning follows an earlier demand by France for Israel to halt its plans to occupy southern'Lebanon. Israel has…...
Israel presses ahead with plans to invade and occupy southern Lebanon
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (305+ words) ISRAELI leaders are continuing to press ahead with plans for a full-scale invasion and occupation of southern'Lebanon. Israel says it needs to establish a zone of control in the "depopulated" south to shield its own northern'communities. Many experts have said…...