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Edinburgh Festival follows Hay and drops its sponsorship partner with Baillie Gifford because of its ties with Israel
Swedish climate and pro-Palestine activist Greta Thunberg helped lead a campaign against Baillie Gifford which sponsored the Hay Literary Festival to the tune of about £130,000 a year. She also… Read more >
Government adviser with lobbying links to firms selling arms to Israel and the fossil fuel sector wants to ban Palestine Action and Just Stop Oil (JSO)
Palestine Action – a far-Left anarchist anti-Israel group which, like Hamas, could be declared a terrorist organisation By Trevor Grundy Pro-Gaza marches face a government crackdown following the… Read more >
ANC activist who opposed Thabo Mbeki challenges Labour leader for seat in British Parliament
An MP in the making? Former ANC activist and South African freedom fighter, Andrew Feinstein (Picture: courtesy of Skwawkbox) Former African National Congress (ANC) MP Andrew Feinstein today (May… Read more >
Palestinians and their supporters mark the 76th anniversary of Nakba in London
Katy Colley from Hastings made her position clear during a stop the war in Gaza protest in October 2023. By Trevor Grundy Palestinians and thousands of their diaspora-based… Read more >
Britain is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world with millions of birds and mammals facing extinction
The front-page of the “I” newspaper on May 24, 2024 By Trevor Grundy Senior officials from four of Britain’s best known wildlife groups have issued a scathing attack… Read more >
Putin’s atrocities go onto the back-burner as our eyes and ears turn towards a slaughterhouse called Gaza
The poet Wilfred Owen spent part of his 25th birthday in March 1918 in Ripon Cathedral. A few days later, he returned to the Western Front. He was killed just… Read more >
Bullyboys and haters of the truth force journalists -their families and friends – to relocate for their own safety
Broadcaster Peter Sharp reporting from Heroes Acre on the edge of Harare, Zimbabwe soon after Rhodesia became Zimbabwe in April 1980. Political thugs do all they can to silence voices… Read more >