International

SAFETY FOR residents and visitors; respect for our heritage; police resources; and road safety were the key concerns of councillors who rejected, for the second time, a planning application to build a new Chinese embassy at Tower Hill. The issue ...

GAZA, PALESTINE: we have not forgotten, and we are still taking action to support you! One of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s (PCS’s) key campaigns is to persuade Barclays Bank to stop funding the Israeli state’s genocidal attack on the people ...

THE PALESTINIAN struggle for freedom is being celebrated at the Rich Mix Centre in Tower Hamlets with an exhibition and a series of performances running through November. The series of events will be launched formally at the Rich Mix centre ...

THE WORLD seems to be full of random refugees. They fled persecution, they suffered a natural disaster, they were attacked in a confict not of their making… There’s many reasons why people have found themselves labelled as “refugee”. There is, ...

AN URGENT call to action has been issued by activists who support the right of Francesa Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occuied Palestinian Territories to speak to university audiences. Francesca wants to publicise her observations of the brutality Palestinians ...

By Mak Kunwar In a stunning turn of events, Donald Trump, a convicted felon, has made history by reclaiming the US presidency in 2024, defying all odds and reshaping the political landscape. This analysis delves into the key factors that ...

“VIVA VIVA PALESTINA – the hope and the horror” is the umbrella title of a series of events taking place at the Rich Mix Centre in Tower Hamlets during the month of November, organised by the Viva Viva Palestina Collective. ...

Boris had his parties at no. 10; Cameron his parties back at university; and Starmer had a bottle of beer in an MP’s office. But now there’s a new scandal brewing: and it’s to do with your personal health information. ...

THE ISRAELI state has today banned the UN’s Palestine Refugee Agency, UNRWA, from operating inside the Israeli state or in any areas which the Israeli state occupies an controls. The ban seems to be designed to stop the UN delivering ...

ACTIVISTS have today spent a couple of hours in Bethnal Green gardens commemorating those who have died in Gaza. Perhaps you were there. Perhaps you couldn’t get there. Either way, please end your weekend by signing these two letters protesting ...