International

LOCKDOWN has affected much of the world economy – but has it dented the onward march of the international arms trade? Start to find out by watching Shadow World, a feature length investigation into the darker side of capitalism. The ...

Despite the lockdown, the East London branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and the Jenin Friendship Association continue to work for liberation of the Palestinian people. The PSC is currently campaigning to persuade Local Government Pension Funds to take ...

RAMADAN IS traditionally, as we know, a time for family, friends and communities to come together. This year it will be different across the world, as so much of the world’s population is in lockdown. Or is it? While in ...

COUNTRIES ACROSS the Middle East are suffering in the Coronavirus pandemic – but Iran is arguably the worst hit.  Not only does the country have to fight the virus, it has to do so while struggling with the effects of ...

IT’S ANOTHER U-TURN for the UK Government, with the announcement that they have chartered four flights to bring up to 850 British citizens back to the UK from Bangladesh. The flights are open to tourists, short term visitors and their ...

Demonising Probashis has damaged Bangladesh’s efforts to contain coronavirus and more explains NAJRUL KHASRU. ON 14th MARCH a group of Probashis, arriving from Italy were transferred to a local facility to go through the Government‘s newly initiated coronavirus screening procedures. At ...

BERNIE SANDERS is the one mainstream candidate campaigning solidly from the left in the US presidential election campaign. He has now acknowledged that he cannot win enough votes in the primaries to become the Democratic Party candidate in this autumn’s ...

THE US-BASED campaign If Not Now is calling on supporters to donate to the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians, as Corona makes its presence felt in Gaza. “I refuse to simply watch Gaza collapse as hundreds of thousands die from ...

WHILE THE PUBLIC tries to cope with a three month lockdown in the UK, spare a thought for the people of Gaza – a state that’s been in lockdown for 15 years, thanks to a blockade imposed by the Israeli ...

DONALD TRUMP is trying to bamboozle the world into abandoning the just claims of the Palestinian people – and it’s up to democrats across the world to protest and stop him. The next protest action in the UK is a ...