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There was great jubilation outside Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 4 January when the news was announced that the court had turned down the US government’s request for the extradition of Julian Assange. It has turned out, however, that the celebrations were premature, since Julian was not freed from Belmarsh prison as one might have expected … [Read more…]

1st January, 2021 The Norwegian Nobel Committee, Henrik Ibsen’s gate 51 O255 Oslo, Norway. Subject: Nomination 2021 Nobel Peace Prize – Julian Assange, Chelsea (Bradley) Manning, Edward Snowden Dear Members of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, I hope this letter finds you all well. I write to nominate the following three people as a group … [Read more…]

Dear Comrades, please accept our heartfelt greetings on the occasion of the 8th Congress of the Workers Party of Korea. We hope, indeed we are certain, that the Congress will have healthy, vigorous and comradely discussions and debates, and that, while summing up the experience and achievements of the DPRK since the last Congress, it … [Read more…]

Trump’s purge of the Pentagon and announcement of troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq indicate that the president is no less of a thorn in the side of the deep state now that he is leaving the Oval Office than he was throughout his tenure – and possibly more. He appears to be using his … [Read more…]

Last year the BJP government of Narendra Modi rushed through the Indian parliament three Farm Bills which at a stroke abolished the old agricultural produce procurement system. Under that system, farmers used to sell their crops to government-licensed middlemen at government-regulated market places (‘Mandis’). The government’s excuse for this legislation, draconian in its effect as … [Read more…]

Utsa Patnaik Reproduced from The Hindu of 30 December 2020, with thanks The farmers’ movement for the repeal of the three farm laws which affect them closely but have been rammed through without consulting them, has now entered its second month. It is of historic significance. It is not just about minimum support prices but … [Read more…]

On 21 October 2020, 321 Tory MPs voted to deny free school meals to the poorest school children during half term and Christmas holidays – indicative of the heartless cruelty of the ruling class – this at a time when 4.5m UK children live in poverty and over a third of households in this country … [Read more…]

A draft bill travelling through the French Parliament which would have made it illegal to film French police and military personnel acting with the police seems to have had some of its sting removed by its authors (Macron’s ruling Republic on the Move -LaRem – party) following massive demonstrations throughout France of over 130,000 people, … [Read more…]

Quite apart from the high-profile members of the Labour Party who have been expelled or had their membership put on hold while they are examined for anti-Semitism, another ludicrous affair within that Party has come to the light of public attention. In 2019, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), received copies of email correspondence between council … [Read more…]

Reproduced from the If Americans Knew website, with thanks Israel had a busy Christmas, causing fear with airstrikes over Gaza and Syria, as well as an invasion of the Palestinian town of Kufur Qaddoum as it peacefully protested. By Kathryn Shihadah While Americans were busy zooming with loved ones on Christmas, and mainstream media reported … [Read more…]