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Illustrations show protesters for democracy and human rights holding flags from Algeria, Lebanon, and Palestine

Illustrations show protesters for democracy and human rights holding flags from Algeria, Lebanon, and Palestine

  • A group of Orthodox Jewish men at a protest, with Palestinian flags in the background, holding a placard reading 'Judaism condemns the State of "Israel" and its attrocities'.

    Key words: Zionism

    Richard Kuper examines what zionism is (and isn’t) and how it works as an explicitly settler colonial project

  • UK Foreign Secratary David Lammy (left) shaking hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right)

    Breaking the UK’s complicity in Israel’s genocide

    As long as arms flows and military support continue despite public opposition, the UK remains an active partner in Israel’s genocide, writes Tim Bierley

  • How +972 fights for the truth

    Richard Kuper describes how +972 magazine provides a journalistically brilliant lone Palestinian-Israeli voice in a sea of hostile media

  • Thousands of protestors with Palestine flags march in front of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament

    Nakba facing Palestine then and now

    Bernard Regan, historian of Britain’s long involvement in the repression of Palestine, documents the brutal history of Britain’s role in driving the Palestinians from their land

  • A huge crowd of people waving Syrian flags

    Syria’s turbulent transition

    Mazen Gharibah reports on the aftermath of the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad and how grassroots, civilian-led peacebuilding efforts are crucial to Syria’s future

  • Three photos of encampments: one showing tents and flags, one a mass demo, and one a man in keffiyeh speaking in a microphone

    The view from student encampments for Palestine

    Students have taken sustained collective action against institutional complicity in the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Here, three activists reflect on the university encampments and the solidarity movement landscape

  • A photo of Shezan Renny holding a banner

    Local, independent, anti-racist: An interview with Shezan Renny

    Shezan Renny recalls her experiences of becoming politically aware and involved in local organising – from Hyderabad to Haringey

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