MI6’s Man in Damascus: Jonathan Powell, Inter-Mediate, and the Al-Qaeda-Linked Gov’t in Syria

NB: An ISIS leader has become a friend of Britain and the non-violent activist group Palestine Action has been declared a terrorist group. Such are the geopolitics of the British Labour Party By Kit Klarenberg / The Cradle On 19 July, the Mail on Sunday revealed that Inter-Mediate, a shadowy firm founded by Jonathan Powell, now National Security advisor… Read More MI6’s Man in Damascus: Jonathan Powell, Inter-Mediate, and the Al-Qaeda-Linked Gov’t in Syria

Murder not crisis – Why Israel’s starvation of Gaza is exceptional in a global context

Anyone deflecting from the clear responsibility of the Israeli state for this mass starvation of two million people, anyone resorting to euphemisms about “crises” makes themselves complicit in this historic crime. NB: This is the way the Nazis murdered hundreds of thousands of captured Russian and Polish POWs and civilians in WW2, by placing them… Read More Murder not crisis – Why Israel’s starvation of Gaza is exceptional in a global context

Law Ministry Denied Giving Papers on Special Intensive Revision

Imagine, the same government that repeatedly demands citizens present papers and preserve records to prove their citizenship and right to vote claims to have no papers when citizens ask for them. http://www.reporters-collective.in Here is another instalment on the Election Commission of India’s special intensive revision scandal. Last week, we received a reply from the Ministry… Read More Law Ministry Denied Giving Papers on Special Intensive Revision

‘The Children Haunt Me at Night’: The Protest That’s Forcing Israelis to Face Kids Killed in Gaza

“It turns out that parents are writing names on their children’s limbs, so that it will be possible to identify them when they die” Ronen Argov at a recent protest. “We’ve reached a level of violence and cruelty where making things palatable for those who refuse to know is like supporting someone’s addiction. I won’t… Read More ‘The Children Haunt Me at Night’: The Protest That’s Forcing Israelis to Face Kids Killed in Gaza

As Gaza starves, Netanyahu jokes about McDonald’s with ‘manosphere’ podcasters Nelk Boys

the media still often presents what is happening as a response to 7 October 2023, rather than looking at the broader historical context. Israel weaponized food long before 7 October. In 2008, for example, Israeli authorities calculated the minimum caloric intake necessary for Palestinians to avoid malnutrition so they could limit the amount of food into Gaza… Read More As Gaza starves, Netanyahu jokes about McDonald’s with ‘manosphere’ podcasters Nelk Boys

UK condemns Israel for depriving Palestinians of ‘human dignity’

The UK has joined 27 other countries in condemning Israel for depriving Palestinians of “human dignity” as they issued a call for an immediate end to the war in Gaza. David Lammy, the UK foreign secretary, joined ministers from Australia, Canada and France in urging the Israeli government to lift restrictions on the flow of aid, arguing… Read More UK condemns Israel for depriving Palestinians of ‘human dignity’

GSI’s Handbook on Northeast India Masks Extraction Behind Technicalities

NB: Congratulations to Bonojit, a former Ramjas College student; for his groundbreaking research and activism. DS The handbook casts the Northeast as a mineral-rich periphery, that is “underexplored” and ideal for private investment. Since March this year, around 55,000 bighas of land across Assam have either been cleared or marked for eviction. Of this, only… Read More GSI’s Handbook on Northeast India Masks Extraction Behind Technicalities

In Gaza I saw the suffering of children and the heroism of health workers trying to save them

If our leaders allow this massacre to pass without consequence or condemnation, it will reveal a disturbing truth about what the world is willing to accept Thienminh Dinh Heroism is no longer an abstract concept to me – it looks like Ali, who once spotted a quadcopter circling Al-Aqsa hospital in central Gaza, where he’d dropped… Read More In Gaza I saw the suffering of children and the heroism of health workers trying to save them

Israel Bans Gazans From Entering Sea Under Pain of Death

“This is not about security,” said the head of Gaza’s fishers’ union. “It’s economic, social, and psychological warfare, a weapon of slow, deliberate suffocation.”  By Brett Wilkins – Common Dreams Israel has warned Gazans to stay out of the Mediterranean Sea or risk getting killed under wartime restrictions that critics say serve no security purpose and… Read More Israel Bans Gazans From Entering Sea Under Pain of Death