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South African elections: Long road to nowhere?
June 5th: Record-low turnout shows loss of faith in the ANC party-state, but popular power has yet to fill the gap![](https://freedomnews.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/FDtwv-Ro-scaled.jpeg)
Barclays branches targeted over investment in Israeli arms
June 3rd: Activists from Palestine Action smashed windows and spray-painted branches in Bradford and Bolton overnight to highlight investment in Elbit Systems.
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“Technocrat” or far-right spymaster?
May 31st: Netherlands: New prime minister Dick Schoof is former intelligence chief who illegally spied on citizens and remains vague about democracy's red lines
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Blocking the Internet during revolt: Kanaky and the suburbs as laboratories
May 29th: A method once reserved for authoritarian regimes or periods of war is now being implemented by the French government in New Caledonia
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Activists cut internet access for arms factory that supplies Israel
May 28th: Activists from Palestine Action Scotland sabotaged the internet cables of Edinburgh's Leonardo factory and sprayed red paint over their fighter jet model displays.
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High Court: Police and Crime Act places “disproportionate burden on Gypsies”
May 23rd: A judgement on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 last week handed a victory to campaigners for Gypsy and Traveller rights.
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Freedom announces election night coverage
May 22nd: With UK elections called for July 4, a six week campaign now begins and Freedom is ready to analyse it like never before.
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Netherlands: Far right coalition to curb protest, challenge Refugee Convention
May 22nd: In combination with bottom-up neoliberal redistribution and a brutalisation of ethics and language, this new fascist wave threatens to develop into a tsunami.
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New Caledonia: Kanak revolt confronts French state and settler militias
May 21st: The revolt started a week ago in the south Pacific territory, after a series of disputed independence referenda.
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Fixing the UK food supply
May 16th: As Everybody Eats continues with Robin Hood-style actions in multiple UK cities, group Vegans Support the Farmers are promoting a just transition for producers.