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Freedom News Review – November 19
Tag: Palestine
Apocalypse war by proxy
The Middle East war joins Ukraine as a permanent site of conflict, the new model for superpower dominance in the age of collapse ~ Blade Runner ~ In just one year, the devastation has been staggering: since Hamas massacred 1,200 Israelis, Israel’s military onslaught has retaliated thirty-fold, with over 41,000 Palestinians killed, including 13,000 children
Birmingham Uni bosses preferred court to dialogue with solidarity camp
In our third article from Palestine solidarity campers, the the Student and Staff Encampment Coalition write about their two months at the Univerity of Birmingham campus. Other articles in this series: On the 11th of July, at 5am we were evicted from our encampment on the University of Birmingham (UoB) campus. We were made to
Nottingham university ignored alumni killed in Gaza
Produced by a general assembly of people involved with a solidarity camp at Nottingham University, the following article considers how their aims evolved, and uni bosses reacted, over the course of the occupation. The Nottingham Camp for the Liberation of Palestine set up an encampment on Jubilee Campus after the University of Nottingham consistently ignored
The Mohammed Barakat cup: Solidarity through football
Our message, visible on the banners raised around the pitch, was for a Free Palestine and the end of the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Weaponised “anti-semitism”, real anti-semitism, and the struggle for Palestinian rights
How should we respond to the charges against the campus movement opposing apartheid and genocide?
Palestinian detainees “have lost hands or feet”
Innocent Gazans face torture and death in Israeli detention camps.
As Gaza is dying, we are dancing on mass graves
How perverse is it to be having a good time in an event that aims to challenge an unfolding genocide?
Central London kicks off the year’s Palestine demos
Thousands of people attended the first Central London Palestinian demo of the year.
Welsh BAE arms factory picketed
On January 3, 2024, over 60 activists from the Cymru Peace Coalition picketed BAE Glascoed.
Recent Articles
Travellers rally against Manchester police brutality
Outrage at forced removal of children from Christmas market ~ Lulu Smith ~ Community advocacy groups rallied outside Parliament yesterday (2 December) against Manchester police brutality and GRT discrimination.
Emergency in free Rojava as Syrian war reignites
Kurdish autonomous struggle caught between competing interests as the entanglement of regional and local powers enters a new phase ~ Blade Runner ~ The Peoples’ Democratic Assembly convened in Rojava yesterday (2 December) to evaluate the resumption of the war in Syria, and plan for a possible attack on the Democratic Autonomous Administration.
Negativity and positivity in anarchism: An inextricable but contradictory duality
My initial purpose was to reflect on the unavoidable, and often undervalued, negative dimension of anarchism—but I soon realised this forced me to leave aside its entire positive aspect ~ Tomás Ibáñez, Redes Libertarias ~ When I turned on my computer to begin writing this text, I was tempted to title it: “A passionate praise
“Their desire to kill has never been higher”: Resisting ethnic cleansing in the West Bank
A solidarity report from Masafer Yatta, in the south Hebron hills ~ Aidan Frere-Smith ~ On 1 January 2021, Haroun Abo Aram was shot outside of his family home in the village of Al-Rakeez in Masafer Yatta, in the south Hebron hills of the West Bank.
State-sponsored suicide: Who do you trust?
Not enough has been written about the mindset of a state which is introducing this Assisted Dying Bill at high speed, with only 5 hours for debate, in a climate whipped up to support it ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ It’s too terrible to think that our very own Prime Minister could—is it too terrible?
