Damage to infrastructure, the deaths of members and leaders, and a squeeze on resources make it difficult for the co-op sector to continue. Anca Voinea / Co-op News* Co-ops are well known for their resilience, particularly in times of crisis – but this resilience is being tested in […]
Human Rights
Palestine Action shut down an Israel-supplying arms company & exposed SNP complicity, too
Palestine Action have shut down the factory of Leonardo, a company directly complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. But also, by default the Scottish government also has a hand in this – as it funded the corporation to the tune of millions. The Canary* The Italian-owned company, Leonardo, is […]
Why LGBTQIA+ people should support Queer Palestinians
I am a Queer Muslim, and it’s now been a year since I was attacked by a group of far-right thugs on Armistice Day 2023. Ferhan Khan / QueerAF* They abused me in the full view of the public, on a Saturday in the largest and busiest train station […]
Parallels between the imprisonment of Gazans and Guantánamo
The Chiminea-named after those French vertical ceramic barbecues like the one adorning my former landladys’ garden meeting place- is a late-night alternative weekend radio show broadcasting from Battersea, SW London, now in its 10th year. Andy Bungay / The Chiminea The region has a cluster of independent activism […]
If Palestine had been occupied by Russia
It is unusual to wish a foreign occupation of your homeland, but I wonder if that’s what Palestinians find themselves thinking today. Sul Nowroz / Real Media* Palestine , an occupied state Palestine has a protracted history of occupation. Since the beginning of the 20th century, it has been […]
















