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The premises of the diplomatic mission shall be inviolable: The Fifteenth Newsletter (2024)
From Israel’s bombing of Iran’s embassy in Damascus to Ecuador’s raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito, leaders feel emboldened by the impunity granted by the Global North to disregard diplomatic norms and respect.
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Neurodiversity and Justice: Embracing Neurodiversity as Part of the Fight Against Discrimination and Injustice
It is time to position ourselves at the pivotal intersection where the celebration of neurodiversity meets the call for social justice.
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‘Come out, you animals’: How the massacre at al-Shifa Hospital happened
During the massacre at al-Shifa Hospital, the Israeli army shot patients in their beds and doctors who refused to abandon the sick, separated people into groups with differently-colored bracelets, and executed hundreds of civil government employees.
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Stand up to the Israel Lobby: An open letter to the B.C. NDP
In February, former BC cabinet minister Selina Robinson was forced to resign because of her bigoted comments about Palestinians.
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NATO 75th Anniversary: A guarantor of war
The 75th anniversary of Nato’s founding is no cause for celebration, argues Chris Bambery, amid the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Ukraine quagmire and U.S. efforts to re-assert its global dominance.
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UNAC Conference: Decolonization and the fight against imperialism
The recent 2024 United National Antiwar Coalition conference brought together an international group of activists from member organizations who organize against imperialism, racism, and neo-liberal policies around the world. BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist Margaret Kimberley delivered these closing remarks.
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Germany is becoming a police state when it comes to Palestine activism
The German state is taking extraordinary measures to clamp down on pro-Palestinian activism, including arresting activists in their homes in the middle of the night.
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‘Left pan-Africanist’ Bassirou Diomaye Faye confirmed as Senegal’s new president-elect: What’s next?
On March 29, the Constitutional Court of Senegal confirmed Bassirou Diomaye Faye as the next president-elect of the West African country, assuaging fears of a constitutional crisis after the political outsider won the election the previous week.
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U.S. ramps up regime change efforts in Solomon Islands in advance of upcoming election
U.S. Seeking to Dominate Chain of Pacific Islands in Preparation for Potential War with China.
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Preconditions for disaster: “A People’s History of Covid” – extract
In this first of two extracts from Terina Hine’s new book, “A People’s History of Covid”, the impact of inequality and neoliberalism in the UK on the spread of Covid is outlined
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Ukrainian mercenaries are expanding their activity in Africa
Every day, there is more and more new evidence of the presence of military special forces of the Ukrainian Main Directorate of Intelligence in Sudan.
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Corporations bring ‘slow violence’ to millions
The ruthless pursuit of profit lies behind the tragedy of Palestine as much as the global warming crisis. We should resist it resolutely, writes climate activist MAIR BAIN.
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Latin America responds with unanimous condemnation to Ecuador’s storming of the Mexican Embassy in Quito
Latin American and Caribbean leaders and governments from across the political spectrum have condemned the incursion into Mexico’s embassy as a grave violation of international law.
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“The Reckoning: From the Second Slavery to Abolition, 1776-1888” – book review
The Reckoning is a magnificent conclusion to a quartet of books on New World slavery, explaining the role of slavery and its abolition in the rise of American power, finds Chris Bambery.
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Israel’s slaughter of aid workers is a tragedy
The western media and political classes have made more noise about the Israeli killing of seven aid workers than about the 32,000 dead Palestinians.
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The greatest trick
Most governments are trying to trick us into believing we don’t need to adapt to COVID-19. They can’t sustain the illusion forever.
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Thousands have lived without love, but not one without water: The Fourteenth Newsletter (2024)
Amid the intensifying water crisis that plagues billions of people across the world, Israel is using water as a weapon in its war against Palestinians by denying access and destroying infrastructure.
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‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local Call reveal.
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A journalist bothers the Indian far-right
Prabir Purkayastha created a vibrant publication in Delhi, connected to social movements and successful. He´s now imprisoned at 78 under an infamous law. The episode reveals much about the nature, methods, and vulnerabilities of Narendra Modi´s regime.
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The death of Amr
Over 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza. Amr Abdallah was one of them.