US ruling party focuses on threat from opposition at grand convention | US Election 2024
This week the ruling Democratic Party in the oil-rich North American republic of the United States, one of the world’s top banana exporters, held a…
Under the radar, Ireland is helping illegal Israeli settlements do business | Israel-Palestine conflict
Ireland has been called the most pro-Palestinian country in Europe. So this might surprise you: at the same time – largely under the radar – it…
Palestinians are being dehumanised to justify occupation and genocide | Israel-Palestine conflict
It has been more than a month since a former president of the United States, Donald Trump, used my identity as an insult in a…
Solidarity with Palestine must be about decolonisation, not just ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict
It has been more than 10 months now of Israel waging its genocidal war on Gaza. Throughout this time, mobilisation in solidarity with the Palestinian…
We must not succumb to despair, Palestinians need our help | Opinions
As someone who lived in Palestine, made lifelong friends there and spent a decade working as a journalist, I had seen the devastation Israel left…
A just and sustainable peace in Sudan is possible | Conflict
A tragedy is unfolding in Sudan as a result of the brutal proxy war the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia has been waging on the…
In Gaza, education is resistance | Israel-Palestine conflict
When on July 29, the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education announced the results of the tawjihi high school general matriculation exam, Sara wept.…
AIPAC is growing desperate | Israel-Palestine conflict
As we approach the November elections in the United States, political dynamics related to Israel-Palestine continue to influence key developments in the American political arena.…
After Hasina: Cautious optimism for Bangladesh’s future | Opinions
By all quantifiable measures, Bangladesh’s now deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was the most entrenched, dominant and brutal dictator the country had seen since its…
Anti-racists saved Britain, now it’s time for Keir Starmer to take action | The Far Right
Thousands of anti-racists took to the streets across the north and south of England on Wednesday evening, reclaiming our towns and cities back from the…
Imane Khelif and Western delusions of white innocence | Paris Olympics 2024
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif appears determined not to be browbeaten by the global controversy over her gender, defeating Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng on Wednesday to cruise to the…
The victory of Bangladesh’s student movement should not surprise anyone | Protests
Twenty-five-year-old Abu Sayed, the son of a farmer and one of nine children, was a successful scholarship student at one of Bangladesh’s finest universities. He…
Why has America risked it all in Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict
It has now been close to 10 months that Israel has been waging a genocidal war in Gaza. Its army has violated nearly every facet…
A call for collective global action in support of Palestinian prisoners | Israel-Palestine conflict
On August 3, today, prisoner rights institutions and Palestinians all around the world are standing in solidarity with Gaza and Palestininian prisoners. This day is…
A comprehensive peace based on the two-state solution is still achievable | Israel-Palestine conflict
The landmark ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on July 19 calls for the immediate end of Israel’s illegal occupation and apartheid rule.…
The ‘ungoverning’ of Kenya | Opinions
One of the most interesting grammatical elements of Kiswahili, the most widely spoken African language in the world, is that you can always create the…
Why are global health organisations not speaking up on genocide in Gaza? | Opinions
It has been more than six months since the International Court of Justice ruled in South Africa v Israel that the latter was plausibly in…
Israel is in no place to talk about ‘red lines’ | Opinions
On Saturday, July 27, at least 12 children from the Druze community were killed in a rocket attack on the town of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied…
Paris Olympics opening ceremony was an insult to millions | Paris Olympics 2024
I was really looking forward to the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. I love a big spectacle – I still remember…
The ICJ opinion on Israel’s occupation leaves the US facing a hard choice | Israel-Palestine conflict
On July 19, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory ruling pertaining to Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories of Gaza, East Jerusalem,…