The Tigray region of Ethiopia is reportedly facing the “worst hunger crisis” the world has seen for about a decade. Over 5.5 million people there face “acute food insecurity”, according to Vox. And the massive […]
Author: Ed Sykes
Editor and writer. Author of 'Rojava: An Alternative to Imperialism, Islamism and Nationalism in the Middle East'.
Attorney advising Julian Assange says case for his extradition has ‘fallen apart’
An Icelandic newspaper has published information that further weakens the US extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, according to an attorney who’s been advising the imprisoned journalist. Sigurdur Ingi Thordarson is an Icelandic hacker. […]
Trump and Biden’s hostility further empowered ultraconservatives in Iran
Ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi won Iran’s presidential election last week. And many critics have accused US president Joe Biden of contributing to this result by failing to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal that Donald Trump unilaterally […]
World condemns US embargo on Cuba as Biden continues Trump-era hostility
Cuba’s 1959 revolution took it out of the US sphere of influence. And Washington was quick to respond with a decades-long trade embargo. This has cost the Cuban economy at least $130bn; and under Donald […]
Hunger strike: Campaigner in prison over protest at firm linked to Grenfell/Palestine deaths
Direct-action network Palestine Action occupied an Arconic site in Birmingham on 14 June. This company makes the cladding linked to the Grenfell Tower disaster. It also makes materials for aircraft that the Israeli military uses against Palestinians. Yogi […]
Coups, mass protests and Western military intervention in Mali
Mali has turned into a warzone since the NATO-led destabilisation of Libya in 2011. The intervention there helped to bolster extremism throughout the region. And Mali has become a key battleground. But now, amid another […]
Peru makes historic shift to the left amid pandemic devastation
Historian Antonio Zapata previously called Peru a ‘right-wing country’. But after a tense period of vote counting, left-winger Pedro Castillo has won the 2021 presidential election with 50.125% of valid votes. As political analyst Andrea […]
Police defend Grenfell cladding manufacturer linked to Israel’s repression of Palestinians
Direct-action network Palestine Action occupied an Arconic site in Birmingham on 14 June. And as police moved in on the second day of the action, they appeared to have an increasingly combative attitude towards the […]
Campaigners unite to oppose Washington’s new cold war against China
Wednesday 16 June will see the launch of a campaign to oppose the new cold war between the US and China. There will be a number of speakers at the No Cold War Britain meeting. […]
Palestine Action occupies Runcorn factory with links to Israeli drone-maker
On 10 June, direct-action network Palestine Action “stormed, scaled, and occupied the Runcorn Factory of APPH, a Canadian-owned aerospace company, which manufactures military technology and landing gear for Elbit Systems’ drones”. Elbit Systems is Israel’s […]
Union leaders call for firm G7 action against the climate crisis
Union leaders have joined other campaigners to demand firm climate-action commitments from the G7. This comes ahead of its summit in Cornwall between 11 and 13 June. An open letter, which trade unionist network The […]
The G7 represents ‘the interests of the world’s richest countries at the expense of the rest’
The UK will host the G7 summit in Cornwall from 11 to 13 June. And on Saturday 12 June, one group of campaigners will be highlighting how the G7 represents “the interests of the world’s […]
Direct action seeks to ‘break the murderous supply chain’ of Israeli arms company Elbit
On 9 June, direct-action network Palestine Action targeted LaSalle Investment Management’s headquarters. This organisation is the landlord of Elbit Systems’ London HQ. Elbit is Israel’s biggest private arms company. Campaigners have previously called on LaSalle to […]
Apartheid reigns in occupied Palestine, say former Israeli ambassadors to South Africa
Ilan Baruch and Alon Liel were once Israeli diplomats. They both served as ambassadors to South Africa. And now, they’ve penned an article in South African outlet GroundUp stressing that the apartheid they witnessed as […]
Indigenous communities in Mexico say ‘no’ to political parties and demand self-rule
Mexico held local elections on 6 June. But some Indigenous communities refused to participate. The party-political system, they insist, has not benefited them; so they want to govern themselves. And they’re not alone. Because some […]