By Gwydion M. Williams An Economy Is Not A Home Did Trump Trade Ukraine for Gaza? Sprout Imperialism and ‘My Beautiful Ukraine’ Unreported Truths of the Ukrainian 28 Points Artificial Intelligence – More Silly Than Sinister Snippets Who Owns the Debts That Supposedly Threaten Us? Criminal Power Never mind the ethics: feel the money An … Continue reading Notes on the News
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The Crime and Policing Bill 2025
The Crime and Policing Bill now being discussed covers a great many topics; each topic is then garlanded with many amendments, making it what’s known apparently as a ‘Christmas tree’ bill. What concerns us today is the clause that intends to curtail pro-Palestinian marches. See below the Jewish Bloc for Palestine statement and the speech by John … Continue reading The Crime and Policing Bill 2025
PALESTINE LINKS
The Israeli right’s ‘time of miracles’ is over. The Palestinians are going nowhere: while problematic for many reasons, Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza appears to spell the end of the Israeli government’s expulsion fantasies (Meron Rapoport, +972, 2 October 2025) Israel's genocide in Gaza never stopped, but UK media have enabled this … Continue reading PALESTINE LINKS
Demolishing Democracy—Editorial
Britain’s Politicised Terror Legislation Britain is now seeing the full effects on our civil liberties of the provisions of the 2000 Terrorism Act and other anti-terrorism legislation. It is evident that the government and the political class are determined to enforce the provisions of the 2000 and 2006 terrorism legislation to punish indirect and even … Continue reading Demolishing Democracy—Editorial
ARMS FACTORY 10 HELD FOR A YEAR WITHOUT TRIAL
Morning Star 16 August 2025 TEN out of 24 pro-Palestine activists charged over a break-in at an Israeli weapons factory in Bristol have been held in prison for a year without trial. Eight have been in custody for nine months, with most of the Filton 24 set to be imprisoned for more than two years … Continue reading ARMS FACTORY 10 HELD FOR A YEAR WITHOUT TRIAL
Palestine Action is not a terrorist organisation
Official JVL Statement Labour Affairs supports this official statement by Jewish Voice for Labour Palestine Action is not a terrorist organisation Sat 28 Jun 2025 Palestine Action is not a Terrorist Organisation There is an overwhelming consensus that terrorism involves the use or threat of violence against civilians for a political purpose. So says JUSTICE, the … Continue reading Palestine Action is not a terrorist organisation
The latest bulletins from the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht in Germany.
LA comment: The BSW continue to show that a substantial section of the German population do not hate Russia, are not warmongers and wish to preserve what remains of their welfare state. They wish to restore good relations with Russia so that Germany can once again access the source of its prosperity – cheap Russian … Continue reading The latest bulletins from the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht in Germany.
Notes on the News
By Gwydion M. Williams The Western Betrayal of Real Equality Anarchism: a Guarantor of Failure Iran: a Martyr-Nation for Islam? Reagan’s Encouragement of Market Parasites The Western Betrayal of Real Equality From 1945, with the common people who’d been victors of World War Two insisting on more equality, the leaders of the West appeared to … Continue reading Notes on the News
Celebrating Hanukkah!
(Reprinted from Church and State 2025) British Premier Sir Keir Starmer took part in mid-December, in his official capacity as British Prime Minister, in the Jewish celebration of the festival of Hanukkah. A segment of his speech played by the media suggested that Hanukkah was about meditation conducive to peace, rather like what Christmas has become in … Continue reading Celebrating Hanukkah!
Palestine Links February 2025
Three Israeli captives released in exchange for 183 Palestinians (Middle East Eye, 8 February 2025) US State Department informs Congress of $7.4 billion arms sale to Israel (Times of Israel, 7 February 2025) The Middle East's longest-reigning king heads into a standoff with Trump (Sean Mathews, Middle East Eye, 7 February 2025) The damage of … Continue reading Palestine Links February 2025
ICC arrest warrants welcomed as ‘a glimmer of hope’ in Gaza
https://www.defenddemocracy.press/icc-arrest-warrants-welcomed-as-a-glimmer-of-hope-in-gaza/ 24/11/2024 While many Palestinians in Gaza see Netanyahu and Gallant warrants as merely symbolic, the faint promise of justice still resonates By Maha Hussaini in Deir al-Balah, occupied Palestine22 November 2024 Sitting in Gaza City, Anas al-Ramlawi could hear the bombardment of northern Gaza. He read the news. The International Criminal Court (ICC) had … Continue reading ICC arrest warrants welcomed as ‘a glimmer of hope’ in Gaza
The British ‘Left’ and the Workers Party of Britain
One alternative to the current political order Tim Pendry (WPB) This last week has seen news that Jeremy Corbyn attended talks about the formation of a new political party The Collective. In fact, Corbyn has not said anything about endorsing an initiative that was, in fact, announced before the election. What is really going on here is … Continue reading The British ‘Left’ and the Workers Party of Britain
UNIONS MUST BE THE OPPOSITION
More from the Labour Party Conference SOCIALIST CAMPAIGN GROUP FRINGE UNIONS MUST BE THE OPPOSITION WARNS NEU LEADER Daniel Kebede comments come after Labour leadership’s targeting of dissent from its MPs TRADE unions must become the most effective opposition if Labour keeps attacking the poorest, National Education Union leader Daniel Kebede said on Tuesday night. … Continue reading UNIONS MUST BE THE OPPOSITION
General Election, 2024 “They’re off!”
Mick Murray (1) “Helloooo, is Praful there ?” That was a headline in the Islington Tribune greeting the news that Praful Nargund had been named in the shortlist of two to be the official Labour Party candidate in the Islington North constituency held, since 1983, by Jeremy Corbyn. “It’s total silence from the Labour hopeful … Continue reading General Election, 2024 “They’re off!”
George Galloway in Parliament
Below is a selection of George Galloway’s work in the House of Commons; we have omitted votes and most questions. All contributions available at https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10218/george_galloway/rochdale [8/5/24 David Lammy (Urgent Question): To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary to make a statement on the war in Gaza.] […] George Galloway The Deputy Foreign Secretary’s answers today are virtually identical to those he … Continue reading George Galloway in Parliament
Ursula von der Leyen ‘guilty of war crimes’
PRESS RELEASE, May 22, 2024 Today the International Criminal Court has been officially called to investigate Ursula von der Leyen for complicity. Reasonable grounds exist to believe that the unconditional support of the President of the European Commission to Israel – military, economic, diplomatic and political – has enabled war crimes and the ongoing genocide … Continue reading Ursula von der Leyen ‘guilty of war crimes’
George Galloway
Speeches and contributions to debates in the House of Commons by George Galloway All accessible by reading George Galloway’s entry: https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10218/george_galloway/rochdale Football Governance Bill 23 April A Bill to establish the Independent Football Regulator; to make provision for the licensing of football clubs; to make provision about the distribution of revenue received by organisers of football competitions; … Continue reading George Galloway
Israel’s Plans for Rafah – Redefining Genocide as a Humanitarian Mission
Eamon Dyas In order to complete the final stage of its full-scale invasion of Gaza the IDF says that it will be necessary to forcibly move “1.4 million people - or at least a significant amount of the 1.4 million people” that have now crowded into Rafah. The population of Rafah was around 280,000 before … Continue reading Israel’s Plans for Rafah – Redefining Genocide as a Humanitarian Mission
Labour Affairs 