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Breaking video: Israel beats, sexually assaults flotilla abductees

21 May 2026 @ 12:05 am

FlotillaLawyers acting for the Global Sumud Flotilla, whose humanitarian volunteers Israel criminally abducted this week, say that Israel has subjected the captives to “extreme violence”. Some have been sexually assaulted, several have suffered broken bones and internal injuries. Israeli thugs have used ‘rubber bullet’ projectiles at close range:   View this post on Instagram   […] By Skwawkbox

Vance tells UK fascist hate marchers to “keep on going”

20 May 2026 @ 11:53 pm

VanceUS VP JD Vance has encouraged the UK far-right to “keep on going” after fascist thug ‘Tommy Robinson’ told them to get ready for the “battle of Britain”. Around 40,000 racists turned out in London for a blatantly hateful rally, yet were given preferential treatment by police and politicians over the hundreds of thousands of […] By Skwawkbox

Watch: Israeli war criminal Ben-Gvir posts video of him abusing humanitarian flotilla abductees

20 May 2026 @ 11:45 pm

Ben-GvirWanted genocidal war criminal and settler extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir’s arrogance is boundless. So much so that he has had himself filmed abusing and humiliating the 400 innocent volunteers of the humanitarian flotilla to Gaza that Israel abducted this week:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Wear The Peace® (@wearthepeace) The […] By Skwawkbox

The Telegraph argues unemployed people shouldn’t be able to vote

20 May 2026 @ 11:28 pm

TelegraphThe Telegraph has argued that people not in employment shouldn’t be able to vote, including people with disabilities and those who are sick. The paper posits that the “unemployable” should not be allowed “citizen rights”. It argues that increasing welfare payments is “bribery”. Telegraph — bit extreme? People with disabilities certainly need to be able […] By James Wright

Feinstein, Holden demand Starmer admit what he knew about Labour Together spying

20 May 2026 @ 11:17 pm

StarmerAuthors Paul Holden and Andrew Feinstein — a former Mandela minister — have issued a statement demanding Keir Starmer come clean on what he knew about ‘Labour Together’s (LT) spying on them and other journalists. LT paid PR firm APCO to snoop on them as they were investigating LT’s sabotage, rigging and undeclared funding. The […] By Skwawkbox

MPs jeer when told normal people don’t get cheap booze at work

20 May 2026 @ 11:08 pm

MPs Hannah Spencer in ParliamentIn April, the Green Party’s Hannah Spencer attracted controversy when she suggested MPs shouldn’t be drunk at work. To be clear, said ‘controversy’ came from MPs and journalists; the public mostly all agreed with her. These MPs haven’t wised up to that fact, however, which is why they’re still carrying on like this: MP's groaning […] By Willem Moore

Trump just granted himself immunity to tax investigations

20 May 2026 @ 10:58 pm

TrumpConvicted fraudster Donald Trump just “forever barred and precluded” the US Inland Revenue Service (IRS) from investigating his tax returns to date. The news comes as part of a $10bn lawsuit the US president levelled against the IRS as retribution for leaking his tax records between 2018 and 2020. The edict also applies to Trump’s […] By Alex/Rose Cocker

UN intends ‘to make sure that all legal obligations are honoured’ after Israel demolished UNRWA headquarters

20 May 2026 @ 10:32 pm

On 17 May, the Israeli occupation approved a plan to establish what it calls a defence compound on the site of the former United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem. Site of demolished UNRWA headquarters will now become a millitary base for Israeli occupation forces The proposal […] By Charlie Jaay

US government will investigate itself over ‘narco-boat’ war crime allegations

20 May 2026 @ 9:06 pm

USThe inspector general of the US Department of War will investigate whether America’s ‘narco-terrorist’ boat strikes are war crimes. US attacks on alleged cartel smugglers have been carried out in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific since September 2025. The bombings were seen as precursor attacks to the 3 January raid which saw Venezuelan president Nicolas […] By Joe Glenton

UEFA bans Czech coach for life after secret filming scandal

20 May 2026 @ 8:45 pm

UEFAUEFA issued a decision to ban Czech coach Petr Vlachovsky for life, after he was convicted of secretly filming female football players inside changing rooms and showers, in a case that caused widespread shock within European sporting circles, especially since minors were among the victims. According to a report published by Reuters, the penalty includes […] By Alaa Shamali