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Feminist organisation blasts Labour’s VAWG plans for excluding Black and brown women
19 May 2026 @ 9:43 am
On 15 May, Hibiscus – a feminist, anti-racist, and intersectional women’s organisation – gave a searing critique of Labour’s plans to: champion the rights of women and girls to live in a world free from violence. Of course, the feminist group welcomed the sentiment of the statement itself. However, it pointed out the glaring hypocrisy of […]
By The Canary“Messed up, haven’t you?” Peter Kyle challenged again for not declaring LFI membership
19 May 2026 @ 9:12 am
Odious right-wing Labour front-bencher Peter Kyle has again been ambushed and challenged over his links to Labour Friends of Israel (LFI). Declassified UK‘s Phil Miller caught Peter Kyle, who has signed off on UK arms shipments to genocidal Israel, ‘failed’ to declare he was LFI vice-chair until he quit to become a minister. He recently […]
By SkwawkboxRyan Garcia has named Conor Benn as his next opponent a Las Vegas showdown
19 May 2026 @ 9:04 am
Ryan Garcia has named Conor Benn as his next opponent and is targeting a Las Vegas date on 12 September for his first WBC welterweight title defence. Negotiations are ongoing and the fight is not yet contractually confirmed. Garcia-Benn blockbuster on the horizon Ryan Garcia signalled the matchup during recent media appearances and livestreams, pointing […]
By Faz AliPopulism does not solve problems – it requires them to exist
19 May 2026 @ 8:28 am
Populism has become the dominant political mode of the present moment, across the Western political spectrum. Contemporary Britain is a particularly clear example: Reform UK now polls consistently among the largest parties in the country after witnessing massive electoral success in the May 7 council elections; the parliamentary left has fragmented across multiple vehicles; the […]
By Rares CocilnauDWP extend PIP reassessment period — but exclude under 24s
18 May 2026 @ 9:22 pm
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will exclude claimants under 24s. DWP moving the goalposts again In the past, PIP claims lasted for two years for new claims. However, new legislation will see them last for a minimum of three years for new claimants. This […]
By Rachel Charlton-DaileyUS war machine wants to rip minerals from indigenous Canadian land
18 May 2026 @ 9:01 pm
The US war machine is desperate to siphon vital minerals from indigenous lands in Canada. Instead of resisting, Canada’s Liberal government seems to be going along with it — seeking to deescalate tensions with its aggro southern neighbour. US extractivism targets Canada A new essay by the Transition Security Project (TSC), published on 18 May, […]
By Joe GlentonHuge Tesco boss pay exposes myth of ‘cost of living crisis’
18 May 2026 @ 8:16 pm
Tesco’s CEO pay increased by almost a million last year from £9.93m to £10.8m. Fat cat salaries and the profits of privatised essentials show the cost of living crisis is manufactured. In fact, Tesco sets a stark example. Manufactured, not a real ‘cost of living’ The real cost of living is when essentials come at […]
By James WrightGaza slides toward famine as Israel tightens aid squeeze
18 May 2026 @ 7:54 pm
More than 71,000 children under five are at risk of acute malnutrition in Gaza as Israel continues to restrict fuel, flour, and humanitarian aid imports, pushing Gaza closer towards famine, TRT World reported. Israel tightens the squeeze on Gaza imports Israa Al-Afifi, a pediatrician in Gaza, told TRT World that: Children have been directly impacted […]
By The Canary“Leave or we’ll kill you” — US-born Israeli threatens indigenous Palestinians
18 May 2026 @ 7:03 pm
The murderous and foreign nature of Zionism was on clear show again last weekend at the 2026 ‘Flag Day’ march in Jerusalem. Extremist Zionist settlers rampaged through the Old City, posting stickers and waving flags calling for the destruction of Islam’s second-holiest site. And as they went, their message was as simple as it is […]
By SkwawkboxLabour and TikTok are ‘silencing’ Zia Yusuf through Online Safety Act — according to Zia Yusuf
18 May 2026 @ 6:41 pm
Reform UK’s home affairs spokesman has alleged that the Labour government is using the Online Safety Act to silence political dissent. Zia Yusuf holds that Labour are using the law, authored by a Tory-Reform turncoat, to make social media platform TikTok take down his videos. On 17 May, as part of a rambling 200+word tweet, […]
By Alex/Rose Cocker