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Israeli Defense Minister attacks Lamine Yamal and incites Barcelona against him over Palestine flag
14 May 2026 @ 7:07 pm
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz launched a sharp attack on young Barcelona star Lamine Yamal, inciting against him and demanding his club take a public stance, following him raising the Palestinian flag during the Spanish League title celebrations. In a post via Twitter, Katz accused the Spanish player of “incitement against Israel and spreading hatred,” […]
By Alaa ShamaliIsraeli troops murder 16yo for objecting to settlers stealing his dad’s sheep
14 May 2026 @ 6:26 pm
Occupation soldiers have murdered 16-year-old Palestinian Yusuf Kaabneh in the occupied West Bank for trying to stop extremist settlers stealing his father’s sheep. The boy was murdered near Sinjil, by IOF troops protecting the settlers as they stole the family’s livelihood. 150+ attacks a month in West Bank Settlers committed at least 1,800 attacks during […]
By SkwawkboxTwo Just Stop Oil supporters found guilty for Heathrow paint spraying following retrial
14 May 2026 @ 6:17 pm
Two Just Stop Oil supporters who sprayed Heathrow departure boards with orange paint during the Oil Kills international uprising to end fossil fuels in July 2024 have been found guilty in a retrial after the jury in an earlier trial failed to reach a majority decision. Phoebe Plummer and Jane Touil were appearing before Judge […]
By The CanaryHow medical misogyny stole my life for 20 years
14 May 2026 @ 6:12 pm
Content warning: this article contains references to self-harm, suicide attempts and sexual assault, addiction. I have had one hell of a life. Once a homeless little gutter punk who hopped from one addiction to another, here I am writing for the Canary. This is the story of how medical misogyny ignored my ‘textbook’ ADHD for over […]
By AntifabotUN expert alarmed by systemic erosion of the right to protest in UK
14 May 2026 @ 4:54 pm
As the Met police tool up ahead of a big day of protest in London on Saturday 16 May, the UN has warned that the UK is eroding people’s rights. The UN special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Gina Romero, has called on the UK to uphold its […]
By The CanaryKing’s speech fails wildlife as illegal snares exposed on elite estate
14 May 2026 @ 3:48 pm
The king failed to mention a ban on the use of snares during his weird annual speech on Wednesday 13 May 2026. Along with a shit load of other animal rights omitted, this comes despite widespread expectations that the government would finally ban the cruel traps. The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) recently released footage of […]
By AntifabotUnion leader says Starmer project has failed and we need ‘real alternative’
14 May 2026 @ 3:40 pm
President of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) has joined other trade unions in recognising that the ‘Starmer project’ has utterly failed. However, Ian Hodson goes further than the Labour-affiliated unions by arguing that people must collectively rebuild class politics itself. Until then, he said: the vacuum will continue to be filled by […]
By Maddison WheeldonWill Labour’s NEC rig leadership for Streeting?
14 May 2026 @ 3:33 pm
Mandelson-protégé health secretary Wes Streeting is preparing to announce his bid to oust Keir Starmer. Labour’s national executive committee (NEC) is likely to play a major and potentially decisive role in who gets to stand in the contest to replace Starmer in Number 10. Starmer is the worst PM in living memory. That’s quite an […]
By SkwawkboxReform councillor for Sheffield Woodhouse under investigation for Nazi tweets
14 May 2026 @ 3:28 pm
Nathaniel Menday, the newly elected Reform UK councillor for Sheffield Woodhouse, has been suspended from the party over his history of white-supremacist social media posts. The far-right party is now investigating the councillor’s posts, “which have brought the party into disrepute.” The only problem? The Times had already published on Menday’s bigotry weeks before the election. However, […]
By Alex/Rose CockerAlbanese says “together we are one” as abusive sanctions suspended by US courts
14 May 2026 @ 3:18 pm
The UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, has had punitive and abusive sanctions imposed on her by the Trump administration suspended by a US court. In granting the preliminary injunction, the Judge presiding over her case affirmed: Protecting the Freedom of speech is always just the public interest. Hailing this victory […]
By Maddison Wheeldon