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USA ups piracy to maintain dollar hegemony: Medhurst
16 April 2026 @ 8:27 pm
USA has ramped up piracy and sabotage to prop up dollar hegemony, journalist Richard Medhurst’s latest YouTube video explained. “We are witnessing the transition of the United States from an empire into a pirate state,” Medhurst says, describing what he calls the birth of a new petrogas dollar. The Syrian-born British journalist lists several of the US’s […]
By The CanaryMother of Filton 24 activist acquitted of ‘locking on’
16 April 2026 @ 8:15 pm
Emma Kamio, mother of ‘Filton 24’ anti-genocide activist Ellie Kamio, has been acquitted at her trial for ‘locking on’ in protest at the unlawful imprisonment without trial of her daughter and other Palestine Action members. Earlier this week, Ellie and two fellow protesters defeated attempts to convict them of ‘violent disorder’. However, they and others […]
By SkwawkboxMurdoch’s Times doubles down on anti-Green smear campaign
16 April 2026 @ 7:52 pm
This article is the first in a series exploring British media’s smear campaign against the Green Party before the May 2026 elections — beginning with the Times. Britain’s mainstream press is doubling down on a smear campaign against the Green Party in the run up to May’s local elections. Repeated, targeted attacks against Zack Polanski’s […]
By Cameron BaillieMeet the new Reform UK councillor using your money to fund Israeli occupation
16 April 2026 @ 6:52 pm
Dr. Alan Mendoza is the new pro-Israeli Reform UK candidate for Abbey Road ward in Westminster who is quietly stealing our money. The local elections on Thursday 7 May will see Mendoza beg for votes in London, but his primary loyalty seems to lie with Israel. Whilst he presents himself as ‘anti-establishment’, his career reveals […]
By AntifabotTrump’s 442k ICE deportations not enough for MAGA ghouls
16 April 2026 @ 5:43 pm
Donald Trump’s racist immigration forces deported over 440,000 people in the US fiscal year for 2025. His jackbooted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been terrorising American cities — and even killing US citizens — virtually since he came back to power in 2025. US outlet Axios reported: The top U.S. immigration enforcement agency […]
By Joe GlentonPope calls leaders who spend billions on wars ‘tyrants’
16 April 2026 @ 4:09 pm
The Pope has criticised world leaders who spend billions on wars. This comes just days after US president and all-around fucking dickhead Donald Trump depicted himself as Jesus on Truth Social. Trump vs Pope American-born Pope Leo has been critical of Trump and the genocide he and Israel are committing. He rightly made Trump look […]
By Rachel Charlton-DaileyDisabled pensioner says Farage minders assaulted him over disabled parking spot
16 April 2026 @ 3:59 pm
Disabled Shetland pensioner Don Whittle has accused Reform UK leader Nigel Farage‘s ‘heavies’ of ‘manhandling’ him – assault, in other words – after Farage’s car took a disabled parking bay. Incident caught on camera 75-year-old Whittle has rheumatoid arthritis, heart failure, a pacemaker and a spinal condition that weakens his arms and legs. He says […]
By SkwawkboxSupport for Reform slashed following Farage’s crypto controversy
16 April 2026 @ 3:40 pm
With the local elections fast approaching, Reform would ideally like to see their polling go up. Instead, they just lost a sixth of their supporters in one week according to More in Common: Reform drops to 25% in this weeks voting intention their lowest since April 2025. They lead the Tories by 3 & Labour […]
By Willem MoorePalestine participates in the Beach Games in China without a coach and half a team
16 April 2026 @ 3:39 pm
The Palestinian national beach soccer team has arrived in Sanya, China, to participate in the 2026 Asian Beach Games, but this time their arrival is unlike any previous appearance. The team’s roster is incomplete. The coaching staff is absent. The international stadium is open to a team exhausted by years of inactivity. Their progress has […]
By Alaa ShamaliIsrael’s Lebanon house demolitions are part of an explicitly genocidal doctrine
16 April 2026 @ 3:28 pm
The BBC has confirmed Israel is demolishing hundreds of homes in southern Lebanon. Yet the corporation left out some key context: home demolitions are a part of an explicitly genocidal strategy know as the Dahiya doctrine. BBC Verify used satellite imagery to confirm hundreds of homes had been deliberately destroyed with airstrikes or Israeli occupation […]
By Joe Glenton