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Ex-colonel’s family fled Nazi genocide, in England cops arrested him for opposing Zionist genocide

26 November 2025 @ 6:21 pm

An ex-colonel’s family fled the Nazis’ genocidal rampage in the late 1930s. And now, 90 years later, British cops have arrested Chris Romberg for opposing Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Chris Romberg—’The government is escalating its authoritarian repression of dissent’ 75-year-old Chris Romberg is a retired colonel and descendant of Holocaust survivors. And after his arrest […] By Ed Sykes

EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Corbyn speaks directly to Canary readers

26 November 2025 @ 5:04 pm

Jeremy Corbyn has spoken exclusively to the Canary, setting out his own vision of the future ahead of the Your Party conference in Liverpool this weekend. Corbyn spoke to us after chancellor Rachel Reeve’s budget fell flat. He told us that: If anything proves the need for an alternative political voice in Britain, it’s this […] By The Canary

Relative of sneering White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt snatched by ICE

26 November 2025 @ 4:36 pm

Karoline Leavitt is best known as Donald Trump’s press secretary, slapping down journalists from the White House podium and twisting the truth for the far-right president’s regime. Leavitt has often defended the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency which effectively serves as Trump’s private militia. But now one of her relatives is the one in […] By Joe Glenton

Racists are boiling their piss about Mary looking too Muslim on the new Christmas stamps

26 November 2025 @ 4:18 pm

It’s almost December, which means it’s time for a bunch of racist shitheads to start getting mad about Jesus and his family being depicted accurately. Because, you know, they were brown. As are most people born in Bethlehem, which now lies squarely within the West Bank, Palestine, about six miles south of Jerusalem. As part […] By Alex/Rose Cocker

TORY MP takes Cooper to task for ignoring Palestinian deaths and rights

26 November 2025 @ 4:03 pm

The despicable and parlous state of Westminster politics is such that a Tory MP is one of the few in House of Commons speaking up for Palestinian rights. Throughout the genocide, North-West Hampshire MP Kit Malthouse has been one of a handful of MPs prepare to call Israel’s genocide what it is and to scrutinise […] By Skwawkbox

Reeves promised the budget would go hard on welfare – she gave it 2 minutes

26 November 2025 @ 3:46 pm

Today was finally the day disabled people had been told to fear, budget day. According to the mainstream media, chancellor Rachel Reeves was going to go hard on benefits claimants – but when it actually came down to it, we barely got a mention. If you’re a disability hating gammon, you probably tuned into the […] By Rachel Charlton-Dailey

Reeves’s bad Polanski joke shows just how rattled the establishment is

26 November 2025 @ 3:16 pm

In budget speeches, chancellors usually focus on either their achievements or the party sitting opposite them. But with one bad joke, Rachel Reeves showed it’s Green leader Zack Polanski who’s really on her mind right now: Watch as Rachel Reeves brands Greens leader Zack Polanski a 'keen hypnotherapist' 🗣️ 'The only things getting bigger under […] By Ed Sykes

Housing is in an absolute state but Reeves can’t be arsed to mention it in the budget speech

26 November 2025 @ 3:00 pm

During the Autumn Budget, Rachel Reeves completely failed to mention housing or homelessness (except for the mansion tax, of course). This shows us exactly where these issues sit on her list of priorities. But is there any wonder she didn’t mention it? The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predictions for November 2025 on the housing […] By HG

Army general floats idea of £75bn Israeli-style Iron Dome for the UK

26 November 2025 @ 1:53 pm

A British general has floated the idea of an Iron Dome-style anti-missile system for the UK. The Iron Dome is an Israeli air defence system used to shoot down rockets and missiles. The starting cost, General Richard Barrons told a military conference, was £75bn. Complaining about ‘underfunding’ of the military and the risk of missile […] By Joe Glenton

Political prisoner Kamran Ahmed hospitalised in third week of hunger strike

26 November 2025 @ 1:32 pm

Hunger-striker Kamran Ahmed, one of the ‘Filton 24‘ anti-genocide activists imprisoned for over a year without trial, has been hospitalised, due to his rapidly deteriorating health. Kamran, who is being held at London’s Pentonville prison, was arrested in a violent dawn raid in November 2024. He was accused of involvement in an intervention by non-violent […] By Skwawkbox