Independent media news outlet with an edge of leftist activism.
Police confirm Reform wasted its time with tweet complaint
30 January 2026 @ 12:07 am
Greater Manchester Police has announced that it will be taking no further action on Reform UK candidate Matthew Goodwin’s complaint about a Labour party tweet. Goodwin had claimed that a post by Labour misrepresented him and breached electoral law. Goodwin’s pearl-clutching disgusted even right-wing hack Dan Hodges: Next time anyone in Reform bangs on about […]
By SkwawkboxGaza: Israel dug up 250 Palestinian graves to find one body
29 January 2026 @ 11:53 pm
The story did not begin with Israel’s announcement that it had found the body of prisoner Ran Gueli in the Gaza Strip. It began much earlier, underground. There, where war is meant to end and silence begin, Palestinian cemeteries were turned into sites of military operations. In the search for a single body, hundreds of […]
By Alaa ShamaliGuardiola speaks for Palestine: football, humanity, and justice
29 January 2026 @ 11:35 pm
Spanish coach Pep Guardiola, manager of English club Manchester City, has once again shown public support for the Palestinian people amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Guardiola made his stance clear today at a conference held alongside a charity campaign supporting Palestine in Barcelona. He wore a Palestinian scarf and opened his speech in […]
By Alaa ShamaliHedvig Lindahl embarrasses FIFA: Sport should not be used to whitewash the killing of Gaza players
29 January 2026 @ 11:32 pm
In a rare move that has drawn international attention, former Swedish goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl has refused FIFA’s invitation to join the ‘FIFA Legends’ team ahead of the Women’s World Cup. Her decision was not merely symbolic. It was a direct protest against the use of sport to whitewash institutions, while Palestinian footballers in Gaza are […]
By Alaa ShamaliWatch: Michael Gove says UK politics needs MORE Israeli influence
29 January 2026 @ 10:48 pm
In a sane world, this would be shocking. We’re not in a sane world. Tory peer and former Cabinet minister Michael Gove is a shameless supporter of Israel who, in government, tried to push through ‘friends of apartheid’ legislation banning local authorities from boycotting Israel. But he’s also not the least bit shy about Israel’s […]
By SkwawkboxTikTok deletes award-winning Palestinian journalist Bisan with 1.4m followers
29 January 2026 @ 10:27 pm
TikTok has permanently banned Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda, whose documentary It’s Bisan from Gaza and I’m still alive won multiple awards and broke millions of hearts. She had more than 1.4m followers on the platform. The deletion is another assault on decency in the app’s war on Palestinian and pro-Palestinian speech. Thousands of creators have […]
By SkwawkboxUniversities are still failing disabled students
29 January 2026 @ 10:07 pm
A new report has found that UK universities still aren’t doing enough to support disabled students. The 2025 Access Insights report from Disabled Students UK found that 63% of disabled students have gone without adjustments. Disabled students Disabled Students UK surveyed over 1,000 students from over 100 universities about their experiences. This is the third […]
By Rachel Charlton-DaileyLabour deputy shares dodgy poll to dismiss Greens’ byelection chances
29 January 2026 @ 9:08 pm
Labour’s deputy leader Lucy Powell is pushing the idea that only Labour can beat Reform in Gorton & Denton. The problem is she’s using a highly dubious poll to make that argument: This is why I’ve been saying what I have – only voting Labour defeats Reform. A vote for the Greens or any other […]
By Willem MooreFeds knew who Alex Pretti was and broke his rib a week before they killed him
29 January 2026 @ 8:25 pm
Executed Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti was known to federal agents before they killed him, sources claim. They also beat him up and broke his rib days before he was shot to death. Sources told CNN that Pretti had a run-in with federal agents prior to them killing him on 24 January: Pretti’s name was known […]
By Joe GlentonSex Matters’ legal case against a trans-inclusive swimming pond dismissed from court
29 January 2026 @ 7:24 pm
Transphobic pressure group Sex Matters has just had its legal case against a London swimming pond dismissed by the High Court. Sex Matters claimed that allowing trans people to use the changing facilities aligned with their identities at the Hampstead Heath ponds amounted to discrimination. The judge, in reply, told them to take the case to […]
By Alex/Rose Cocker