Thousands of UK families are suffering acute social distress, their lives blighted by low income, debt or homelessness. Last week, a committee of MPs in … Thousands to see in the New Year sleeping rough on the streetsRead more
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84 words that killed Palestinian aspiration
https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/haifa-refugees-1.jpg Palestinian refugees crowding a British ship carrying them to Acre, April 1948. Photo from PalestineRemembered.com via Life Magazine. Some promises are made and kept; … 84 words that killed Palestinian aspirationRead more
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The iterations of the “Balfour Declaration”
The presentation below was part of Judy Price’s show, Still, an exhibition of work she had made around Palestine over the last 10 years. It … The iterations of the “Balfour Declaration”Read more
Posted inColonialism / Palestine / ToMl
The contested centenary of Britain’s ‘calamitous promise’
On the evening of Thursday 2 November, at an elegant but as yet undisclosed central London location, Theresa May will sit down for a festive … The contested centenary of Britain’s ‘calamitous promise’Read more
Posted inSlavery / ToMl
Why was Slavery finally abolished in the British Empire?
In July 1833, a Bill to abolish slavery throughout the British Empire passed in the House of Commons, followed by the House of Lords on … Why was Slavery finally abolished in the British Empire?Read more
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British aid scheme suspended amid allegations of payments to Syrian jihadis
The government has suspended a multimillion-pound foreign aid project amid allegations that money paid to a contractor in Syria was reaching the pockets of jihadist … British aid scheme suspended amid allegations of payments to Syrian jihadisRead more
Posted inPolitics / ToMl
The rising of britain’s ‘new politics’
Delegates to the recent Labour Party conference in the English seaside town of Brighton seemed not to notice a video playing in the main entrance. … The rising of britain’s ‘new politics’Read more
Posted inIraq / Multimedia / Surveillance
CDs that could track the locations of whoever watched them
A firsthand account of Bell Pottinger’s top secret work in Iraq
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Britain buries its bloody role in Indonesia
THE attempts to prevent a summit from going ahead in Jakarta on the massacres of 1965 show just how great a step was taken when … Britain buries its bloody role in IndonesiaRead more
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British MPs sponsor motion on Israel’s military detention of Palestinian children
Half a dozen British parliamentarians have launched a parliamentary Early Day Motion (EDM) condemning the military detention of Palestinian children at the hands of Israeli … British MPs sponsor motion on Israel’s military detention of Palestinian childrenRead more