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NOVEMBER 29. 2024

More Than Half of UK Amazon Workers Have to Borrow Money to Make Ends Meet

On Black Friday, trade unionists push the US corporate giant to stop squeezing workers for profit.

NOVEMBER 28. 2024

Putin Threatens to Strike Kyiv Amid Wave of Attacks

Vladimir Putin has threatened to use Russia’s new hypersonic ballistic missile against Ukraine. Plus: The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon is creaking at the seams; and the Met Police have arrested several Kurdish activists. With Aaron Bastani and Kieran Andrieu.…

Does Lord Walney Think All Palestinian Groups Are the Same?

The artist formerly known as Jonathan Woodcock claims the Palestine Solidarity Campaign has 'strong links' to Palestine Action. For a government-appointed anti-protest tsar, he knows laughably little about protest groups, writes Simon Childs.

Berlin Police Brutalise Women at Anti-Violence Demonstration

Protesters marking the international day for the elimination of violence against women were choked, pepper-sprayed and kettled in a show of police force that has become quotidian in the German capital.

NOVEMBER 27. 2024

Metropolitan Police Put Kurdish Community Centre Under ‘Siege’

Counter-terror police arrested six people as part of an investigation into the Kurdistan Workers' party, which will close the centre for two weeks.

Is the World’s First Israeli-Palestinian Boyband Really All About the Music?

The brainchild of two LA music execs, the six-piece group featuring Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel started recording together the day before 7 October. Is as1one an earnest attempt at musical coexistence, or something more sinister ? Ed Gillett reports.

Assisted Dying Could Make Some Lives Not Worth Living

Assisted dying laws seem compassionate, writes Matty Hall, but not in a society that devalues sick and disabled people’s lives.

NOVEMBER 26. 2024

No, the Kids Aren’t Alt-Right

The US election exit polls appeared to show young men moving overwhelmingly to the right. Don’t panic, writes Keir Milburn - things aren’t quite what they seem.

NOVEMBER 25. 2024

Blitz Is Steve McQueen’s Most Conventional Film to Date – and That’s No Bad Thing

The former Turner Prize-winning artist’s latest work is racial history masquerading as a chocolate-box depiction of the second world war, writes Juliet Jacques.

NOVEMBER 22. 2024

Would the UK Arrest Benjamin Netanyahu?

With an arrest warrant issued for Benjamin Netanyahu, the government say they would uphold international law but stop short of saying they would arrest the Israeli PM. Plus: Keir Starmer causes a stir by appearing to court asset management firm BlackRock. With Michael Walker and Kieran Andrieu. Watch Brett Christopher on Downstream: https://youtu.be/0jxL9Cktsao…

NOVEMBER 21. 2024

John Prescott, the Last Great ‘Old Labour’ Politician

The former deputy PM never quite got his due - but his peculiar brand of left populism should inspire progressives today, writes Alex Niven.

NOVEMBER 20. 2024

It Isn’t Only Justin Welby That Should Go – so Should the Church of England

The archbishop of Canterbury’s failure to investigate child abuse is a direct result of its sanctification of elites. Time to remove this reactionary poison from our state, writes Adam Ramsay.

NOVEMBER 19. 2024

Ana Kasparian on Trump’s Second Presidency

Michael Walker speaks to Ana Kasparian about Donald Trump's return to the White House and where the Democrats went wrong. Plus: Ash Sarkar reports from the Westminster farmers' protests. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.…

Philosemites, Anti-Vaxxers and Waterboarding Enthusiasts – Trump’s Cabinet Picks so Far

With a month to go before he enters office, the president-elect has set about naming his cabinet picks, a potpourri of the most egregious elements of his programme. Here are 10 of them.