Glasgow Centre for Contemporary Arts closed due to Pro-Palestine protests

Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow. CC-BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Photo: Sam Saunders The Glasgow Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) closed yesterday, 24 June, in response to a takeover of the space by the activist group Art Workers for Palestine …

What is the Palestine Action group, and why is the UK banning it?

The United Kingdom said on June 23 that it would ban a pro-Palestinian campaign group called Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws. This would put the organisation on par with armed groups like al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS) in the UK, making it a criminal …

The toxic narcissism of Palestine Action

Last month, Jews in London awoke to the sight of shattered glass. A local business, a Jewish business, had been savagely attacked by masked men in the dead of night. The vandals coated the walls in blood-coloured paint to remind residents of the blood- …

Palestine Action calls UK ban ‘terrifying’ for civil liberties

Azealia Banks cancels UK festivals with claims she was pressured to ‘support Palestine’

Azealia Banks has pulled out of two UK festivals (Picture: Matthew Baker/Getty Images) Azealia Banks has announced that she will no longer be performing Boomtown of Maiden Voyage after ‘dealing with threats’ from organisers. The controversial American …

Grandmothers arrested at Palestine protest ‘robustly deny any criminal offence’

Two grandmothers arrested following a pro-Palestine protest in Belfast “robustly deny they have committed any criminal offence”.Sue Pentel and Martine McCullough were arrested earlier this year by police investigating an incident of criminal damage at a …

Humza Yousaf and James Dornan team up to defend Palestine Action after it vandalises RAF base

Two of the SNP's most controversial MSPs have teamed up to defend militant protest group Palestine Action which is set to be proscribed as a terrorist group. Humza Yousaf and James Dornan have publicly claimed that this is an "overreaction" …

Ayaz reaffirms unwavering support for Palestine, condemns Israeli atrocities in Gaza

ISLAMABAD, Jun 25 (APP): Ambassador of Palestine to Pakistan, Dr. Zaher Zaid Wednesday called on Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq at the Parliament House. Ayaz Sadiq has strongly condemned the grave human rights violations occurring in Gaza. He …

The pro-Palestine movement’s alternative campus

On 17 June, I visited the Soas Liberated Zone. It is a complex of tents occupied by Soas students, which has existed in multiple forms on and outside the School of Oriental and African Studies campus since 6 May 2024. This makes it the longest held of the …

Woman arrested after Palestine Action rally denies assault charges in court

Lavina Richards, 37, of Hackney, north-east London, appeared before a judge at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday charged with two counts of assaulting a police constable in the execution of their duty. Richards is accused of assaulting two …