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Stonewalled by Stonewall: Christian Social Worker Denied Job Due to Landmark Free Speech Victory

A Christian social worker is facing a discrimination battle with his Stonewall-backed employer, after they referred to his religious beliefs as 'upsetting and offensive'.
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Israel Cannot Rebut Apartheid

Samia Halaby (Palestine), Palestine, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River, 2003. On 24 June 2023, Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) Herzl Halevi, Chief of Shin Bet (Intelligence) Ronen Bar, and Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai released a joint statement. They pointed to ‘violent attacks… by Israeli citizens against innocent Palestinians’, […]

Building Society Admits it Would Close Customers’ Accounts if They are “Rude or Discriminate”

A leading building society has revealed that it closes customers' accounts if they engage in "rude" or "discriminatory" behaviour as the fallout from Nigel Farage having his bank account closed continues.
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Promoting Israeli Apartheid in Canadian Schools Not Okay

The Palestinian solidarity movement must seek to disrupt the ‘school to apartheid promotion pipeline’. It’s past time to challenge private schools indoctrinating young minds into worshiping a violent faraway state that oppresses millions. A recent visit to Canada by Israel’s minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, Amichai Chikli, highlights a subject that requires far […]

Ofcom Flooded With Complaints After Bridgerton Star Told ITV the Coronation Royal Balcony was “Terribly White” – But BBC Presenter Tells Her “You Haven’t Upset Anyone”

Ofcom has been flooded with complaints after a Bridgerton star told ITV that the view of Buckingham Palace balcony was "terribly white" on Coronation Day – but a BBC presenter tells her "You haven't upset anyone".

In Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), the Answer is Self-Determination Not Subjugation

Image credit: Hrayr Badalyan Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), a self-governing enclave in the South Caucasus, remains under total blockade by Azerbaijan. Over 120,000 Armenians—including 30,000 children—are on the brink of an unspeakable humanitarian catastrophe as food runs scarce, medicine cabinets fall bare, and children now suffer malnutrition. A single mountain road connects Artsakh to Armenia; it is […]

More than a “Syndrome”: Trauma, Distress, and Pain

I can’t even produce a metaphor for the drug world anymore. I don’t even like the phrase the drug world since the phrase implies a different world.” ― Charles Bowden, Down by the River: Drugs, Money, Murder, and Family You don’t need a thousand hours studying what trauma is, what forms it might take, delving into […]
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Black and Blue: The Many Ways of Domestic Violence World

We are in a rape culture. We have a million examples in this neoliberal and neocon country of that. We have the fact of one out of 12 or 15 girls and women losing their viriginity through sexual assault. We have what — one out of five in this country experiencing sexual assault by the […]
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