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‘Grotesque and dystopian’ sentencing of Palestine Action activists expected on 12 June

Post author:The Canary
Post published:11 June 2026
Post last modified:11 June 2026

A judge is expected to sentence four Palestine Action activists as ‘terrorists’ on 12 June, despite the activists not being convicted as such. Judge Jeremy Johnson has indicated he may add a ‘terrorist connection’ to the charges of Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona (Ellie) Kamio and Fatema Rajwani under section 69 of the Sentencing Act 2020. This is despite the jury convicting the Palestine Action four of criminal damage in their retrial. The conviction follows the four activists’ direct action to damage computers and drones, and spray red paint across the walls and floor of an Elbit Systems factory in Filton,…

‘Dead Mouse’ slams cruel sepsis experiments at QMUL open day

Post author:The Canary
Post published:11 June 2026
Post last modified:11 June 2026

Ahead of undergraduate open days at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) on 12 and 13 June, PETA has placed a new ad just a stone’s throw from the campus. It warns prospective students that researchers at the university are tormenting mice in cruel and useless sepsis experiments that consistently fail to lead to effective treatments for humans. The appeal depicts a dead mouse alongside the message: Septic Fail. Mice Suffer and Die in Sepsis Tests at QMUL – With No Human Benefits. PETA senior campaigns manager Kate Werner says: What QMUL’s tours fail to divulge to students is that on…

Reform aghast as Spencer calls them ‘grubby’ in parliament

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:11 June 2026
Post last modified:11 June 2026

On 11 June, Hannah Spencer caused quite the commotion in parliament for vocalising a popular-held sentiment about Reform UK. Here’s what went down: "There's plenty of dirty grubbiness behind me." Look at their faces. Well said Hannah. #PMQs pic.twitter.com/9oD2OrP4KR — Oliver (@OWS1892) June 10, 2026 Presumably, that’s ‘dirty’ to the left of her and ‘grubby’ to the right. But what did Spencer say exactly? It’s a filthy job The offending comment in full was: Running a business as a plumber, I was well used to dealing with dirty grubbiness, and there is still plenty of that dirty grubbiness behind me. Given…

‘The Fraud’ author to investigate how Labour Together shaped parliament

Post author:Paul Holden
Post published:11 June 2026
Post last modified:11 June 2026

The following is a call for evidence from The Fraud author Paul Holden into how Labour Together shaped the current crop of Labour MPs. Call for Evidence: The Labour Together Parliament Shadow World Investigations and Paul Holden – author of The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy – are today announcing a new investigative project about the transformation of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) under the Labour Together Project. This long-germinating project is soliciting evidence about how Labour Party processes were used (and abused) to manipulate the selection of Labour MP candidates who now make up…

US vassals band together to suspend ICC prosecutor Karim Khan for Israel

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:11 June 2026
Post last modified:11 June 2026

US vassals have banded together in a vote of the International Criminal Court’s 21-state ‘Bureau’ to suspend ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan. Khan has been driving the ICC’s issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli war criminals, including Benjamin Netanyahu and former ‘defence’ minister Yoav Gallant. ICC — Shameless political stitch-up Israel and the US have previously circulated allegations against Khan – a standard Israel lobby tactic – of improper behaviour. Now Khan has been suspended by the Bureau on a supposed ‘no indication of guilt’ basis. But as former UK ambassador Craig Murray points out, the move is a shameless and…

Israel hires Hollywood producer to run US influence campaign

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:11 June 2026
Post last modified:11 June 2026

The Israeli occupation regime has hired a Hollywood producer for $900,000 to run its attempts to influence US citizens. Support for Israel has plummeted in the US across the political spectrum, especially among young people including Jewish young people: New Jewish Voter Resource Center poll finds “nearly half of young American Jews are functionally anti-Zionist” A recent Washington Post poll found that 61% of Jewish adults said Israel had committed war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza, while 39% said it was guilty of… pic.twitter.com/yQcvQYXbO1 — Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) May 28, 2026 Daniel Rosenberg, who produced Spike Lee’s Inside Man, has been appointed…

First war crimes complaint against UAE-backed Sudan paramilitary filed in Kenya

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:11 June 2026
Post last modified:11 June 2026

The UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been accused of genocide, massacres and sexual violence. Sudan’s civil war has raged for three years with the backing of foreign and regional powers. Now survivors have filed the first war crimes complaint in Kenya. Twelve victims backed by a Swiss legal NGO urged Kenya’s chief of prosecution to pursue the case. Associated Press (AP) reported on 9 June: It is the first attempt to prosecute members of the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, the paramilitary group fighting against the Sudanese military for over three years, outside Sudan. Adding that: The group, which has been…

Weiss set to run CNN after trashing CBS for Israel

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:11 June 2026
Post last modified:11 June 2026

Israel fanatic Bari Weiss is set to take over the running of CNN’s editorial operations when Paramount Skydance’s planned purchase of Warner Bros Discovery is approved as expected. Weiss was imposed on CBS’s news operation in 2025 by its new, Zionist owners, despite no newsroom experience — with a naked pro-Israel agenda. The move has ruined the reputation of CBS as a serious news organisation, lost it some of its best-known faces and seen them replaced by pro-Israel mouthpieces. Weiss — spreading the plague Although the $110bn deal is not yet signed, both Paramount and CNN have said they expect it…

Strike days drop by almost two thirds during Labour’s first year in power

Post author:The Canary
Post published:11 June 2026
Post last modified:11 June 2026

The number of working days lost to strike action plummeted by almost two thirds during Labour’s first year in power. This is according to new analysis from the GMB union. The 12 months leading up to July 2024, when Labour won power, saw 1,406,000 working days of strikes. During the year following Labour’s win, there were 559,000, a huge drop of more than 60%. The GMB will discuss the figures, which come from analysis of Office of National Statistics data, at its annual congress in Blackpool. Lifting the wages of millions of low paid workers and improvements to employment rights, such…