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Equity calls on Manchester City Council to ensure Pride performers are paid

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Equity calls on Manchester City Council to ensure Pride performers are paid

With six weeks to go until Manchester Village Pride, performing arts union Equity is calling on Manchester City Council to ensure that performers out of pocket from last year’s Manchester Pride collapse get the pay due for their work. Pride takes place from 28-31 August this year under a new Community Interest Company rooted in Manchester’s Gay Village. This follows the collapse of Manchester Pride in 2025. The new Manchester Village Pride event will be one of the first Pride events to operate on a union agreement, after Equity and Manchester Village Pride signed a house agreement for minimum terms and…

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Times’ columnist suggests Reform are the ‘snowflakes’ now

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Times’ columnist suggests Reform are the ‘snowflakes’ now

As we’ve reported, several establishment outlets have put an enhanced focus on Reform UK and Nigel Farage. Perhaps most notably, this has seen the investigations team at Rupert Murdoch’s Times newspaper revealing all sorts of financial scandals. It’s not just the investigative reporters who are diving in two feet first, though; the columnists are also at it: Reform can’t have it both ways on ‘hurty words’ https://t.co/nR0dR8tiHE — Times Politics (@timespolitics) July 15, 2026 Security Because his father was a minister in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, Rifkind has some experience of the security politicians receive. This is relevant…

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The Murdoch rags & the Mail are at war with Reform UK

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The Murdoch rags & the Mail are at war with Reform UK

The observant among you may have noticed that the mainstream media have recently rounded on Reform UK and Nigel Farage. Interestingly, the outlets ganging up on Reform include the Daily Mail and Rupert Murdoch’s the Times: Pleased as I am to see the Murdoch and Rothermere press attacking Farage as stridently as they previously lavished praise on him, I can't help wondering what has brought on the recent U-turn — David__Osland (@David__Osland) July 13, 2026 Reform: right-on-right violence The broader strokes of what these outlets are reporting on are things independent journalists began covering years ago. The Times and others have certainly…

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Sources allege Palestinian Authority hospitals are treating members of Israeli occupation backed anti-Hamas armed groups

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Sources allege Palestinian Authority hospitals are treating members of Israeli occupation backed anti-Hamas armed groups

According to Quds News Network, sources claim the Palestinian Authority (PA) has begun providing medical treatment for members of armed groups in Gaza accused of collaborating with “Israel” — admitting them to hospitals in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian Authority treats collaborators with “Israel” in its hospitals This follows the Zionist regime’s refusal to receive wounded members of these militia groups at hospitals inside “Israel.” Instead, the Palestinian sources claim the PA coordinated the collaborators’ transfer to hospitals under its administration, where they received medical care and logistical support. One of the wounded fighters, who is identified only by the initials…

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Hate on film: ‘Citizen Vigilante’ and ‘Chauhaan’ are normalising violence against Muslims

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Hate on film: ‘Citizen Vigilante’ and ‘Chauhaan’ are normalising violence against Muslims

Two recent films, the Hollywood production Citizen Vigilante and the Bollywood movie Chauhaan, have sparked widespread outrage for their portrayal of violence against Muslims. The use of popular media to mainstream hate and legitimise the othering of minorities is an alarming regression that has real-world consequences, given rising levels of violence against minorities. ‘Nazi’ and ‘Cannibal’ allegations dog Citizen Vigilante’s creators The people associated with Citizen Vigilante reveal a great deal about the film’s intentions. Actor Armie Hammer faced allegations of sexual abuse and cannibalism in 2021. He has since denied the most extreme claims. He told Louis Theroux that “you have…

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Communist Party USA says reds are among best Americans

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Communist Party USA says reds are among best Americans

Communist Party USA’s co-chair, Joe Sims has responded to recent comments from Donald Trump: Donald Trump’s back-to-back holiday weekend speeches at Mount Rushmore and the National Mall, where he said the Communist Party was composed of ‘illegal immigrants, criminals, and people who don’t want to work’, are taking on an increasingly fascist trajectory. That’s the standard authoritarian playbook. They always come for the communists and socialists first. Sims added: If Trump got this ‘intelligence’ from the FBI, Kash Patel needs to be fired immediately. What a bunch of garbage. He’s trying to criminalise us. We’re among the best Americans. The Communist…

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Welsh Reform politicians are embarrassing themselves in the Senedd

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Welsh Reform politicians are embarrassing themselves in the Senedd

Reform’s Wales representatives in the Senedd are showing themselves up in multiple serious discussions. Supposedly the formal opposition in the nation’s devolved parliament, Reform look increasingly foolish. The Members of the Senedd (MSs) are on record making various bloopers, not taking subjects seriously, and generally cocking-up. Not worth the £80,000 salary they’re plumped with. Reform ‘having a mare’ Cardiff-based Welsh journalist Will Hayward caught one Reform MS sorely lacking when he was entirely unprepared to ask a follow-up question, or ‘supplementary,’ on the Senedd floor. MS Gareth Beer asked a question which couldn’t have taken more than 30 seconds to think of,…

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Who are the media billionaires who dominate the UK’s democracy?

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Who are the media billionaires who dominate the UK’s democracy?

Almost everything we hear, read or watch in print, online or on our screens in the UK is being shaped by a tiny handful of global media billionaires. They use this domination to protect their own narrow financial interests rather than the public’s. At a time when the Canary is facing financial uncertainty, it’s galling to see this media oligarchy ruling the roost. Fourteen out of the fifteen media billionaires are not based in the UK. Audience figures are for the UK only. Murdoch Billionaire: Rupert Murdoch. Nationality: US resident, previously Australian. UK Holding Company: News UK. Newspapers: the Sun, the…

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US politician tells Zionist crowd Jews are ‘masters of universe’

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US politician tells Zionist crowd Jews are ‘masters of universe’

Pro-Israel US politician, Norm Coleman, the vice-president of Donald Trump‘s new ‘Defense Policy Board’, told an annual Zionist conference that Jews are the “masters of the universe”. Not just that, but Jewish people control the media — and must use that control to “make sure” that the US population supports Israel — Coleman said at the JNS policy summit. He said: The masters of the universe are Jews. We have Zuckerberg from Facebook, we have Sergey Brin from Google, we have Jan Koum, the founder of WhatsApp… it’s all us. We must control the digital world and social media. https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/3fdGLbeLl-FZg7451.mp4 Antisemitism…

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Billions in UK public funds are going to dodgy private equity firms

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Billions in UK public funds are going to dodgy private equity firms

Billions of pounds in UK public funds are going to private equity firms, which have a reputation for lowering standards for profit. Most alarmingly, these firms are getting money for services supposedly caring for people in vulnerable situations, including children. Private equity firms profiting from essential services An extensive Guardian analysis showed that private equity firms have spread into: The social care sector. Private equity has developed a “large presence in adult and children’s social care”, including for people with mental health issues or learning disabilities. Residential care giant Four Seasons Health Care was one example of the debt accumulation and…

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What the media are not telling you about Christopher Harborne

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What the media are not telling you about Christopher Harborne

The attempts to dismiss an undeclared £5 million “gift” are falling flat, and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is under more pressure than ever. The party’s largest donor, Christopher Harborne, is showing no signs of backing away from political donations. Farage says that he would “gladly” accept further contributions from the billionaire. Although Farage has long said that his priority is putting Britain first, his main backer is a Thai citizen with shares in an arms firm that exports components to the Israeli military. Indeed, Harborne is the largest shareholder in weapons manufacturer QinetiQ. In 2022, QinetiQ were granted licenses to…

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Why are climate activists protesting a climate conference?

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Why are climate activists protesting a climate conference?

Activists disrupted the opening of the Exeter Climate Forum conference on 29 June 2026 in protest of the event being sponsored by Howden – an insurance company whose clients include fossil fuel companies. Conference disruption It’s a warm Monday morning, which feels like a relief after the past week of baking heat. It’s also the first day of a three-day climate conference at the University of Exeter. As the meeting gets underway, I hear faint drumming from outside. Then, a group holding banners reading “Stop Insuring Climate Chaos” and “Howden Insurance: Climate Criminals” take centre stage. Speaking through a megaphone, Jonathan…

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“Biggest crisis the forces of Hindutva are facing today”: Ram Temple corruption scandal rocks BJP

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“Biggest crisis the forces of Hindutva are facing today”: Ram Temple corruption scandal rocks BJP

According to The Quint, despite Modi’s BJP right-wing government being mired in scandal after scandal and emerging unscathed, the latest crisis, the Ram Mandir donation theft, may be the biggest test for Hindutva yet. According to Al Jazeera, for the past month, the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh (UP), has been mired in allegations that its trustees have embezzled potentially millions of dollars in donations from devotees, diverting funds meant for the shrine into their own pockets. Echoing The Quint, Al Jazeera says the scandal could unravel the BJP’s carefully constructed image as the guardian of the Hindu faith and…

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Critics of Israeli influence are like Nazis, politicians claim

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Critics of Israeli influence are like Nazis, politicians claim

Attacks come as new analysis by Declassified shows pro-Israel lobby groups have taken British MPs to Israel 67 times since the genocide started British MPs compared their colleagues to Nazis during a debate about Israel’s influence on UK politics on Monday. The event in Parliament was triggered by a petition signed by more than 118,000 people, calling for a “public inquiry into pro-Israel influence on politics & democracy”.  But the debate was steamrolled by MPs who claimed the title of the petition was anti-Semitic. Labour MP Peter Prinsley said the petition was “familiar”, comparing it to conspiracy theories spread by Nazis.…

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Starmer and Burnham are two sides of the same coin

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Starmer and Burnham are two sides of the same coin

Keir Starmer has finally accepted defeat as he gave a speech stepping down as Labour leader. During his teary speech at the podium outside No.10, Starmer praised how he got rid of the antisemitism which had apparently plagued the party before he took the reins. He said his administration defied the odds, claiming: That we were consigned to history, that a majority at the general election, let alone a landslide majority, was impossible. But we proved those people wrong because we changed our party. Ripping out the poison of antisemitism, restoring trust on the economy, defence, and national security. However, the…

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Fresh disgrace for GAA: sponsor Allianz are Israel’s biggest foreign backer

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Fresh disgrace for GAA: sponsor Allianz are Israel’s biggest foreign backer

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is set to come under renewed pressure for its disgraceful failure to cease its sponsorship agreement with backer of the ‘Israeli’ genocide Allianz. A new report by Middle East Eye reveals that the German insurance giant is: …the single largest foreign financier of the Israeli state – holding more in Israeli government bonds than the US, the UK, France and every other country put together. The new info is based on fact-finding by Dutch researchers Profundo. Perhaps most damningly, Profundo senior researcher Ward Warmerdam described the funding of Zionist atrocities as “deliberate”. Middle East Eye also quotes…

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Israel’s petulant fascists are determined to wreck any chance of peace

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Israel’s petulant fascists are determined to wreck any chance of peace

Pariah state Israel appears determined to wreck any chance of peace between the US and Iran. The settler-colonial state has kept hitting Lebanon after failing to achieve its major aim — regime change — in the war it coaxed a rudderless Donald Trump into starting. Legacy outlet Newsweek reported on 19 June: Israel said it carried out strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon overnight into Friday, after Israel’s military said four soldiers were killed in fighting with the Iran-backed group that threatens to derail a U.S.-Iran framework intended to halt hostilities across the region. UPDATE | Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health…

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Three in four consumers wrongly believe cage chickens are a thing of the past

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Three in four consumers wrongly believe cage chickens are a thing of the past

Vegan campaign group Viva! says its latest survey reveals a major transparency problem within the UK egg industry, as the government mulls over a potential cage ban. Underpinning this statement is an eye-opening statistic. Almost three-quarters (74%) of UK shoppers are unaware that ‘enriched’ colony cages are used in the UK. Katie Robinson, campaigns manager at Viva!, explains: We asked 2,000 members of the public a simple question. And in doing so we’ve highlighted a deeply worrying disconnect between what consumers believe to be true and the realities of animal farming. Brits consume 14.5bn eggs a year, yet most have no…

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DWP shutdown Whateley’s ‘polygamous marriages are stealing benefits’ dogwhistle

DWP shutdown Whateley’s ‘polygamous marriages are stealing benefits’ dogwhistle

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has debunked the right-wing dog whistle suggesting Muslims are claiming benefits for households where a man has multiple wives. Racist British media are beating the same drum to whip-up hatred against Muslims again… GB News, of course, led the charge, running with the headline “DWP increases benefits paid to husbands with two or more wives.” The rag continued: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has increased the weekly allowance paid to additional spouses in recognised overseas polygamous marriages as part of this year’s benefits uprating. From April 2026, each additional spouse in an…

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Unions respond: “Reform are no friends of working people”

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Unions respond: “Reform are no friends of working people”

Reform — The trade unions have hit back against Farage’s recent pitiful appeal to try to bring the UK labour movement over to the far-right. Quite unsurprisingly, they’ve seen through his ridiculous claim that: Reform is now the party of workers. Farage also invited unions to apply for affiliation, and welcomed union leadership to attend the party conference. However, those same leaders have now told him where to shove it in reply. ‘Let’s be crystal clear’ On 8 June, the Times published an interview with Nigel Farage, trying to lure trade unions into affiliation with Reform UK. The fascist rag highlighted…

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