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Oppressed Sahrawi filmmakers call for boycott of The Odyssey as Nolan chose to film in occupied territory

Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
Post published:16 July 2026
Post last modified:16 July 2026

Boycott calls are growing as Sahrawis slam Christopher Nolan’s decision to film The Odyssey in occupied territory. All while doing nothing to acknowledge the occupation or the Sahrawis who continue to resist Morocco’s ethnic cleansing campaign to force them from their land. Nolan chose Dakhla as the location for the film, set for release on Friday 17 July, despite the fact that the land has been occupied by Morocco for 50 years. In turn, critics have pointed out that this can only work to normalise the oppression and forced displacement of Sahrawis. Sahrawi filmmakers and journalists have condemned this deplorable lack of empathy…

Owen Jones slams Reform following call for journalist’s arrest

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:14 July 2026
Post last modified:15 July 2026

Reform and its backers are on something of a tear right now. With the scandals mounting, they’re doing everything they can to deflect and distract. And it seems ‘everything they can’ includes literally calling the police: Retweeted by Isabel Oakeshott. Very obvious that if Reform come to power, they will lock people up for criticising them. pic.twitter.com/6Vtf4f5HYq — Owen Jones (@owenjonesjourno) July 13, 2026 The relevance of Isabel Oakeshott is that she’s the partner of Reform deputy Richard Tice. She’s also a self-proclaimed free speech warrior. And that’s not surprising, of course, because she’s far from the first such person to…

MEPs call for an investigation into Infantino over allegations of bowing to pressure from Trump

Post author:Alaa Shamali
Post published:9 July 2026
Post last modified:9 July 2026

The crisis surrounding the lifting of the suspension of American striker Folarin Balogun has taken a new turn, after dozens of Members of the European Parliament called for an investigation into the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, following allegations that he succumbed to political pressure from US president Donald Trump, in one of the most controversial issues surrounding the 2026 World Cup. According to the Associated Press, 35 MEPs signed a letter calling on FIFA’s Ethics Committee to investigate Infantino’s role, after the Disciplinary Committee decided to lift Balogun’s suspension, allowing him to play against Belgium in the round of 16,…

Exclusive: disgusted Your Party exec members call no-confidence vote over suspensions

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:6 July 2026
Post last modified:7 July 2026

Outraged members of Your Party’s elected executive (CEC) have called for a no-confidence vote in the CEC’s chair and secretary. It is clear that committee members are outraged over the chair’s move to suspend three well-known members last week. Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, Solma Ahmed and Mel Mullins were suspended for attending a socialist conference – even though Wimborne-Idrissi hadn’t attended. Your Party: more revelations In an email leaked to the Canary, one exec member wrote to fellow CEC members: Dear CEC members It is with huge regret that I write this email. But I feel strongly that it is needed. I have…

Starmer is cutting jobs in a fawning gesture to Trump’s call for increase in defence spending

Post author:The Canary
Post published:3 July 2026
Post last modified:4 July 2026

The UK’s ambassador to the USA, Christian Turner, penned an opinion piece this week by declaring that Trump is “correct” that allies must spend more and that Britain has “heard that message” and is “acting on it,” referring to Starmer’s new Defence Investment Plan (DIP). Starmer announced £298bn of investment, including £15bn of additional spending on top of last year’s Spending Review, over the next four years, saying the plan goes “further still” in response to growing threats and the changing nature of conflict. President Trump has been consistent, and he is correct: America’s allies must do more for their own defense and…

Heatwave: Greens call for emergency meeting of EU leaders

Post author:The Canary
Post published:26 June 2026
Post last modified:26 June 2026

Amid a record-breaking heatwave across the continent, European environment ministers met in Luxembourg on 25 June. The European Green Party is calling on the ministers to prepare an emergency meeting of EU government leaders to urgently strengthen Europe’s climate protections and the Green Deal. Ciarán Cuffe, co-chair of the European Green Party, said: This heatwave is rapidly turning into a major European public health crisis. The World Health Organization stated already earlier this month that over the last four years, more than 200,000 people in Europe have died due to extreme heat. Europe faces a clear choice: to weaken or strengthen…

Trade Unions and climate groups call national Heat Strike

Post author:The Canary
Post published:24 June 2026
Post last modified:24 June 2026

A coalition of trade unions and climate groups announced on 23 June that they’re calling a national Heat Strike at the peak of the heatwave this week. This is after the UK Health Security Agency issued a rare red heat health alert, followed by the Met Office’s Red Extreme Heat Warning for parts of England. Temperatures were forecast to reach as high as 39°C, smashing previous records for June. Along with members of the public around the UK, the organisations taking part in the Heat Strike include: Trades Union Congress (TUC). Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU). Fire Brigades Union…

Reform has the gall to call out another party’s voting record

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:24 June 2026
Post last modified:24 June 2026

As we’ve covered, Reform UK politicians have a terrible record for showing up to work. Despite this, Reform’s chairperson, Lee Anderson, had the brass neck to say the following: A Tale of Two Priorities. The first picture is from last night's debate on the British Coal Superannuation Pension Scheme, which shows a lack of interest from the majority of Labour MPs. The second picture was taken a few hours earlier. Makes you wonder doesn't it? Vote… pic.twitter.com/EtPEjKTbfU — Lee Anderson MP (@LeeAndersonMP_) June 23, 2026 Reform has some gall First, let’s look at the record of the Reform MPs who entered…

More animal welfare charities call for an end to the guga hunt

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

Two leading animal welfare organisations are calling on the new Scottish parliament to end the annual guga hunt on Sula Sgeir. They’ve published a new report stating that the hunt cannot be considered humane, despite a NatureScot licence condition that requires killing must be carried out humanely. This adds to the campaigning work of Protect the Wild, whose founder Rob Pownall ran for the Scottish parliament dressed as a gannet. Animal Welfare and the Guga Hunt comes out as NatureScot considers a fresh licence application for the 2026 hunt. The topic is also due to for consideration by the Scottish parliament…

Polanski call for investigation of alleged Brit war criminals has upset Israel apologists

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:5 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

Green Party Leader Zack Polanski is under fire for calling for potential British-Israeli dual national war criminals to be investigated. The Jewish News platformed commentators who conflated criticism of the state of Israel with antisemitism over Polanski’s signing of a Declassified UK letter calling for basic accountability. Polanski, who is Jewish, signed the 26 May letter. Declassified and the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians are running a campaign to force police to investigate Brits who served in the Israeli military during the genocide. You can read the Canary’s report here. The campaign letter reads: We, the undersigned, are politicians, lawyers, campaigners,…

Streeting does Blair’s bidding with call for more drilling

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:31 May 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

On 26 May, the wax-faced war criminal Tony Blair returned with a half-baked essay on what the UK should do next. Among his widely-panned arguments was the suggestion that we need to increase North Sea drilling. And now, like clockwork, the Blairite homunculus Wes Streeting has stepped forwards to make roughly the same argument: Labour should cut national insurance and issue new oil drilling licences for North Sea, Streeting says https://t.co/yWsOYDXf0n — LBC (@LBC) May 31, 2026 New Streeting, New Danger In his essay, Blair wrote: 3. We must prioritise cheaper energy and electrification over net zero and use what is…

Activists call out Labour’s ‘dangerous militarisation of higher education’

Post author:Tom Pashby
Post published:29 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Labour’s Defence Universities Alliance (DUA) would be a “a dangerous militarisation of higher education“, according to the campaign group Demilitarise Education (dED), which is calling on universities, students, staff, trade unions, and local communities to oppose the initiative. Defence Industrial Strategy 2025 The DUA was initially announced in September 2025 in the Defence Industrial Strategy, which said: We will establish a Defence Universities Alliance (DUA) to form a more strategic relationship between defence and the higher education sector. The DUA will build on existing connections between the sectors to support careers in the defence sector and encourage ethical defence and security…