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Video/pictures: London Irish protest outside German embassy over Ulm5 injustice

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:16 August 2026
Post last modified:16 August 2026

The London Irish Brigade held a demo outside the German Embassy on Saturday 15 August 2026 to call attention to the show trial of the ‘Ulm 5‘ anti-genocide activists in Stuttgart Stammheim, Germany. Like the ‘Filton 24’ in the UK, several of whom were at the demo to show their support, and other anti-genocide activists in the UK, the Ulm 5 were non-violent. They damaged murder-drones at an Elbit factory and then waited for police to arrive. Also like the Filton activists, since their arrest the five have been held in severe conditions for many months, with strict restrictions on visits…

In pictures: London Irish embassy protest vs Ireland-Israel football matches

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:16 July 2026
Post last modified:16 July 2026

Yesterday, 15 July 2026, the London Irish Brigade held a protest outside Ireland’s embassy against the planned Ireland-Israel matches in the UEFA Nations League. The October 2026 fixtures will be held, after the Irish FA voted this month in favour of proceeding, in Hungary and, behind closed doors, in Serbia. Irish football fans, outraged at the idea of playing sport against a genocidal apartheid colony, have been protesting against the fixtures for months. And last night, Irish people living in London took the ‘Stop the Game’ protest loudly to their own embassy: https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/london-irish-embassy-hb-1.mp4 Organiser Frank Glynn explained some of the background: https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Glynn-Stop-Game-Embassy-hb.mp4…

US and “Israel” sign illegal agreement for permanent US embassy compound on stolen Palestinian land in Jerusalem

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:2 July 2026
Post last modified:3 July 2026

“Israel” and the US have signed a 99-year lease agreement to establish a permanent US embassy compound in Jerusalem. The move is deeply contentious. It not only reinforces Washington’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of the Zionist state; it also involves land that was stolen from Palestinian families. Stolen Palestinian land On 1 July, Israeli occupation foreign minister Gideon Saar, US ambassador to “Israel” Mike Huckabee, and Jerusalem mayor Moshe Lion signed the agreement. But according to Adalah – the Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel – the land on which the embassy will now be built was…