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Cowardly FAI choose Serbia as venue to hide Ireland-Israel match shame

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Cowardly FAI choose Serbia as venue to hide Ireland-Israel match shame

The disgraced Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has selected Serbia as the location for playing the ‘home’ fixture of Ireland’s Nations League double-header against apartheid ‘Israel’. The football governing body said in a statement released on Monday June 29 that the match will be played “in Bačka Topola, Serbia.” This is a small town in the north of the country, with a population of just 11,930. The FAI are clearly intent on hiding the fixture away to the maximum extent possible. The first match is scheduled to take place in Hungary on September 27. The cowards continued: This follows a decision…

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Polanski warns Burnham is kicking the can down the road

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Polanski warns Burnham is kicking the can down the road

On Monday 29 June, Andy Burnham finally gave us a fleshed out idea of what he has planned for the country. The answer – essentially – was more of the same. And while he is proposing a few actual changes, they won’t scratch the surface of the massive problems facing us. One person to recognise this was Zack Polanski, who said the following: The can doesn't need to kicked down the road, again. People have had enough of tinkering around the edges. Bold changes now. We are in crisis. Rent controls, wealth taxes, public ownership of what is ours. Real change.…

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The Wall Museum: sumud, survival, and resistance under Israeli occupation in Bethlehem

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The Wall Museum: sumud, survival, and resistance under Israeli occupation in Bethlehem

In northern Bethlehem, a community-led project is preserving Palestinian experiences of life under occupation through public documentation. Centred around the Sumud Story House, the initiative gathers and displays personal testimonies in the shadow of the separation barrier. The separation barrier: creating a ghost town in northern Bethlehem The Sumud Story House of the Arab Educational Institute (AEI) is located in Northern Bethlehem and was opened in 2009. It is close to the sacred site of Rachel’s Tomb, also known as Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque. “Israel” has banned Muslims from accessing Rachel’s Tomb since it occupied the West Bank in 1967. During…

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Mourinho claims he switched off the World Cup after 10 minutes

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Mourinho claims he switched off the World Cup after 10 minutes

Portuguese manager José Mourinho has admitted that he did not follow the 2026 World Cup with the same enthusiasm he had shown in previous editions, stating that a number of first-round matches failed to live up to the standards of the world’s biggest football tournament, due to the significant disparities between some of the participating teams. The Portuguese manager made these comments whilst appearing as a guest on the Beast Mode On podcast, hosted by former English striker Adebayo Akinfenwa, where he spoke candidly about his impressions of the tournament, noting that many matches lacked the competitiveness and excitement expected. Some…

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Ronaldo aims to break a losing streak that’s haunted him for five World Cups

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Ronaldo aims to break a losing streak that’s haunted him for five World Cups

Although he has broken almost every possible record in the world of football, there remains one record that continues to elude Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of the eagerly anticipated clash with Croatia in the second round of the 2026 World Cup. Ronaldo is back Ronaldo goes into the match with 10 World Cup goals to his name, having added a brace against Uzbekistan during the group stage, thereby extending his lead at the top of Portugal’s all-time World Cup goalscoring charts. Ironically, however, all of these goals have come in the group stages, whilst the knockout rounds have proved an…

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Noise demo announced to confront anti-trans campaign group coming to London

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Noise demo announced to confront anti-trans campaign group coming to London

A campaign group which wants to block gender affirming care for trans people is coming to London for a conference as it continues towards its aim of: structural violence against, and erasure of the trans community. Presenting themselves as a “respectable organisation”, the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender (CAN-SG) is a group of medical clinicians who campaign against gender affirming care and allegedly aim to improve holistic support for trans people instead. However, activists from Trans Kids Deserve Better (TKDB) have raised serious concerns, arguing that the group is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. They say it presents itself…

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ICC’s Karim Khan: Israel threatened my family for pursuing warrants

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ICC’s Karim Khan: Israel threatened my family for pursuing warrants

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan has said that Israel threatened his wife and children if he persisted in pursuing warrants for its genocidal leaders. Speaking to AlArabiya English, Khan also said that a 5,000-page report by the UN’s Office of Internal Oversight Services had cleared him of all wrongdoing. Moreover, the ICC’s ‘Bureau’ – the ICC’s main oversight body – appointed three judges to digest the report. The judges confirmed on 21 March 2026 that there was not a single piece of evidence suggesting any misconduct by Khan. Despite the comprehensive findings, Khan has again been suspended by…

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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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Burnham’s policy speech shows he has gimmicks but little substance

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Burnham’s policy speech shows he has gimmicks but little substance

On 29 June, Andy Burnham gave the first major policy speech of his campaign to become prime minister. And to the surprise of few UK left-wingers, there’s little promise of radical change. Instead, there was a strong smell of ‘continuity Starmer’, with a nice gimmick and promise on top to sweeten the deal. Having already surrounded himself with dodgy Blairites, Burnham was hardly worrying the billionaire class before this speech. And that situation won’t have changed much after hearing him speak. Because overall, it seems Burnham is just hoping to make pledges that sound nice but won’t scare away Labour’s wealthy…

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EXCLUSIVE: hard-right Jewish Chronicle targeting Mothin Ali, anti-Zionist Jew Tony Greenstein

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EXCLUSIVE: hard-right Jewish Chronicle targeting Mothin Ali, anti-Zionist Jew Tony Greenstein

Notorious hard-right libel-factory the Jewish Chronicle is preparing an attack on Green Party deputy leader Mothin Ali – and well-known Jewish anti-Zionist Tony Greenstein. The article had not yet been published at the time of writing. The rag got itself into a crisis in 2024 after being caught out publishing made-up Israel articles during the Gaza genocide. Before that, it paid out huge sums of cash to a string of left-wingers for blatant libels, mostly penned by ‘doge of phone-hacking’ Lee Harpin. Harpin has now moved on, but the paper hasn’t improved. So its ‘political editor’ wrote to Greenstein asking for…

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‘Destroy Gaza including kidnapped soldiers’ – leaked clip again proves Israel’s Hannibal Directive

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‘Destroy Gaza including kidnapped soldiers’ – leaked clip again proves Israel’s Hannibal Directive

A leaked recording of senior Israeli military officers – and fascist ‘security minister’ Itamar Ben-Gvir – has again proven that Israel ordered the killing of its own people on 7 October 2023. This is the so-called Hannibal Directive. The short clip was released with English subtitles at the weekend by independent journalist @ireallyhateyou, but first aired on Israel’s Channel 12 in February 2026. It shows Israel’s police command centre as it responded to the unfolding Palestinian raid across the border into southern Israel. S/he said of the clip: In the first hours of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, while conversing with Israel’s Police…

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Netpol launches new report – ‘One Day in Edgware’

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Netpol launches new report – ‘One Day in Edgware’

29 June is the day that Section 164 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026, creating new restrictions on protests at places of worship, comes into force. On the same day, a new Netpol report examines the police response to violent attacks on an anti-Zionist protest against the ‘Great Israeli Real Estate Event’ that took place at a synagogue in Edgware on 14 June. Testimonies from Palestine solidarity campaigners and anti-Zionist Jewish activists, who mobilised to highlight how the event was openly promoting the sale of land in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, describe how a violent Zionist…

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Marginalised people twice as likely to live in neighbourhoods most exposed to environmental harm

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Marginalised people twice as likely to live in neighbourhoods most exposed to environmental harm

New analysis published today by the environmental justice organisation, Friends of the Earth, reveals stark inequalities in exposure to pollution, access to nature and other climate impacts that are affecting communities across England. The data shows not only how millions of people are living with overlapping environmental threats on their doorstep, but how certain people are at higher risk of suffering these hazards. According to the analysis, people of colour are more than twice as likely to live in the areas most affected by environmental harm, making up 60% of the population living in the 10% of neighbourhoods most at risk.…

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Home Secretary wants public to decide asylum seekers’ appeals

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Home Secretary wants public to decide asylum seekers’ appeals

Members of the public will be asked to volunteer to decide on appeals from asylum seekers as part of a new Independent Immigration Appeals Authority (IIAA). Shabana Mahmood is expected to introduce the proposal under the new Immigration and Asylum Bill, which will be presented to MPs in the House of Commons on Tuesday. The Home Office argues public participation will speed up deportations of ‘illegal immigrants’ with magistrate-like changes to empower those without legal knowledge to help clear the backlog. Currently, the backlog of appeals outnumbers those waiting for initial decisions, signaling the scale of the crisis. However, racists and…

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First Green on South Gloucestershire Council as Labour cabinet member defects

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First Green on South Gloucestershire Council as Labour cabinet member defects

Sean Rhodes, who has represented Kingswood since 2023, is now South Gloucestershire Council’s first Green Party councillor. Rhodes explained: As part of the South Glos Council administration, we have worked hard to improve the lives of residents in ever more difficult economic circumstances but the Labour government have absolutely failed in their promise to bring positive change to our country. The decisions made by this Labour government are making things worse for working people, and now we see them going through the same political soap opera that the Conservatives did in their end days. The Green Party has a clear focus…

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Activists occupy London’s Walkie Talkie to denounce insurance of destruction in the Coral Triangle

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Activists occupy London’s Walkie Talkie to denounce insurance of destruction in the Coral Triangle

At 8am on 29 June, six activists from the Boycott Bloody Insurance campaign staged a theatrical intervention. It took place in the foyer of 20 Fenchurch Street, known as the ‘Walkie Talkie’. It’s one of the City of London’s premier insurance hubs. The direct action targets the financial institutions within that refuse to rule out underwriting the expansion of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) infrastructure in Southeast Asia’s Coral Triangle, a region facing imminent ecological collapse due to fossil fuel extraction. The protest featured a satirical performance in which activists posed as insurance underwriters holding a mock business meeting. They presented ironic…

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Iain Duncan Smith’s think tank reminds Burnham he works for them

Iain Duncan Smith’s think tank reminds Burnham he works for them

A shady right-wing think tank is reminding Andy Burnham who he really answers to. The Centre for Social Justice is calling on ‘Labour’s incumbent Prime Minister’ to ‘grasp the nettle of welfare reform’. Whatever that means. The CSJ is making a big hoo-ha of the fact that there have been half a million more ‘out of-work’ benefit claimants for each Prime Minister that’s lost their job since 2019. Or to put it in terms that aren’t highly sensationalist, an increase of 2.7 million. Think tank’s figures as murky as them And it didn’t take long for them to start shitting on…

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Reform’s Manchester mayor candidate is a landlord, because of course

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Reform’s Manchester mayor candidate is a landlord, because of course

Reform UK has announced its candidate for the Greater Manchester Mayor race: Reform UK is delighted to announce Sian Astley as our candidate for Mayor of Greater Manchester. Sian has pledged to scrutinise contracts previously awarded by Andy Burnham to firms during his time as Mayor. Greater Manchester is broken. Only Reform will fix it. pic.twitter.com/WGeV1rr9m8 — Reform UK (@reformparty_uk) June 29, 2026 As a woman, Astley won’t have the same problems as the party’s Makerfield candidate – the self-described ‘sexist’ Rob Kenyon. She has another big weakness, though, and it’s that she’s a landlord. Reform don’t care about renters rights Sian Astley is one…

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Green Party deputy explains ’36 days for workers who menstruate’ proposal

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Green Party deputy explains ’36 days for workers who menstruate’ proposal

The Green Party attracted a good deal of attention last week over a proposal to give workers who menstruate an extra 36 days of holiday a year. Now, deputy leader Rachel Millward has expanded on what’s actually going on. Does the Green Party really want to give 36 days of paid holiday to 'workers who menstruate'? @lewis_goodall asks deputy leader Rachel Millward to confirm. pic.twitter.com/HFV0nuJvBm — LBC (@LBC) June 28, 2026 Green Party suggestion met with controversy The proposal attracted controversy for two reasons: Right-wing commentators are immediately hostile to any policy which benefits workers, women, or trans people. Right-wing commentators…

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Mamdani says Israel shouldn’t exist as an ethnostate

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Mamdani says Israel shouldn’t exist as an ethnostate

In a new interview, Zohran Mamdani, the mayor of New York City, has reconfirmed his position that Israel should not exist as an ethnostate. Karl: Israel is a Jewish state. That’s in the charter. Do you support that? Mamdani: I’ve said time and again that I support the state of Israel as a state with equal rights. Karl: As jewish state? Mamdani: I believe that any state that privileges one religion over another is… pic.twitter.com/WFIqM9PAib — Acyn (@Acyn) June 28, 2026 He had a lot more to say too. In full, this is what Mamdani said: I believe that any state…

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