Palestine and the Middle East
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How Elbit was shut down
Blyth Brentnall describes how a group of activists in the UK has managed to disrupt the activities of one of Israel’s biggest arms suppliers
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‘I feel trapped in violence that extends from Palestine to the UK’
Pádraig Ó Meiscill speaks to Shahd Abusalama about the enforced separation of her family, defeating smear campaigns and the cruelty of the Home Office
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The future of boycotts after Ukraine
Calls for state and civil action against Russia are an important shift in Western political discourse, writes Ben Jamal
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Israeli apartheid: an international consensus
Director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Ben Jamal explains the impact of Amnesty International naming Israel’s apartheid crimes
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The uses and limits of celebrity solidarity with Palestine
Famous voices can shape public opinion on Palestine, argues Raoul Walawalker, but walking back solidarity statements does more harm than good
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Lebanon’s October revolution
Following a year of struggle, crisis and destruction, the people of Lebanon fight on, writes Rima Majed from Beirut
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How the first Gulf War shaped the British left
Thirty years on from the first Gulf War, Evan Smith considers how it exposed the limitations in the British left’s ability to build a mass movement