Ben Chacko

4 days ago | morningstaronline.co.uk | Ben Chacko

YVETTE COOPER’S determination to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation for an entirely peaceful protest is a grotesque assault on civil liberties. If it is not defeated it will have a chilling effect on free expression in Britain, and not just on direct actions of the kind Palestine Action specialise in.

5 days ago | morningstaronline.co.uk | Ben Chacko

THE Nato alliance is due to agree members should spend 5 per cent of their GDP on the military at its summit starting tomorrow. Protests rocked the host city of The Hague in the Netherlands on Sunday, as peace campaigners protested at the militarisation of Europe. “Let’s invest in peace and sustainable energy,” Workers Party of Belgium Senator Jos d’Haese told crowds, who also bore banners in solidarity with the Palestinians facing genocide by Israel and against the Israeli-US attacks on Iran.

1 week ago | morningstaronline.co.uk | Ben Chacko

MILLIONS marched against Donald Trump in towns and cities across the United States over the weekend, in demonstrations dubbed “No Kings” marches highlighting his arbitrary and authoritarian rule. Demonstrations in Chicago and Seattle attracted over 70,000 protesters, while that in New York rallied 50,000. The same day, the US president reinforced suspicions of his dictatorial ambitions with a massive military parade on his 79th birthday in Washington DC.

2 weeks ago | morningstaronline.co.uk | Ben Chacko

WHEN the Chancellor delivers her spending review tomorrow, GMB members will be looking for investment — above all in health and social care and in manufacturing. General secretary Gary Smith shares common concerns about the cuts mantra Rachel Reeves has become identified with — he is “very frustrated about the way winter fuel was dealt with, the Waspi women.

1 month ago | morningstaronline.co.uk | Ben Chacko

THIS could be a decisive summer for the left: less than a year in, and the Labour government faces serious challenges in three areas it has tried to stick to the policies of the defeated Conservatives. First and most urgently: Palestine. A genocide is accelerating before our eyes, and Britain remains complicit. But the government is under pressure as never before, the demonstrations for peace are only growing bigger and it has been forced into rhetorical condemnation of its ally.