The National Emergency Briefing outlines the need for urgent action to address environmental crisis, says PAUL DONOVAN, warning that there’s no time to indulge the arguments of the fossil-fuel-funded climate-change deniers
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Making the YPJ invisible
STEVE SWEENEY reports on the case of Anselm Schindler, a German freelance journalist who is fighting against his conviction for a carrying the flag of the Kurdish YPJ
Anselm Schindler
Campaigners say criticism of Labour MP Stephen Morgan’s position on Gaza has been met with police intervention and cancelled opportunities for debate. HESTER WOLFE reports
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights warns of escalation danger in Iran war
Claudia Webbe pays tribute tribute to KANYA KING CBE, February 12 1964 to June 3 2026
The Milburn review presents itself as a plan to help young people into work, but Dr DYLAN MURPHY argues it is laying the groundwork for a harsher benefits regime
Campaigners from across the continent will gather in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services, write MAGGIE SIMPSON and BOB ORAM of No Cold War Britain
GERMAN courts have been accused of trying to criminalise the Kurdish freedom movement and opposition to the authoritarian regime of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The country is home to a sizeable Kurdish minority, many of whom fled persecution from Turkey because of their political beliefs. However, despite the occasional rift between the Berlin and Ankara governments, Germany has been accused of clamping down on dissent at Turkey’s behest.
In an increasing number of cases activists have been dragged before German courts charged with offences for displaying the flags of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) at demonstrations. This intensified following Operation Olive Branch, Turkey’s illegal invasion and occupation of Afrin in northern Syria which was launched in January.
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After NGOs and the EU, UN condemns Germany’s crackdown on Palestine Solidarity, writes LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
