1 week ago European human rights watchdog triggers row with Government over warnings

Michael O’Flaherty published letters raising concerns over the treatment of transgender people and policing protests in the UK.

Events

1 week ago ‘Compassion is stronger than division’: Glasgow’s battle over the saltire

Scotland’s national flag has become a flashpoint in a growing cultural battle linked to anti-immigration sentiment. In the racially diverse Springburn area of Glasgow, people fear a storm is gathering and refuse to let it pass unchallengedIn recent weeks, the streets of north and east Glasgow have been lined with saltires. Scotland’s national flag – rooted in the story of Saint Andrew’s martyrdom and long a symbol of resilience and pride – has become a flashpoint in a growing cultural battle. Flags have been raised as part of a UK-wide action, known as “raise the colours”, amid protests against housing asylum seekers in hotels and rising far-right activity.Saltire flags in Springburn Continue reading...

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2 w. ago UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protestsUniversities in the UK reassured arms companies they would monitor students’ chat groups and social media accounts after firms raised concerns about campus protests, according to internal emails.One university said it would conduct “active monitoring of social media” for any evidence of plans to demonstrate against Rolls-Royce at a careers fair. Continue reading...

Culture

3 w. ago 2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike

Events

3 w. ago ‘Starting to be very afraid’: Italy’s Gaza protests raise pressure on Meloni

With strikes and demonstrations, intensifying Italian opposition to Israel’s war is challenging the PM’s stanceA piercing chorus of tooting horns and dockers shouting “we don’t want you” greeted an Israeli-owned container ship when it arrived in Livorno, a port city on the coast of Tuscany this week.For two days, the striking dockworkers stood their ground, refusing to unload and reload the ship’s cargo in a display of defiant solidarity for Palestinians and the Global Sumud flotilla attempting to bring aid to Gaza. The protest was a triumph and the ship, bound for the US and Canada, left. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Defend Our Juries vows to continue with protest despite pleas from Met

The Metropolitan Police has raised concerns about the amount of police resources the protest would divert following the Manchester synagogue attack.

Events

3 w. ago Italian Prime Minister urges Greta Thunberg's flotilla to 'stop now' as it makes final approach to Gaza

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday called on Greta Thunberg's 'Freedom Flotilla' trying to deliver aid to Gaza to immediately stop their mission. 

Politics

3 w. ago Scots gran arrested for second time for ‘holding campaign sign near abortion clinic’

A GRAN has been arrested for a second time over holding a sign near an abortion clinic urging women to think twice about terminating pregnancies. Rose Docherty, 75, was quizzed by cops then led into a van by four officers for allegedly raising the placard in an anti-protest ‘buffer zone’ near Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University...

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4 w. ago Italian airports disrupted after workers strike over pay and Gaza

Delays and cancellations are expected due to the industrial action

Economics

4 w. ago Motion on Gaza aid flotilla to be tabled in Irish parliament next week

A cross-party committee decided on Thursday night that a motion on the Gaza aid flotilla would be tabled on Tuesday.

Politics