The Pickle

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92 posts

The Israel lobby remains embedded in Whitehall. Will Burnham overcome it?

Someone needs to drive through the changes he's promised.

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6 Min
By: Hamza Yusuf

A memoir on behalf of many

A conversation with Hala Alyan

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8 Min
By: Asha Lyons Sumroy

Andy Burnham is not to be trusted

The UK’s new prime minister has promised sweeping change. But his first week in power saw him going down the same failed paths as his predecessors.

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5 Min
By: Evan Robins

The toxic legacy of Starmerite philosemitism

Goodbye to our biggest fan and worst enemy.

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6 Min
By: Joseph Finlay

Fascists v the Thistle

The butterfly effect of one anti-migrant tweet.

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10 Min
By: Sasha Baker

Type 1 apocalypse

Israel's inhumane blockade of Gaza is killing sick children.

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5 Min
By: Evan Robins

PHOTOS: The day direct action became terrorism

Documenting solidarity outside Woolwich Crown Court

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8 Min
By: Asha Lyons Sumroy

Abraham issues

An interview with Matan Kaminer and Ben Schuman-Stoler, hosts of the new podcast Bad Cousins.

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16 Min
By: Kendall Gardner

How the centre-left media legitimised a genocide

An interview with journalist and media analyst Adam H. Johnson.

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5 Min
By: Hamza Yusuf

Rallying with racists

A message to the Movement for Progressive Judaism.

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8 Min
By: Gabriel Kanter-Webber

The present crisis

A conversation on attacks and repression in London.

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15 Min
By: Vashti Editors

The Wartime Erasure of Palestine: A Vashti x Equator Event

Join us online on 7 May.

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1 Min
By: Vashti Editors

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