Former British prime minister, and current United Nations鈥 Middle East 鈥減eace envoy鈥, Tony Blair has an insatiable appetite for cuddling up to despots and tyrants. This time it is Egypt's dictator, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, responsible for the mass murder of more than 1000 peaceful demonstrators.
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We know it was the biggest protest in world history. We know that millions of people who'd never before felt like they could make their voices heard by taking action, marched in the streets of 800 cities to say 鈥淣ot In Our Name鈥; that they dared hope for peace, but were committed by their governments to a bloody and illegal war.
Hundreds of thousands of South African demonstrators marched through Cape Town on August 9 to protest against Israel鈥檚 military assault on Palestinians in Gaza, Morning Star Online said the next day.
Jan Woolf is the cultural coordinator of the No Glory in War campaign, a group that seeks to counter the celebratory narrative of the British government鈥檚 commemorations of World War I. She spoke to online radical cultural Red Wedge Magaize about the campaign鈥檚 use of art and media 鈥 both past and present 鈥 to communicate its message.
Palestine solidarity activists in Britain declared victory on August 4 after the National Executive Council of the Nation Union of Students voted to pass a motion in solidarity with Palestine, and for an arms embargo against Israel, the next day.
The NEC motion condemned Israel鈥檚 lethal assault on and blockade of the Gaza Strip.
For the second consecutive Saturday, a huge demonstration took place for Gaza in London on 26 July.
Palestine solidarity protesters burned their TV licences in front of BBC Bristol鈥檚 HQ on July 28 in protest at the broadcaster鈥檚 biased coverage of Israel鈥檚 onslaught on Gaza.
Peace activists began their occupation of BBC Bristol鈥檚 grounds on July 23.
The act of civil disobedience came after campaigners handed a dossier to BBC bosses providing examples of biased reporting of Israel鈥檚 war on the Palestinians.
It came after the BBC issued 鈥渘otice to quit鈥 letters in past couple opf days threatening court action if the protesters don鈥檛 end their 鈥渋llegal occupation.鈥
British Prime Minister David Cameron may want a politics-free Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, but campaigners have railed against sponsors鈥 links to deaths and human rights abuses at home and abroad.
The Tory PM told business leaders on a jaunt to Glasgow University on July 23 that he wanted to steer clear of politics as the clock wound down to the games opening ceremony. A crowd of protesters thronged outside the university library where he spoke, with picketers ranging from the Radical Independence Coalition to Our People鈥檚 National Health Service.
Ireland: Sports fans fly flags for Gaza
Dublin Gaelic Athletics Association fans unfurled a huge banner reading 鈥淔ree Gaza鈥 during the Leinster Senior Football Final on July 20, while Palestinian flags were flown by crowds at other sporting events across the country.
With tanks rolling through the outskirts of Gaza and the Israeli Defense Force organises new air strikes targeting hospitals and civilians playing football on the beach, almost 100 protests took place right across the world on July 19 and 20, calling for an end to the brutal occupation of Palestine and the bombing of Gaza.
Unite the Union, the largest union in Britain and Europe, has unanimously passed a motion supporting the Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro and re-affirming its support for the .
The motion was presented during Unite鈥檚 June 30 to July 4 policy conference in Liverpool.
Commenting on moves towards US sanctions on Venezuela in recent weeks, the mover of the motion said: 鈥淥ne can only conclude that some in the US share the Venezuelan opposition鈥檚 aim to oust the Maduro government鈥.
鈥淒avid Cameron鈥檚 government is responsible for the most aggressive attack for over a century on our public services, our standard of living and on the future for jobs and a decent life for young people,鈥 said the , which is pushing for a 鈥測es鈥 vote in Scotland's September 18 referendum on independence. 鈥淭he millionaire cabinet are ruining the chances of a generation. By slashing services and privatising health and education they are driving our young people to despair.鈥
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