Issue: 2673

August - September 2024

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Top Stories

Peace activists around the UK respond to the general election result

by Sam Bannon, Kate Hudson, Janet Fenton, David MacKenzie, Rob Fairmichael

Reactions from CND, Peace Action Wales, Secure Scotland, INNATE and Pax Christi England and Wales

Israel versus peace

by Milan Rai

Over and over, Netanyahu has wrecked chances for a ceasefire deal

Revolutionary Nonviolence

by Milan Rai

An in-depth look at two recent books on revolution and nonviolence

Assassination attempts and the power that gives meaning to nonviolent action

30% of people in Britain believe that 'Islam is a religion of violence'

News

Climate action

by PN staff

Acquittals, convictions and possible UK violations of international law

Churchill and Hiroshima: a new Peace News briefing

by PN staff

Get your copies now!

How Israel killed its own citizens on 7 October

by Milan Rai

Evidence finally breaks through into the mainstream British press

Drop BP!

by PN staff

Climate and Palestine campaigners unite for protest at British Museum

Huge supreme court climate win

by PN staff

Permission for oil drilling at Horse Hill quashed

No arms to Israel say 54%

by PN staff

Public backs arms embargo but split on Gaza protests

News

We've raised £15,500 for Gaza

by PN staff

Order your badges now!

One-hour blockade

by PN staff

Southampton anti-arms action

Divest!

by PN staff

Rooftop occupation over council's fossil fuel investments

Drop Barclays!

by PN staff

Banner hang at Bodiam castle

Climate / Palestine action

by PN staff

New group pledges 'nonviolent resistance against this rigged political system;

Assange is free!

by PN staff

Harsh policing of Gaza protests

by PN staff

Report finds ‘worrying trends’ in police response to Palestine demos

Flotilla foiled

by PN staff

Guinea Bissau removes flag from 'Break the Siege' vessel

Reservists refuse war

by PN staff

Israeli soldiers 'routinely executed Palestinian civilians'

Intense Palestine Action

by PN staff

Blizzard of actions targeting Israeli arms company Elbit Systems

Chomsky recovering

by PN staff

Renowned US dissident discharged from hospital

Features

‘Pogroms’ against Palestinians on the West Bank

by Felicity Laurence, Erella

A recent report from an Israeli-Palestinian peace group

Digging deeper into Istanbul

by Milan Rai

A closer look at the talks that nearly ended the Ukraine War in 2022 

Taking your smartphone to a protest?

by Netpol

Some advice from Netpol's mini-site 'Resist Surveillance'

Manifesto Against Hate

by PN staff

‘[W]e strongly urge politicians to... stop trying to “play off” communities against each other.’

How to tackle Islamophobia

by Amina Easat-Daas

A four-step toolkit for challenging Islamophobic thought and actions in Europe

Comment

Poynted remarks

by Claire Poyner

Same meat, different gravy?

What else

by Rebecca Elson-Watkins

A new era under Mr Magnolia

Diary: 'the long game'

by Cath

'We don’t really know how to publicise things round here'

In the cracks between

by Virginia Moffatt

A joyful celebration of UK Muslim culture has our columnist dancing in the aisles

Radical Music: 'Too big for words'

by Penny Stone

'All you need are three chords and the truth'

Obituary: Georgina Smith: 1 December 1929 – 13 April 2024

by Jane Tallents

Artist and Greenham campaigner who was clever, fun and full of integrity

Case study: Nigerian women win concessions from US oil company (2002)

by Thomas Fortuna

600 women seize control of Nigeria's largest oil-producing facility

Cartoons etc

Wall space by Patricia Willocq

Banner hang by Montanasuffragettes