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Unpacking the Chagos Return Agreement: Justice Fulfilled or Deferred?
In 1965, the 2,000 residents of a tranquil Indian Ocean archipelago, 1,000 miles from the nearest landmass, fell victim to the last spasm of the desiccating British Empire. Desperate to prove its value to its imperial successor as one by one its colonies reclaimed their independence, the United Kingdom offered the Chagos Islands to the…
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Sowing Seeds of Change: A Reflection on the UK’s ‘New Politics’
Following the recent election, the ‘seeds of new politics’ are being sown. That is what the independent MP, Jeremy Corbyn, promised. Yet, even in his own Islington North constituency, the hard right is gaining ground. This is visible with Reform UK’s vote share tripling from 2019 in the same constituency. Does this election truly herald…
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Free Palestine
As an independent magazine, we stand unequivocally with Palestine and with Palestinians. Their courage, creativity, resistance and refusal to stay silent in the face of horrific genocidal violence by Israeli troops and settlers should underline our own imperative to speak up against settler colonialism. Since October alone, more than 18,000 Palestinians have been killed in…