Suella Braverman
Community organizations in the UK step up solidarity with Palestine by blockading arms supply companies

Activists from the British tenants’ union and housing rights platform ACORN organized blockades in front of the offices of three arms companies that are involved in supplying arms to Israel

“The British policy on immigration is the most harsh of our lifetimes”

In this interview with Peoples Dispatch, Edward Anderson of Northumbria University, UK, delves into the recent ousting of former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

Suella Braverman ousted from office, but threat of far-right still remains

Braverman made unsubstantiated claims about the police going “soft” on pro-Palestine protests and accused protesters of having links to illegal groups

20-07 UK Protests Progressives in the UK protest Tory government’s anti-refugee policies

The notorious Illegal Migration Bill pushed by the Tories was passed by the UK parliament and received royal assent on July 20. It has been fiercely opposed by a activist groups and leftist forces

29-06 UK Rwanda Deal London Court of Appeal rules against UK deal to relocate illegal immigrants to Rwanda 

The UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership signed in April 2022 to relocate illegal immigrants to Rwanda for processing their asylum and resettlement had sparked an international outcry

6-06 Refugee Crisis - UK UK government criticized for pushing inhumane policies to keep refugees at sea

As part of the anti-refugee ‘stop the boat’ policy of the Tory government, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is pushing plans to house asylum seekers in barges in UK ports

UK fights back against racist immigration bill

We report from the rally in Glasgow, Scotland where more than 3000 people marched against the Tory government’s Illegal Migration Bill.

Hundreds in UK protest against discriminatory immigration bill

The Illegal Migration Bill has been proposed by Home Secretary Suella Braverman who herself admits that she is unable to say if the bill complies with the European Convention on Human Rights

Rishi Sunak UK Under Rishi Sunak, Britishers are set to face more austerity, fewer rights

The former chancellor from the ruling Conservative Party is the UK’s third prime minister this year. Sunak’s policy history and present cabinet appointments have raised fears of even more austerity and a drastic curtailing of basic rights

UK health workers take a stand against plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda

Health workers Lianna Reynolds and Sepeedeh Saleh talk about what prompted them to launch a campaign against the British government’s policy of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda

Liz Truss is gone

Truss’s resignation follows days after she sacked chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng amid severe criticism of their pro-rich “mini-Budget” unveiled in September. With a new Tory leadership election to be held next week, calls have emerged for a general election

Daily Round-up | US Expands Export Control on Chip Exports to China & other stories

In today’s episode, we take a look at the US expanding the trade war against China, a state of emergency in New York over the migrant crisis, UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s anti-refugee policy, and protests by students of India’s National School of Drama