'Witnesses described these as unduly violent, with three women seized as they made their way peacefully from the demonstration.'

'When the protest ended and demonstrators began to disperse towards Euston Station, the group was flanked by two lines of Metropolitan Police officers who appeared intent on making further arrests. Sure enough, another three arrests followed...'

'Ahmed’s arrest was followed by further aggression towards protesters on at least two more occasions, resulting in two additional arrests.'

'At least twenty officers stormed into the protest area, knocking people aside to reach their target: Kamran Ahmed, one of the Filton 24 activists only recently released on bail after spending more than a year on remand and undertaking a 65-day hunger strike in prison.'

'From the outset, there was a large and disproportionate police presence for what was a peaceful demonstration, with protesters penned behind barriers and surrounded by officers on all sides.'

'Staff at the theatre had refused to work the event, forcing organisers to bring in external personnel. Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology, has been described as the university with the greatest ties to the Israeli military.'

'Pro-Palestine protest at Technion UK fundraiser at Shaw Theatre Activists gathered outside the Shaw Theatre on Euston Road on Wednesday evening, where Technion UK was holding a Yom Ha’atzmaut fundraiser marking 78 years since the founding of the state of Israel.'

'Many of Makled’s campaign organisers were students, the advocate noted, adding that U-M students in 2026 understand more clearly than before the regents’ roles in campus attacks on the pro-Palestinian movement.'

'The electorate is seeing through the nonsense and smears,’ Makled said. He told US based Drop Site the wins show ‘the electorate is done with AIPAC-aligned candidates and their smear campaigns’.

'In the race for a seat on the U-M board of regents, defence attorney Amir Makled defeated incumbent regent Acker, who had helped lead the university’s legal assault on pro-Palestinian students.'

'Ann Arbor’s progressive Jewish prosecutor Eli Savit defeated Karen McDonald in the state Attorney General’s race, winning by a 58-42 margin among party delegates at a nominating convention.'

'TWO PRO-Palestine candidates won victories against Israeli-backed opponents in Michigan Democratic Party primary races delivering a sharp rebuke to the establishment’s sustained legal campaign against University of Michigan student activists protesting against Israel’s genocide in Palestine.'

'Students at Michigan University began an encampment for Gaza in 2024 and many were witch-hunted by right-wing Democrats and University officials. The issue has now pushed out the Zionist Democratic candidates from the November general election, with pro-Palestine candidates selected'

Pro-Palestine candidates defeat Zionists in Michigan 25th April 2026 wrp.org.uk/features/pro...

'Apart from one route, there’s no toilets, and we’re all on different contracts.’

'Michael Plummer, Unite Bow Branch Secretary, said that drivers end up working longer than their contracted hours as they are not paid for breaks and that the breaks are not long enough. He said: ‘We’re asking for one hour minimum.'

'Another driver said: ‘It’s a high responsibility job. We’re taking care of passengers and we’ve got a lot of hazards on the road. It’s only right that we get proper rest.’

'Driver Arly said: ‘One week we can be really late in finishing, for example at 01.30 to 01.45. Another week, it’s early starts such as 04.30. That means your sleeping patterns are disrupted and makes you grumpy. My tiredness affects my work, in that it can be dangerous to me & my passengers.’

‘I feel that further strikes will carry on, as the conditions are unbearable, which are the schedules, toilet facilities & rest patterns. Currently the breaks are 40 to 50 minutes, which isn’t adequate. These schedules are the cause of fatigue. How can you retain drivers with schedules like this?’

'The next strike is scheduled for 15 May. The company has not yet agreed to talks. Picket supervisor Dave said: ‘We’re on strike number six, due to the head office not negotiating our pleas, as well as refusing to inch forward and talk to the drivers.'

‘A lot of them don’t want to do this, but they are told if they refuse, it would be “secondary striking” and illegal.’ He noted that all London transport was once publicly run before Transport for London came in and privatised the buses.'

'He added that management was also stopping drivers’ rest day working. ‘Many drivers survive financially by working a rest day a week on overtime money. Instead they are bringing workers from other garages to do overtime.'

‘They have to train them up on the routes for two days and get them to do one day of bus driving on strike day.’

‘They are having to get people from other areas, for example Manchester, Sheffield and Scotland. They’re spending a lot of money on them – £30 a day for food, hotel paid for, £350 paid wages a day. This is how they break the strike.'

'THERE was a well-attended picket line at Bow bus garage yesterday as drivers continued their fight for safe scheduling. Tom, a driver with 30 years’ experience, said: ‘I think that we are making a difference. It is hurting the company.'

'The defiant picket line at Bow bus garage yesterday'

Drivers picket Bow bus garage 25th April 2026 wrp.org.uk/news/drivers...

Heartsease pub in Plumstead Road bought by supermarket Aldi www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/2604616... > When The Heartsease had live music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKZP...

'Charles Secrett, former head of Friends of the Earth, called the ban ‘a travesty of justice and freedom of expression to equate peaceful, placard-carrying people of conscience with groups like Isis and al-Qaida.’

'Thunberg was arrested in December after holding a sign reading: ‘I support the Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide.’

'Rooney cancelled a UK trip last year, fearing arrest after declaring she would use proceeds from her works to support Palestine Action.'

‘And if enough people are prepared to defy such an incoherent and unjustifiable law, then we may be able to persuade the government that it’s neither legitimate nor enforceable.’

Peter Hallward, professor of philosophy at Kingston University, said: ‘This absurd and contradictory situation clearly cannot last much longer.'

'Other signatories include writers Tariq Ali and China Miéville, philosopher Judith Butler, and environmental campaigner Jonathon Porritt. By echoing the words of more than 3,000 people arrested for carrying placards with the same message, the signatories risk arrest themselves.'

'Three senior judges ruled in February that the ban was unlawful but allowed it to remain in place pending appeal. The Metropolitan Police initially halted arrests after the ruling but has since resumed them.'

'The letter contains six words: ‘We oppose genocide, we support Palestine Action.’ It is the first act of defiance by public figures against the ban, which was the first imposed on a direct action protest group under the Terrorism Act.'

'MORE than 130 prominent writers, scholars, and activists, including Sally Rooney, Greta Thunberg, and Brian Eno, have written to the Court of Appeal in support of Palestine Action ahead of Tuesday’s hearing on the lawfulness of the group’s ban.'

'Trafalgar Square protesters showing their support for Palestine Action learler this month'

‘We oppose genocide – we support Palestine Action!’ 25th April 2026 wrp.org.uk/news/we-oppo...

RAF Typhoons scrambled in response to Russian drone threat near Nato air space www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... > Romanian sovereignty is overridden in Imperialist 'newspeak' and designated NATO space! - RAB

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'This is for the working class to mobilise in general strikes across the globe to overthrow the warmongering imperialist regimes and their allies with socialist revolutions, to establish a world federation of socialist republics to provide the means of life to all workers and their families.'

'Clearly there is only one way out of this raging crisis of the dying capitalist system, with its plans for wars, famine and genocide for billions of workers globally.'

'Warnings of 9 per cent UK inflation were made as the Sainsbury’s UK supermarket chain warned shoppers about rising prices due to the illegal conflict in the Middle East, saying that the war will put ‘pressure on food prices’ and impact the cost of living at home, both for customers and business.'

‘It is almost certain they will now be pouring less funds into the global system, and it’s entirely possible that some countries will need to draw down wealth if things get much worse,’ said Ken Rogoff, a Harvard professor and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund.'

'The Gulf states and Saudi Arabia have accumulated $6tn (£4.5tn) of assets in 11 different sovereign wealth funds, but now they need cash.'

'Due to the illegal US war on Iran and its fierce resistance, the foundations of the global hegemony of the US dollar system faces collapse as the cash-poor petro states scramble to sell off their liquid US assets and investments to the US to raise ready cash.'

'Tech companies have announced over 90,000 job cuts so far this year!'

'One such shock was the announcement yesterday that Meta, the giant US tech company run by Mark Zuckerberg, was sacking 8,000 workers, 10 per cent of the workforce, and scrapping plans to employ another 6,000 to allow for heavy inversion of billions in AI technology.'

'She was concerned about a combined hit from a major macroeconomic shock, happening at the same time as other risks, such as a downturn in confidence in the private credit sector or a downturn in AI valuations.'