On heels of Amnesty International report on genocide in Gaza, new 179 Human Rights Watch report finds that Israel has inflicted conditions of life in Gaza calculated to destroy Palestinians—amounting to the crime against humanity of extermination & acts of genocide. Consensus grows. hrw.org/news/2024/12/1…

A new phase in accountability has begun.... as promised Palestinians notify BP they intend to sue for negligence in Gaza War Crimes civil claim. theguardian.com/business/2024/…

India is unclean because sanitation is considered as the birth occupation and responsibility of a few marginalized castes, cleanliness related work is viewed as "impure" and public hygiene is not perceived as a collective responsibility.

#AlMayadeen has obtained the terms of the Gaza ceasefire agreement. The eleven clauses of the agreement constitute part of the first phase, which lasts six weeks in exchange for the release of 33 Israeli captives, both living and deceased.

🚨 NEW POLLING: Our latest YouGov polling has found that 44% of landlords would SUPPORT rent controls (based on location & quality of the property) Support: 44% Oppose: 47% Don’t know: 9% Here’s what else our polling found. 🧵⬇️ common-wealth.org/publications/h…

Important piece by Tim White on the loophole that demonstrates why rents in Berlin (and everywhere else) cannot be left to the free market theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

🇺🇸📑 Common Wealth is launching a new US research & policy program. Trump has returned to power. The far right is becoming even more cemented in US politics. 🧵 We must build an alternative progressive political project. But what would this look like? common-wealth.org/publications/a…

It’s been said that the next UK political scandal is probably already happening in plain sight. And it is. It’s been happening all this week at the assisted suicide bill committee. A thread:

If everyone used footnotes instead of endnotes

"Decolonization was not just a political event," says author Pankaj Mishra. "It was also a profound emotional and psychological moment of liberation.” His latest book is "The World After Gaza: A History."

couldn't ask for a better endorsement than the wall street journal's furious response:

There is no need to increase military spending. Here's a thread on why. 👇

“The [UK military] budget as it stands is larger in real terms than in 1980 at the height of the Cold War.”   Khem Rogaly for LBC News on the UK’s decision to increase defence spending.

This is not how military spending works. I’ll explain below. In 2023/24, the Ministry of Defence spent £37.6 billion on equipment – nearly 40% of this went to just 10 companies.

An incomprehensible crime. The greatest of my lifetime.

The Government’s plan to increase military spending will not help our economy or our security. Here’s why.

Fifty years ago public investment in local authority housing “peaked in 1974/5 at £2.2 bn — £23.3 bn in 2023/4 prices.” £2 bn for “affordable” housing is a smaller investment than in recent years. Compared to historic levels, it's a *tiny* fraction. ft.com/content/c4a305…

An amazing take from the company that controls literally our most precious resource ft.com/content/1f6d15…

Starmer is talking about a “defence dividend” providing jobs for an “armour-clad nation”. Yet since 1980, while military spending has increased in real terms, jobs in the military industry have fallen by more than half. I spoke to Mehreen Khan about the government’s strategy.

This is what the Strategic Defence Review is really about — politics, not defence. Here’s how the government is gutting the economy to appease Trump. 👇