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Could cryptocurrency help the fight for Palestinian liberation?

Free Palestine — With Israeli restrictions continuing to weaken the Palestinian economy, people are taking to crypto as a way of getting around some of these barriers.

  • Activism
  • Mohammed Rafik Mhawesh

Israeli violence is central to Palestine’s mental health crisis

End apartheid — The answer to improving the well-being of Palestinians rests not with individualised solutions from the Global North, but with ending settler colonialism, writes Layth Hanbali.

  • Activism
  • Layth Hanbali

The anti-boycott bill is an attack on our democracy

Free Palestine — Legislation set to be announced in the Queen’s speech today will make it more difficult to hold Israel accountable for its human rights abuses.

  • Activism
  • Tamara Stanton

Israel’s attacks on Amnesty weaponise anti-semitism

Free Palestine — A report from Amnesty says that Israel’s apartheid against Palestine is a crime against humanity. The attempts to undermine the organisation’s findings must be resisted, writes Yael Shafritz.

  • Activism
  • Yael Shafritz

The Huck List: 20 for 2021

Hell Of A Year — We’re celebrating the inspiring individuals and activist groups who’ve been building a better future in 2021.

  • Activism
  • Huck

Can Netflix help in the fight for Palestinian liberation?

Cinema beyond checkpoints — Earlier this year, Netflix released a collection of 32 films dedicated to sharing Palestinian stories. While this is worth celebrating, the behemoth should go further in its support, writes James Greig.

  • Culture
  • James Greig

The Palestine activists who occupied Liverpool’s arms fair

#ShutElbitDown — Yesterday, protesters seized Liverpool’s ACC venue in a demonstration against the Electronic Arms Fair taking place in the city this week. From the ACC roof, Huck spoke to activists who had successfully scaled the building and to those on the ground.

  • Activism
  • Vuyokazi Mtukela

We must defy Starmer’s undermining of Young Labour

Rising up — After attempts to bar Jeremy Corbyn and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign from the Labour Party’s annual conference, activists are speaking out about the leadership’s continued silencing of Young Labour.

  • Activism
  • Mark Montegriffo

What it’s like to be a Gaza student studying in the UK

‘I feel guilty to be safe’ — After surviving war and finding a way out, Gazan students speak about the experience of studying in Britain, their guilt, family, and the future of Palestine.

  • Activism
  • Max Kendix

The K-pop stans fighting for a free Palestine

Activist Army assemble — After emerging as a powerful force for social justice during the BLM protests last summer, K-pop fans are now mobilising around another urgent human rights issue: Palestinian liberation.

  • Activism
  • Chloé Meley

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