Most up-to-date version at: http://publiclibrariesnews.blogspot.com/ Red pointer = library closures announced by Council Blue pointer = Individual library at risk Red triangle = library closed Gents sign = staff lost Pins – other cuts
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Distribution of 20.000 litre of drinking water for families in Al-Mawasi/Khan Yunes in Gaza. Source: Wir packen's an e.V. - Flickr / cropped from original / CC BY-NC 2.0
30 May 2025
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s false facade of relief
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Visit to the Russian Special Forces University in Gudermes, Chechnya / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0
30 May 2025
Negotiation by military means: Russia launches summer offensive, offers talks
Book review
Charles Glass, Syria: Civil War to Holy War? (O/R Books 2025), 294pp.
29 May 2025
Syria: Civil War to Holy War? – book review
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National Ceasefire Now march, London 13th January 2024 / Photo: Steve Eason
29 May 2025
The 600th Day of Genocide is No Time for Words!
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National Memorial Day Observance in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia on May 26, 2025 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0
29 May 2025