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A tragedy exploited by the far-right

Afshin Matin-Asgari, Axis of Empire: A History of Iran–US Relations (London: Verso 2026), 304pp.

Axis of Empire: A History of Iran–US Relations – book review

Iran Army Day in Shiraz 2023/ Student News Agency, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons

Restoring deterrence: Iran’s strategy for this conflict

National march for Palestine – No War on Iran, London, 21 June 2025. Photo: Steve Eason / CC BY-NC 2.0

No war on Iran!

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans. Photo: Yellow up / Wiki commons / CC3.0

The West Midlands witch hunt: Why the police were right to ban Maccabi fans

Gaza: The Story of a Genocide, eds. Fatima Bhutto and Sonia Faleiro (London: Verso 2025), 304pp.

Gaza: The Story of a Genocide – book review

Soldier at the Battle of Bakhmut, November 26, 2022. Photo: Viktor Borinets / Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Cropped from original

Reject the drive to war

Jonathan Healey, The Blood in Winter: A Nation Descends, 1642 (Bloomsbury 2025), 432pp.

The Blood in Winter: A Nation Descends

Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefing President Donald Trump that Israel and Hamas have signed off on a peace deal; October 8, 2025 / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain

Why Saturday matters. The ceasefire and the demo for Palestine.

The evacuation of Kfar Darom, 2005. Photo: IDF / CC BY-SA 2.0

Gaza: from ‘disengagement’ to destruction

Jonathan Haslam, Hubris: The Origins of Russia's War Against Ukraine (Bloomsbury 2025), 368pp.

Hubris: The Origins of Russia’s War Against Ukraine – book review

Trump in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Jan 27, 2020. Source: D.Myles Cullen - Trump White House Archived - Flickr / cropped from original / PDM 1.0

Humanitarian city: a new project of ethnic cleansing

Itamar Ben Gvir / Wikimedia Commons / CC0 1.0

A slap on the wrist: Lammy’s too Late, too little sanctions on Israeli ministers

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

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s false facade of relief

Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping (Scholastic 2025), 416pp.

Sunrise on the Reaping – book review

Photo: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Silencing Solidarity: How universities repress activism for Palestine

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