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TSSA rail union members in revolt against the union management’s war on their democracy and branches have arranged a demonstration at the union’s HQ. The protest will take place on Tuesday 24 March from 5pm at Devonshire Square, London EC2M 4SQ.

The union’s deeply unpopular general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust moved, in February 2026, to disenfranchise all the union’s retired members — and boasted about it. Senior TSSA figures also said that she and her coterie lied to justify it and have put the union’s structures into collapse.

Worker and member revolt at TSSA

Eslamdoust claimed to be “proud” of what she had done, claiming that she was fulfilling the recommendations of the Kennedy Report, which exposed the bullying and sexual harassment of former general secretary Manuel Cortes and his cronies. Members and staff, furious at Eslamdoust’s endless war on union workers and member democracy, have not been shy about accusing Eslamdoust of propagating the abuses of the Cortes era rather than undoing them.

The Kennedy Report doesn’t say one word about closing retired branches.

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In fact, the report only mentions retired members — at all — a single time. It does not recommend closing their branches, instead saying that the union relies too heavily on them and needs to encourage more working members to take up positions.

It also notes that if working members are not actively engaged in the union, TSSA management can easily stitch up elections to key positions. Ironically, this was exactly how Eslamdoust was installed despite having no relevant experience. It is how her cronies have been kept in their positions despite huge election wins for their rivals.

Because of this risk, the report suggests that TSSA staff who are not TSSA members (most are GMB members, a union now de-recognised by Eslamdoust and her allies) must be allowed to challenge her for the top job. Rather than implement this, Eslamdoust declared war on the union’s branches that might organise and nominate against her.

Finally, for this foreword, I want the TSSA to examine its democratic standing and traditions. It appears that engagement at branch level is dwindling and is heavily orientated towards retired members. This can present a real problem. Not only because it detaches the leadership from the reality of the current world of work as it is being experienced by members, but also because it means there is no healthy throughput of talent to key roles within the organisation. Only TSSA members can stand for election to General Secretary (GS), the most powerful role in the union. The most likely candidate to be successful in a GS election is someone who knows the organisation inside and out – i.e. a staff member. Very few staff members belong to the TSSA. So, GS elections are, to all intents and purposes, uncontested (or are notionally contested by candidates who have little prospect of winning). A key individual is seen to be ‘groomed’ for the post by the small number of senior managers who hold power, and that individual is then ‘crowned.

That’s all clear enough — and not remotely what the management claims. So to try to persuade furious members that it is, Eslamdoust’s ally John Rees sent an email to retired members claiming that the change is “fully aligned” with Kennedy’s recommendations. And to embellish the claim, he added that it was “comprehensively and fully accepted” by the union’s annual conference after its publication:

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This change is fully aligned with the recommendations of the Kennedy Report, which was comprehensively and fully accepted by TSSA Annual Conference in 2023. The report set out a clear direction to consolidate retired members’ structures in order to strengthen representation, improve consistency, and ensure long-term sustainability.

Eslamdoust’s ‘wreckord’

In 2024, Eslamdoust and her allies wrecked the TSSA’s annual conference and blocked a planned no-confidence vote against her.

But this is just the tip of a very large iceberg of member, rep and staff disgust with their ‘leader’. The TSSA has been embroiled for years in strikes because of the union workers’ fury at Eslamdoust’s attacks on them and their GMB union reps, both public and private. The attacks culminated, in January 2026, with Eslamdoust de-recognising GMB as the workplace union — an outrageous move for a union boss, and one that came after Eslamdoust told the Guardian that she is only being criticised because she is female.

That demand for special treatment failed — and TSSA members and staff are now taking their fight to the public square right outside her front door.

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BBC editor reportedly set to continue case against Owen Jones

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BBC editor Raffi Berg will reportedly continue his lawsuit against journalist Owen Jones, despite already losing a key judgment in the case. The decision has been described as a “huge” gamble, because the judge has agreed Jones was expressing a considered opinion. Two of Berg’s lawyer Mark Lewis’s clients were bankrupted in the same way, as journalist Rivkah Brown pointed out:

Writer Luke Turner had described both Miller and Power as “fascists” and Miller as a “neo-nazi”. Both were forced to declare bankruptcy over the loss.

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BBC spat goes deeper

But they are not the only ones. Lewis was also the lawyer for Israel activists Edward Cantor and James Mendelsohn. The two men, along with ‘Labour against Antisemitism’ (LAAS) director Peter Newbon, had put James Wilson in danger by suggesting he was dangerous to children. Wilson sued. Mendelsohn and Cantor pursued the case disastrously when they could have settled. The High Court awarded Wilson around £150,000 in damages and costs.

Newbon, after putting his family home at risk through this case and another lawsuit, took his own life before the case concluded. According to Wilson, Cantor was losing his family home to cover his share of the loss.

Wilson later published documents, exposed as part of the case’s ‘disclosures’, showing that Lewis had told well-known barrister Gavin Millar that for him, continuing to fight the case was all about getting a large sum of money out of Wilson:

Mr Millar advised against an appeal, but what is more interesting is what the exchanges between the lawyers reveal. I provide a series of extracts below with some analysis and opinions.

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The conference started with:

Gavin Millar: Looking at appeal, what do we get out of it?

Mark Lewis: get some money out of him [me]. If good appeal, do so anyway.

Mr Lewis’ apparent fixation with getting money from and bankrupting me is a recurring issue. Later on in the conference Mr Lewis said the most desirable outcome was me paying the lawyers £100,000. Any money that Mr Lewis might have got from me was for himself and Patron Law for their fees. His clients would have got none of it.

Wilson also points out Lewis withholding key documents from the court when Lewis tried to have the lawsuit ‘struck out’. Lewis had not disclosed evidence showing the extent to which his clients’ lies had been distributed and read:

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While a discussion about the crucial evidence might have been omitted from the note, the most likely explanation is surely that Mr Lewis and Ms Grossman did not tell Mr Millar about the evidence and that is why it was not discussed?

If I am right about this, then something very weird has gone on. The defendants were paying – it cost them £1,680 – for the advice of Mr Millar, one of the foremost defamation lawyers in the country, but it seems their lawyers did not give Mr Millar crucial evidence so he could give informed advice on a key issue in the litigation.

My suspicion is that the crucial evidence was not given to Mr Millar because he might have advised “You cannot appeal the decision where you have evidence that suggests publication by Mr Cantor to over 500 people”.

Perhaps Mr Millar might also have said “Frankly, I cannot believe you ran what you knew was a misleading case on limited publication to try to get Wilson’s claim struck out”.

And on 11 March 2026 Wilson accused Lewis of lying to the police that he (Wilson) had tried to blackmail Lewis:

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Wilson, himself a lawyer, has commented on Berg’s decision to continue the case:

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Lewis is a fanatical Zionist who once spoke about ‘unapologetic Zionism’ at the launch of a UK pro-Israel group considered by many to be far-right.

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He has been sanctioned by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for abusive conduct on social media – wished a young Jewish supporter of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour dead – and was heavily criticised by a judge in a different case for his conduct of the case and his lack of proper research on behalf of his clients:

a matter of very real concern that the Claimants put evidence before the Court, on an ex parte application, that was not true…

…he had simply failed to carry out sufficient (or any) research or to take adequate instructions from his clients.

It is unclear whether Berg is continuing the case because of legal advice, or out of a personal determination to do so. But the evidence shows that similar stubborn pursuits have not ended well for the clients concerned.

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Starmer denials over Mandelson aren’t resonating

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Number 10 has denied that it is covering up Keir Starmer’s role in his appointments of Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US and a senior adviser. The paltry document release so far – filtered through the government – contains nothing showing Starmer’s indubitable input into the appointments.

It also denied the appointment was ‘rushed through’ – despite the files proving that Starmer’s National security adviser warned that Mandelson’s ambassador appointment was “weirdly rushed”.

The papers also put beyond any doubt that Starmer personally knew all about Mandelson’s continuing closeness to serial child-rapist Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson remained an ardent fan of Epstein – and passed him sensitive and profitable UK government information – for years after Epstein’s first paedophilia conviction.

Despite this, during a visit to Belfast on Thursday 12 March 2026, the prime minister continued to claim he hadn’t realised Mandelson was close to Epstein.

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Clearly, denial is not just a river in Egypt – Starmer’s position is untenable, yet like a bad smell he still lingers.

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Starmer lied, the UK is at war with Iran

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Keir Starmer’s government is playing an ever-increasing role in the destruction of Iran, despite his claims that the UK was “playing no role”.

The government’s lines about “regional defensive operations” are becoming harder to believe, as the UK’s actions appear to be contributing to the deaths of thousands of innocent Iranians.

British involvement under Starmer

Britain’s involvement began in January, when the UK and the US began moving weaponry to the Middle East.

According to Declassified UK:

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Britain moved “defensive assets” to Cyprus and Qatar in January and February “to ensure we were in a heightened state of readiness of any conflict beginning”, Starmer said last week.

The assets included fighter jets, air defence missiles, advanced radar and systems to take down drones.

Since then, the UK has allowed the US to use several of its air bases. The US has stationed one fleet of military planes at RAF Fairford in Gloucester.

But importantly, Starmer has only approved “defensive” US action from UK bases.

Despite this, the US military has been loading large explosives into B-1 Lancer bombers at the base.

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According to Declassified UK, US Planes have been passing through RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall, both in Suffolk, as well as Prestwick civilian airport in Scotland.

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In total, over 100 fighter jets have left RAF Lakenheath for the Middle East since January.

At least one of the jets from Lakenheath was among those which crashed in Kuwait.

‘Reality of war’

British MP Sarah Sackman also claimed that the US strike, which murdered 165 little girls, was just a “reality of war“. The reality is actually more like an illegal and unprovoked attack, which violates international law.

Ultimately, this plays into the hands of the US and Israel. Instead of condemning their actions, Sackman has practically given the genocidal maniacs permission to continue.

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Starmer — Diego Garcia

The UK has a military base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Importantly, the UK is illegally occupying the island.

In true British and US colonial fashion, both countries evicted the entire population to establish a joint UK — US military base which has operated since the 1970s.

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The US used it for strikes on Afghanistan from 2001, and both countries used it to bomb Iraq from 2003.  

Now it appears that a US submarine, operating from the base, was used to fire two torpedoes at the unarmed Iranian frigate. It then sank off the coast of Sri Lanka.

Clearly, that is not a defensive operation.

The UK is also allowing the US to use its military base on Cyprus – another country the UK previously colonised illegally.

The BBC reported that the UK was not allowing the US to use its bases in Cyprus for “defensive” strikes on Iranian missile sites. However, American U-2 spy planes are reportedly using the site.

The UK has also now sent HMS Dragon and two Wildcat helicopters to the eastern Mediterranean — supposedly to ‘protect’ RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.

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However, as the Canary previously reported:

The HMS Dragon is fitted with a Sea Viper missile system. It can launch eight missiles in under 10 seconds and guide up to 16 missiles simultaneously. Wildcat helicopters from the 815 Naval Air Squadron, equipped with Martlet missiles capable of taking out drones, will assist it.

On March 6, a British pilot flying from RAF Akrotiri shot down Iranian drones over Jordan, Qatar and Iraq.

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence told the BBC:

Just this week, we have flown Typhoon and F-35 fighter jets on sorties around the region, shooting down Iranian drones and defending innocent civilians from Iran’s indiscriminate attacks.

Why aren’t we letting the US and Israel fight their own battles?

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Weapons

Additionally, the UK is still selling millions of pounds’ worth of weapons to Israel.

It provides around 15% of the components in the F-35 fighter jets, which Israel uses in airstrikes across Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran.

According to Oxfam:

This includes the rear fuselage and active interceptor system, ejector seats, aircraft tyres, refuelling probe, laser targeting system, and the fan propulsion system.

The UK government supplies these parts to Israel via a global programme led by the US company Lockheed Martin.

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To make matters worse, the UK produces components for Israeli armed and surveillance drones. Factories in the UK make them and then send them to Israel for assembly. The drones are used for both spying missions and to attack civilians.

We can presume that the drones are also now being used to attack civilians in Lebanon and Iran.

From letting the US use British air bases to sending parts for fighter jets and drones to Israel, the UK is involved in Israel and the US’s illegal war against Iran, whether Starmer admits it or not.

Was it not bad enough that the UK was complicit in the murder of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza? Now, it’s also complicit in the murders of Iranians and Lebanese people.

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Starmer has even more blood on his hands.

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Israel has no plan in the feckless war on Iran

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Israeli war criminals waging war on Iran, despite admitting to having no plan to beat Iran, will burn down the house and unleash chaos on the wider region. The heat is rising. Energy prices are soaring, ships are being rerouted, and we have even heard talks of maritime escort operations. So who cares if the general public opposes the conflict?

US-Israeli war threatens global oil supply

The massive spike in oil prices and the financial drain of a war whose first week cost USD 11 billion – US defence officials have admitted – has panicked Donald Trump. The arsonist who cried fire is now scrambling for an off-ramp, not to end suffering, but to save his purse, US finances, and the oil market.

But with the war killing 1,348 and injuring 17,000 in Iran, the IRGC-backed leadership wants to be sure the US and Israel think twice before launching another war like this.

Refusing to bow down to US-Israeli bullying, Iran has struck US allies in the Arabian Gulf. Missiles fired from Iran and Iraq – where it maintains proxies – have struck US military hardware, assets, and economic targets held by US allies in the region. This has left oil prices at a worryingly extreme high of $100 a barrel, forcing the International Energy Agency to order the release of emergency barrels.

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Soaring costs will likely have a big impact on global economic growth too. Iran, meanwhile, in a targeted message for the US and Israel to back down, has said:

Get ready for oil to be $200 a barrel, because the oil price depends on regional security, which you have destabilised

What makes this even worse is that, despite Israel yearning for this war for decades, it knew the assault was only likely to do minimum damage to Iran and foment further anger.

“No clear plan for regime change”

A Guardian reporter in Jerusalem, Emma Graham-Harrison, spoke to Israeli security sources. She didn’t mention Israel’s genocide in Gaza or war crimes throughout the Middle East, but got some revealing admissions.

Citing these sources, Graham-Harrison said:

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say it was never realistic to expect an air war could immediately collapse the Iranian government or replicate the policy pivot forced on Caracas.

Instead, one argued, that was just “wishful thinking”. Another source with whom Graham-Harrison spoke believes that:

[a] popular uprising during war was always extremely unlikely.

Far from ending future possibilities of Iran seeking nuclear weapons (which Israel, on the other hand, already has), she said sources suggest:

The assassination of Ali Khamenei may have compounded the nuclear threat from Iran.

Khamenei had “for decades held off on… ordering construction of a weapon”, she continued. But the massive military aggression of the US and Israel may now have cemented in the minds of Iran’s leadership, she explained, that:

a nuclear deterrent is the only guarantee of survival.

Nonetheless, in Israel, across civil society and the security and intelligence apparatus, there appears to be overwhelming support for this war. Netanyahu favoured weakening Iran’s weapons stocks and devastating its economy – cognisant that it would unleash hell on the wider region (from which Israel is not immune). Not least, ordinary Iranians have borne the brunt of Western sanctions against Iranian officials and military actors.

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Israel, as the Guardian‘s sources suggest, seems likely to stay on course: war until the end. Israel doesn’t bother with the international rules-based order, which it repeatedly flouts. And firm support at home among Israeli society means that it’s business as usual. In other words, “a longer bombing campaign” is anticipated. As Graham-Harrison reported, Israel is:

willing to risk extending an open-ended conflict that began in Gaza and has lasted more than two years on shifting fronts, moving on to Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Yemen.

Critical voices must prevail

It’s clear that people in the UK and elsewhere in the West seriously doubt the reasoning behind the chaotic and devastating US-Israeli assault. And it seems X has even been drowning out these voices amidst the fog of war.

But polls continue to reveal that people keep opposing UK involvement in the mess its allies have created:

Even in the US, people distrust Donald Trump’s motives:

And in Europe, criticism is spreading too:

Whether social media platforms or establishment media outlets want to amplify public sentiment or not, the fact is there is massive opposition to the Iran war. And for the sake of peace and stability, we must fight to ensure ordinary voices prevail, and for war criminals to face the consequences.

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Rubio named as AIPAC asset in leaked conversation

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Grayzone investigative journalist Max Blumenthal has obtained a leaked audio recording of Elliot Brandt, CEO of AIPAC, Israel’s biggest US lobbying group. In the recording, Brandt describes three politicians as tools for Israeli propaganda: Marco Rubio, now Donald Trump’s warmongering, Islamophobic secretary of state; deranged Israel fanatic congresswoman Elise Stefanik and former national security adviser, now US ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, who was caught having secret war-planning meetings with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

Isn’t that what a reasonable person would call treason? Watch below:

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US tanker crashes as media parrot same line on Russia

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A US military refuelling plane has crashed in Iraq. All of the six crew members are confirmed dead. An Iran-backed group in Iraq has claimed responsibility, according to Reuters. Yet unverified rumours of a midair collision are circulating.

Open source account Osint Defender posted an image of the surviving KC-135 Stratotanker at an airport in Israel. The image appeared to show damage to the aircraft’s tail:

US officials have denied the crash was due to enemy fire:

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Two aircraft were involved in the incident One of the aircraft went down in western Iraq, and the second landed safely. This was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire.

Press discipline

Meanwhile UK press discipline is fully intact. Numerous outlets uncritically quoted defence secretary John Healy’s claim that Russia was secretly supporting Iran after an attack on foreign bases in Iraq.

The Guardian, Mirror, Sky, Huffpost UK and the BBC (plus various international outlets) all leant heavily on the term ‘hidden hand’ from Healey’s speech on 12 March.

The Guardian, for example, said:

Vladimir Putin’s “hidden hand” lies behind Iran’s military methods, the UK defence secretary has said, after a night in which drones struck a base used by western forces in Erbil, northern Iraq.

They also cited a UK general:

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Lt Gen Nick Perry, the chief of joint operations, told Healey as he visited the UK’s military command centre in Northwood it appeared that Russia had since passed back tactical advice to Iran and its proxies on how to deploy them.

No firm evidence of hands (hidden or otherwise) was produced from what the Canary can see. One of the bases struck in Iraq houses UK special forces troops, it was reported. A French army officer seems to have been killed in the same  attack – or series of attacks – in Iraq:

Media analysts Media Lens said:

This sort of reporting is fast becoming a habit. On 7 March, the Rupert Murdoch-owned Times claimed the drone which hit a UK base in Cyprus on 1 March contained a Russian component. They did so without presenting any evidence or even stating who had told them.

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Clearly, Iran and Russia are allies and exchange tactics and technology – as do the US and UK. What this looks like – given no evidence has been presented – is manufacturing consent around Russia, rather in the style of George W. Bush’s 2003 ‘axis of evil’ rhetoric. The Canary, however, likes to see some receipts before uncritically parroting UK government claims.

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MAGA camp splinters over Iran war

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The confusion and fear over Trump’s illegal war on Iran are fuelling anger, even in his own ranks in the MAGA camp.

MAGA podcaster Joe Rogan has called Trump’s war plan ‘insane,’ as military families are flooding hotlines, desperate to avoid deployment. The fallout is now reaching areas Trump likely never expected to be touched.

Disquiet on the home front

US army veteran Mike Pryzner of the Center on Conscience and War, says service members are flooding his hotline.

In an interview with journalist Rania Khalek, Pryzner spoke of hundreds of calls his organisation has received in under a week, mostly from active-duty troops. Some are from guard and reserve units being activated. Others haven’t received orders yet but are worried they will.

Pryzner explained that the real danger of a ground war is that it never ends. He pointed to Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam. Once you commit troops, even a small number, that number keeps growing. Then administrations won’t take responsibility for failure. They just kick it to the next one. That’s how you get endless war.

He also warned about who is in charge now. The same people who think the Iraq war was too soft, too “woke.” He called them monsters with no regard for human life. People who revel in killing civilians. A ground war means soldiers would have that on their conscience for the rest of their lives.

He pointed to the bombing of oil reserves as an example. He compared it to dropping a biological or chemical weapon on millions of civilians. The long term health impact would be catastrophic. His point was simple: don’t expect anything to get better. The question soldiers need to ask themselves is whether they can take part in a debacle led by terrible people at the top.

Joe Rogan feels betrayed

Even MAGA podcaster Joe Rogan has turned on Trump.  Rogan said that Trump’s supporters feel ‘betrayed’ by the  war on Iran,

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“Right, he’s 80, he doesn’t have much to lose. That’s the scary thing about old leaders — it’s like, death is imminent. It’s within a decade, if you’re lucky,” Rogan said. “That’s spooky.”

Who are the winners?

Pryzner said there is one group that is happy about all of this. A religious extremist faction inside the military—what he called a “crusader faction”—has been pushing for this war. They are the same people who think the Iraq war was not brutal enough.

For instance, the U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has got a kafir/كافر (infidel) tattoo under his Deus Vult tattoo  a Crusader slogan.

So, where do we currently stand?

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US soldiers are begging to get out. The MAGA podcasters call the president insane. And the men with Crusader tattoos seemingly are the winners of Trump’s second term.

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PSNI funding genocide via Israeli company

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The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) have confirmed they are financing occupation, apartheid and genocide by funnelling £5.5 million into the coffers of an ‘Israeli’ firm. The Ditch report that the Six Counties (a term for the North of Ireland) force have a seven year contract with the company. It started in November 2019 and will terminate in the same month this year.

However, the PSNI are refusing to provide any further details about the company or the nature of the contract. They cite “national security” fears as the reason, the catch-all term relied upon by government departments when they don’t want embarrassing info getting out. Not only that, but the police force acknowledge they are actively trying to protect the profits of the Zionist land thieves:

A release under Freedom of Information is considered a release into the public domain and would therefore be a release in effect to other competitors. Disclosing the winning bid proposal in this matter would provide an advantage to rival businesses and undermine the main contractor’s trading ability to tender for future contracts.

PSNI breaking BDS

Good – undermining the trading ability of Zionist companies is exactly what everyone should be doing. It is a key way of holding to account the rogue, terrorist pseudo-state, when Western ruling classes refuse to do so.

It is called for the the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which seeks to do in the Zionist entity in the same way boycotting wrecked the racist regime of apartheid South Africa. Boycotting Zionist tech is especially crucial, given the key role it plays in the military-industrial-genocide complex of so-called ‘Israel’.

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The PSNI elaborated on their “national security” worries by saying that releasing further information:

…would likely… endanger the physical or mental health or safety of individual officers.

They added:

Confirming or denying the existence of such arrangements on a blanket nationality basis could enable adversaries to build an intelligence picture across policing (the ‘mosaic effect’) and would be likely to prejudice law enforcement and/or national security functions.

If the firm is deeply tied into the Zionist entity’s recent mass slaughter campaigns, revealing its name would bring additional reputational damage to the PSNI. Though surprise, surprise – they don’t cite this as one of their reasons for refusing further details.

The PSNI have previously acknowledged they are looking into privacy breaching face scanner systems, known as Live Facial Recognition Technology (LFRT). British police have adopted the Zionist-made Corsight AI system as part of their roll-out of the notoriously unreliable tech. It is therefore possible that this firm is the one contracted by the PSNI. The company was founded in 2019, the same year the PSNI’s contract with the mystery apartheid firm started.

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The force has a long history of backing the Zionist entity

The Ditch also point out a 2021 report by The Detail which highlights the North of Ireland force’s previous involvement with Zionist terrorists. At the time, they reported:

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is working on at least four security research projects which involve the Israeli ministry responsible for police and prisons, or a company providing surveillance to Israeli settlements.

The ‘Israeli’ prison complex is a gulag system used for mass torture, rape, murder, and molestation of children. Settlements – better described simply as ‘stolen land’ – are part of the ongoing project of illegal dispossession of Palestinian territory that has gone on for a century and more. The PSNI has seen it as perfectly fine to funnel money into ensuring that continues, even now in the wake of a holocaust.

The force has essentially operated as a proxy of the Zionist entity – launching frivolous prosecutions of peaceful activists; assisting in mass arrests violating free speech of anti-genocide campaigners; and just recently, abducting a Belfast campaigner from his home and falsely imprisoning him.

Clearly the PSNI don’t want further highlighting of their Zionist sympathies revealed through details of their exact current relationships with law-breaking Zionist companies. However, their systematic and sustained attempt to eliminate peaceful and lawful anti-holocaust resistance in the North of Ireland and England has proven beyond all doubt where they stand.

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