Ed Sykes, Author at Canary

All eyes in the US are currently on a mass exodus of people from Central America, which is reportedly the largest on record....

Watch Corbyn obliterate May’s government with one simple question

On 22 October, Jeremy Corbyn left Theresa May shifting about uncomfortably in her seat. Because with one simple question, he challenged...

Senator says Saudi alliance hurts US ability to interfere elsewhere

25 January 2019

One US senator seems angry about the scandal engulfing close ally Saudi Arabia since its alleged murder of a journalist...

Owen Jones in front of Saudi Arabian embassy in London

Owen Jones just put out the hardest-hitting video of the week. It’s a must-see.

In just over two minutes of hard-hitting footage, journalist and author Owen Jones has nailed why now - more than...

In search of an urgent distraction, Washington rounds on one of its least powerful allies

With Saudi Arabia - one of Washington's most powerful allies - under increasing media scrutiny, Donald Trump needed a distraction....

Israel’s probably wishing it hadn’t tried to silence these BDS campaigners

Apartheid Israel has long sought to criminalise boycotts against its occupation of Palestine. In 2011, Amnesty International called its new...

Israel-Palestine wall with soldier and child in front

Calling opponents ‘terrorists’ solves nothing in Palestine and Israel. It just makes everything worse.

Anyone who uses violence to try and get their own way is a kind of terrorist. States. Corporations. Political organisations....

With one tweet, an economics professor blows capitalism’s ‘democracy’ myth to pieces

With one tweet on 5 October, economics professor Richard D. Wolff destroyed the much-repeated right-wing myth that capitalism and democracy...

In one sentence, Noam Chomsky helps expose how fascists are taking power around the world

A manifesto signed by Noam Chomsky and several other intellectuals speaks out against the global rise of the far right....

One video just summed up perfectly why we should all stand up for Palestine

18 October 2019

With one simple video, grassroots left-wing movement Momentum just summed up perfectly why we should all stand up for Palestine....

Danny Glover exposes the coming ‘nightmare’ that the Tories are probably hoping you won’t notice

Actor Danny Glover has warned of a far-right "nightmare" in Brazil. But Britain's Conservative-led government will probably be hoping you...

Corbyn’s conference speech gives hope for change at a scandal-ridden DWP

Jeremy Corbyn’s speech at the 2018 Labour Party conference gives hope for change at the scandal-ridden Department for Work and...

Infograph showing workers' rights globally

Amid a worsening situation for workers’ rights, an international union chief speaks out

In its 2018 report, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) signalled a worrying trend of deteriorating workers' rights around the world....

Women involved with co-ops in Rojava, northern Syria

An insight into the feminist cooperative economy being built in the middle of Syria’s war

A progressive revolution has taken northern Syria by storm in recent years. And The Canary has now obtained an insight into...

People at a communal assembly in Venezuela

The side of Venezuela you won’t be seeing in the corporate media any time soon

Venezuela's back in the news due to its economic woes. But amid all the bad news, there are important stories...

The video that the ‘get Corbyn’ media machine would prefer you didn’t see

17 August 2018

Amid the corporate media's 'get Corbyn' campaign, a brilliant video is re-emerging on social media. And it's one that Jeremy...

Trade union leader exposes what the media won’t about the latest US-backed coup attempt in Latin America