The Canary, Author at Canary

4 April 2024

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Jeremy Corbyn's Peace and Justice Project is preparing for its "5 Demands" conference - where him, it, and a host...

British Paraorchestra disabled musicians with a disabled dancer against a green light

Disabled people still face discrimination and ‘artificial barriers’ when accessing music in all its forms

4 April 2024

A blind recorder player who performed with Coldplay at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games says it...

World Central Kitchen vehicle that was bombed by Israel

The drone the IDF used to kill three British aid workers was made in the UK

4 April 2024

The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers - including three Britons - using a UK-made...

A picture of the BBC building soaked in red paint ME Awareness Day

The likes of the BBC, Guardian, and Daily Mail are set to have their own disinformation used against them

A campaign group will be targeting UK media outlets during global ME Awareness Day - calling out what it calls...

Drought in Zimbabwe a dead elephant against a pool of water while Pakistan has water shortages

Zimbabwe declares national disaster due to drought while Pakistan is running out of water for crops

Zimbabwe and Pakistan are both facing severe water shortages. On the surface, it appears both countries' looming disasters are for...

Over 220 MPs are taking action to offer hope to thousands diagnosed with lobular breast cancer

More than a third of all MPs (over 220) have rallied together to call on the government to fund a...

Protest on the Lesnes Estate run by Peabody

A housing association wants to demolish a whole estate. Residents are not having it.

Residents on the Peabody-run Lesnes housing estate in southeast London will be protesting against its plans to demolish their estate...

Thailand same-sex marriage street party with balloons and people in costume LGBTQ+

Same-sex marriage in Thailand is almost law as Bill passes first reading

Activists welcomed Thailand's senate passing the first reading of a bill to legalise same-sex marriage on Tuesday 2 April, bringing...

Shell dragged to court again over its “dire” exacerbation of the climate crisis

Shell squared off against seven environmental groups in a Dutch appeals court on Tuesday 2 April, with climate activists accusing...

Disabled man Neil Goodwin protesting in his mobility scooter at the entrance to parliament. He is surrounded by police officers and holding signs that read "disabled people against climate change" and ""I cannot run from a climate emergency"

A disabled man is being PROSECUTED for blocking parliament with his MOBILITY SCOOTER

The below article is an opinion piece from Neil Goodwin, an activist who was arrested for blocking an entrance to...

Remembering Maryse Conde: the writer who pulled apart post-colonialism and ‘African socialism’

Maryse Conde, who died on Tuesday 2 April at the age of 90, became one of the greatest chroniclers and...

A graveyard outside the Al Shifa hospital with Benjamin Netanyahu looking on Israel conventions

Israel broke TWO international conventions THREE TIMES in a day – yet the media whitewashed it all

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Israel potentially breached two international legal conventions three times in total on Monday 1 April. In any other circumstance -...

Bosses are ALREADY CHEATING workers out of the new minimum wage

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Office workers and other salaried staff are already at risk of being “cheated” out of the minimum wage (the so-called...

Palestine Action on the roof of Teledyne arms manufacturer that supplies Israel

Palestine Action just SHUT DOWN the UK’s largest arms exporter to Israel

Direct action group Palestine Action has once again physically stopped the manufacture of weapons going to Israel - this time,...

Palestine Action on the roof of Elbit in Tamworth

SUCCESS for Palestine Action as Elbit closes a UK site FOR GOOD

28 March 2024

Relentless direct action by Palestine Action has secured another victory in the fight against Israel's arms trade, as Elbit Systems...

Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak in parliament general election food

The huge issue at this year’s general election that no one is really talking about – except the public, of course