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Trump wants nations to pay $1bn to join Gaza ‚Board of Peace‘: report
A draft charter for the group, seen by Bloomberg, establishes Trump as its inaugural chairman, who would have a veto over membership.
The document stipulates that states‘ membership will be limited to three years, unless they “contribute more than USD $1,000,000,000 in cash funds to the Board of Peace within the first year of the Charter’s entry into force“, guaranteeing them permanent membership.
The charter opens by stressing the need for „a more nimble and effective international peace-building body“, adding that lasting peace requires „the courage to depart from … institutions that have too often failed“.
The language has prompted concerns that Trump is seeking to build a rival to the United Nations.
Demands Met on 73rd Day as Three End Strike
(January 14, 2026)
With this victory it has never been clearer that Elbit’s days in Britain are numbered.
In addition to this key demand being met, we want to take this opportunity to celebrate the various victories achieved across the duration of the hunger strike:
– In the past few weeks alone, hundreds of people have signed up to take action against the genocidal military-industrial complex, more than the amount of people who took action with Palestine Action over its 5 year campaign. During that 5 year campaign, 4 Israeli weapons factories were shut down. Elbit Systems is living on stolen time – we will see it shut down for good, not because of the government, but because of the people.
– Heba Muraisi’s transfer to HMP Bronzefield has been accepted by HMP New Hall, where she is currently held in intentional isolation from her family and friends.
– T. Hoxha has been offered a meeting with the head of JEXU (Joint Extremism Unit) at her prison, the very same organisation that orchestrates the prisoners’ treatment as ‘terrorists’.
– Despite the cruel and constant medical neglect of the hunger strikers; including not logging food refusal, refusal of ambulances in life threatening emergencies, and degrading treatment in hospital; the national heads of prison healthcare have met with us at the behest of the Ministry of Justice.
– During the hunger strike, some of the prisoners started receiving bulk packages of witheld mail, and in one case received an apology from prison staff for a letter that was delayed by 6 months. Books on topics of Gaza and feminism have also been given after months of waiting.
– In pursuit of a fair trial, the hunger strikers demanded disclosure of export licenses for the last 5 years from Elbit Systems. After repeated requests, this information was disclosed to an independent researcher by the Department of Trade during the hunger strike.
Palestine Action Prison Hunger Strike Ends After a Victory in the UK
Three British activists jailed for alleged involvement with the banned anti-genocide group Palestine Action ended their monthslong hunger strike late Wednesday after the UK government rejected a $2.7 billion contract for a subsidiary of Israel’s largest weapons maker, Elbit Systems.
Prisoners for Palestine (P4P), which represents the hunger strikers, said that Hamran Ahmed, Heba Muraisi, and Lewie Chiaramello would accept food again. Muraisi hadn’t eaten in 73 days, while Ahmed refused food for 66 days and Chiaramello, who has Type 1 diabetes, fasted every other day for 44 days.
Spying on the Left: Berlin Officials Knew All About British Agent‘s Activities
(January 27, 2011)
Mark Kennedy spent years embedded in the European left-wing scene and infiltrated German activist groups as well — at the behest of German officials, SPIEGEL ONLINE has learned. He is also suspected of having participated in illegal activities in Germany.
British police spy unlawfully operated in Germany, court finds
(October 11, 2022)
Kennedy, a member of a covert British police unit, spent seven years spying on environmental and leftwing activists until he was unmasked in 2010.
During his deployment he travelled outside Britain and spied on activists in at least 14 countries. After his unmasking, German police were forced to admit that Kennedy had worked for three German states during at least five visits to the country between 2004 and 2009.
The Infiltrator and the Movement
(April 23, 2014)
Modern political policing began in Britain in the 1880s, with the establishment of the Metropolitan Police’s Special Branch, the cocoon from which sprung the undercover policing operations decades later. The Branch originally aimed to combat Irish Fenians — armed fighters seeking independence from Britain — but soon expanded to keep tabs on foreign anarchists, suffragettes, and anticolonial Indians.
At the end of the 1800s, an undercover Branch officer infiltrated the Legitimation League — which campaigned to de-stigmatize bastard children — and orchestrated the League’s collapse. This operation set the tone for what was to come: intense, deeply personal infiltration of any political group that challenged the status quo.
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From British Fascisti to the English Defence League, the UK’s security services have routinely refused to consider far-right groups subversive. Indeed, there is evidence, both here, in Europe, and across the Atlantic, of longstanding collaboration between elements of the security services and the far right.
Our prisoners are in critical danger, escalate now!
Heba Muraisi
Kamran Ahmed
An urgent appeal to save the lives of Palestine Action hunger strikers
The Suffragettes, despite being force-fed and labelled as terrorists, are today celebrated as heroes and freedom fighters. The Long Kesh prisoners, despite the smears they faced, are now seen as a vital part of the peace achieved under the Good Friday Agreement. The Guantánamo Bay prisoners, despite their inhumane treatment and public consent for torture, remained untried and were largely released without conviction.
Just as they were all vindicated, history will too vindicate the Palestine Action prisoners who sought to stop the slaughter of innocent people, against the wishes and interests of the British government.
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Signatories:
Shadi Zayed Saleh Odeh, Palestine
Mahmoud Radwan, Palestine
Othman Bilal, Palestine
Mahmoud Sidqi Suleiman Radwan, Palestine
Loay Odeh, Palestine
Tommy McKearney, Ireland
Laurence McKeown, Ireland
Tom McFeely, Ireland
John Nixon, Ireland
Mansoor Adayfi (GTMO441), Guantanamo
Lakhdar Boumediene, Guantanamo
Samir Naji Moqbel, Guantanamo
Moath Al-Alwi, Guantanamo
Khalid Qassim, Guantanamo
Ahmed Rabbani, Guantanamo
Sharqawi Al-Hajj, Guantanamo
Saeed Sarim, Guantanamo
Mahmoud Al Mujahid, Guantanamo
Hussein Al-Marfadi, Guantanamo
Osama Abu Kabir, Guantanamo
Abdul Halim Siddiqui, Guantanamo
Ahmed Adnan Ahjam, Guantanamo
Abdel Malik Al Rahabi, Guantanamo
Ahmed Elrashidi, Guantanamo
Palestine Action hunger strikers near death ‘intent’ on continuing protests
(January 8, 2026)
Heba Muraisi and Kamran Ahmed, Palestine Action-linked British activists on the brink of death, are determined to keep up their prison hunger strike until their demands are met, their friends and relatives have told Al Jazeera.
They have refused food for 67 and 60 days, respectively, as part of a rolling protest that began in November. Five of the eight individuals who have participated overall have ended their hunger strikes over health fears.
Anti-ICE Protests Spread Across the U.S. After Fatal Shooting of Minneapolis Woman
Protesters took to the streets of Minneapolis, Portland and other cities on Saturday, with more than 1,000 anti-ICE demonstrations planned across the United States over the weekend after the killing of Minneapolis woman Renee Nicole Good by an immigration agent.
Tens of thousands marched Saturday in Minneapolis, where protests and vigil gatherings have been ongoing for days since Good‘s death.
Nationwide anti-ICE protests call for accountability after Renee Good‘s death
Leah Greenberg, a co-executive director of Indivisible, said people are coming together to „grieve, honor those we‘ve lost, and demand accountability from a system that has operated with impunity for far too long.“
„Renee Nicole Good was a wife, a mother of three, and a member of her community. She, and the dozens of other sons, daughters, friends, siblings, parents, and community members who have been killed by ICE, should be alive today,“ Greenberg said in a statement on Friday. „ICE‘s violence is not a statistic, it has names, families, and futures attached to it, and we refuse to look away or stay silent.“
January 10, 2026 — Nationwide protests after ICE agent’s killing of Minneapolis woman
Anti-ICE protests: More than 1,000 demonstrations against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown are planned across the country this weekend as outrage spreads over the fatal shooting of a Minnesota woman by an ICE agent on Wednesday.
Protests against ICE planned across U.S. after shootings in Minneapolis and Oregon
Protests against immigration enforcement are planned for cities and towns across the country on Saturday after one federal officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis and another shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon.
The demonstrations come as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security pushes forward in the Twin Cities with what it calls its biggest-ever immigration enforcement operation. President Trump‘s administration has said both shootings were acts of self-defense against drivers who „weaponized“ their vehicles to attack officers.
Ice Out For Good – Sandoval County Indivisible – Jan 10th, 2026
ICE OUT FOR GOOD — Weekend of Action (Livestream)
Hosted by Sandoval County Indivisible • Rio Rancho, NM
🗓️ Saturday, January 10, 2026 • ⏰ 10:00 AM (Mountain Time)
This week, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of violence, impunity, and abuse by federal immigration enforcement that harms members of our communities.
A broad coalition of groups across the country is calling for a coordinated ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action on Saturday, January 10 and Sunday, January 11 to demand accountability, honor the life lost, and make visible the human cost of ICE’s actions. Join us live as we gather in solidarity and share ways to take meaningful, lawful action.
ICE OUT For Good
On Wednesday, January 7th, Renee Good, an American citizen, was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against members of our communities.
A broad coalition of groups across the country is calling for a coordinated ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action on Saturday, January 10th and Sunday, January 11th to demand accountability, honor the life lost, and make visible the human cost of ICE’s actions.
Timing: Noon-2:00 pm local time preferred; however, plan what works for your local community. All events should be concluded, and attendees dispersed before dusk.
ICE Out For Good Coalition Announces Nationwide Weekend of Action Demanding Accountability After ICE Killing of Renee Nicole Good
(January 9, 2026)
Washington, D.C. — A broad national coalition, including Indivisible, MoveOn Civic Action, the American Civil Liberties Union, Voto Latino, United We Dream, 50501, the Disappeared in America Campaign of the Not Above the Law coalition, and partner organizations across the country, is calling for a coordinated ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action on Saturday, January 10, and Sunday, January 11. In less than 24 hours after the announcement, there are already 1,000 events anticipated nationwide. You can find the growing list of events here.
Fatal ICE shooting of Minneapolis activist sets stage for national protests
Protest organizers said more than 1,000 weekend events were planned across the country demanding an end to large-scale deployments of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents ordered by President Donald Trump, mostly to cities led by Democratic politicians.
Salt Lake City protesters call on Congress to rein in presidential war powers
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A rally took place in Salt Lake City Monday. The protest was planned before the United States performed a military operation and took Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro into custody, but now, organizers said that it’s more relevant than ever.
The protesters called on Utah’s Senators Mike Lee and John Curtis to support the bipartisan War Powers Resolution in the Senate, which will be voted on this week. It would prohibit President Trump from launching additional hostilities against Venezuela without congressional approval.
Emergency Action at the OAS: Hands Off Venezuela
On Tuesday, January 6, the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold a special Permanent Council meeting “to consider recent events in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,” following the kidnapping of Venezuela’s sitting president and escalating U.S. actions inside the country.
We are mobilizing outside OAS headquarters at the exact moment this meeting takes place because the OAS has a long and documented history of providing political cover for U.S. intervention, regime-change operations, and violations of sovereignty in the hemisphere, including in Venezuela.
Global Protests Tell Trump and His Cronies: ‘Hands Off Venezuela’
Demonstrators took to the streets of Brussels, Madrid, Ankara, Mexico City, Los Angeles, and other major cities worldwide to voice opposition to the US assault on Venezuela and Trump administration officials’ pledge to “run” the country’s government for an unspecified period of time, a plan that Venezuelan leaders have publicly met with defiance.
Protesters Worldwide Condemn U.S. Assault on Venezuela
Protests against the Trump administration’s unilateral, undeclared war on Venezuela erupted across the U.S. and around the world over the weekend. Antiwar demonstrators took to the streets of Ankara, Brussels, Havana, London, Madrid, Mexico City and cities throughout Venezuela and across Latin America. Here in the U.S., protesters rallied in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and dozens of smaller communities from coast to coast. This is Seth Galinsky, who joined protesters outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where President Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are being held.
Protest gegen US-Interventionismus: Hunderte demonstrieren vor dem Brandenburger Tor
Am Samstagabend, dem 3. Januar 2026, versammelten sich am Pariser Platz in Berlin mehrere Hundert kurzfristig mobilisierte Solidaritäts- und Friedensgruppen zu einer Kundgebung vor der US-Botschaft. Anlass war der Protest gegen den US-Angriff auf Venezuela sowie gegen die Entführung des venezolanischen Präsidenten Maduro und seiner Frau.
Protests and lawmaker comments: Local reaction to U.S. strikes on Venezuela, Maduro capture
Sources familiar with the matter told ABC News Maduro was being flown to New York.
The ANSWER Coalition, an antiwar group, is planning a protest of the Trump administration‘s actions against Venezuela in Times Square at 2 p.m. today.
Our prisoners are in critical danger
Heba Muraisi
Teuta Hoxha
Kamran Ahmed
Lewie Chiaramello
UN experts urge UK to protect lives and rights of pro-Palestinian detainees on hunger strike
The experts have also expressed serious concern as to the overbreadth of the definition of terrorism under UK law, the proscription of Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000, and the subsequent mass arrests and criminal charges, including terrorism-related offenses, brought against individuals for alleged support for Palestine Action.
“These hunger strikes must be understood within the broader context of restrictions on pro-Palestinian activism in the UK,” the experts said, noting that the detainees are held in connection with protest-related activity.
They urged the United Kingdom to immediately guarantee appropriate healthcare for all hunger strikers, and engage in meaningful dialogue and action to address not only the claims of the protestors, but also underlying rights violations, and an end to the repression of Palestine activism.
“Preventable deaths in custody are never acceptable. The State bears full responsibility for the lives and wellbeing of those it detains,” the experts said. “Urgent action is required now.”
The experts stand ready to engage constructively with the UK Government and will continue to monitor the situation closely.
*The experts:
– Gina Romero, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
– Tlaleng Mofokeng, the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
– Cecilia M. Bailliet, the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity
– George Katrougalos, the Independent expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
– Ben Saul, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
– Irene Khan, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
– Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967
Greta Thunberg arrested at Palestine Action protest in London
he Prisoners for Palestine protest group confirmed the climate activist had been arrested at a demonstration in support of the Palestine Action members on hunger strike in prison.
In a video shared by the group, Thunberg, 22, can be seen holding a sign reading “I support the Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide” at a demonstration outside the central London offices of Aspen Insurance.
Greta Thunberg Arrested in Protest Supporting Palestine Action Hunger Strikers
Images of the arrest show Thunberg seated on the ground at the protest holding a sign that reads, “I support Palestine Action prisoners” and “I oppose genocide.”
Police confronted her as she joined demonstrators outside of a building used by Aspen Insurance, which protesters said they targeted because it provides services to Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems. Protesters also sprayed red paint on the building’s facade as part of their demonstration.