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Articles by Ben Cowles

Punk or not, don't miss this

Ben Cowles speaks with IAN ‘TREE’ ROBINSON and ANDY DAVIES, two of the string pullers behind the Manchester Punk Festival, ahead of its 10th year show later this month

World | Monday 17th Mar 2025

Unicef: A million children in Gaza ‘are living without the very basics they need to survive’

Features | Thursday 13th Mar 2025

Make anti-racism cool again

World | Wednesday 29th Jan 2025

Two lives could have been saved had Malta launched rescue sooner, activists say

Sunday 29th Mar 2020

There'll be worse crises than coronavirus if we leave our fate in the hands of ‘sociopathic buffoons,’ Chomsky warns

HUMANITY will face much greater horrors than the coronavirus pandemic if we continue to leave our fate in the hands of “sociopathic buffoons,” US d

Friday 27th Mar 2020

Malta must drop charges against 3 refugees who took control of their rescuers ship, activists demand

‘Resisting illegal push-backs to Libya is not a crime,’ Free the El Hiblu 3 campaign says

Tuesday 24th Mar 2020

Assange to apply for bail over fears of a coronavirus outbreak at HMP Belmarsh

Lawyers for the Wikileaks founder, who suffers from a chronic lung disease, say his health is in imminent danger

Monday 23rd Mar 2020

EU called to use decommissioned cruise ships to evacuate refugees from Greece's migrant camps

Meanwhile Mission Lifeline plans to fly children out from Moria refugee camp as Greek government grounds human rights monitor ship Mare Liberum

Monday 23rd Mar 2020

Refugees in Moria camp left with no water, no soap and no support against virus

THE Greek government has left refugees detained in the massively overcrowded Moria camp on Lesbos without any supplies or information on the corona

Friday 20th Mar 2020

Europe must take responsibility for silent shipwreck

EUROPE’S maritime authorities must accept responsibility for 91 refugees who went missing off the coast of Libya last month, migrant rights campaig

Tuesday 17th Mar 2020

Greek border guards ‘detained, sexually assaulted, robbed and stripped’ refugees

Greece orders coronavirus lockdown of all migrant camps on Aegean islands

Wednesday 11th Mar 2020

NGO ship comes ashore after being hounded by far-right mobs for eight days

THE crew of an NGO migrant-rescue ship in Greece finally came ashore today after fascists blocked their attempts to dock for eight days.

Monday 09th Mar 2020

‘They lock our legs together with a chain’: An interview with a slave

BEN COWLES spoke to a Somalian refugee being held in a bogus ‘refugee camp’ in Libya, caught while trying to reach Europe

Tuesday 03rd Mar 2020

Fascist mob pours petrol on the deck of an NGO ship in Greece

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Articles by Ben Cowles

Punk or not, don't miss this

Ben Cowles speaks with IAN ‘TREE’ ROBINSON and ANDY DAVIES, two of the string pullers behind the Manchester Punk Festival, ahead of its 10th year show later this month

Unicef: A million children in Gaza ‘are living without the very basics they need to survive’

Make anti-racism cool again

Two lives could have been saved had Malta launched rescue sooner, activists say

There'll be worse crises than coronavirus if we leave our fate in the hands of ‘sociopathic buffoons,’ Chomsky warns

HUMANITY will face much greater horrors than the coronavirus pandemic if we continue to leave our fate in the hands of “sociopathic buffoons,” US d

Malta must drop charges against 3 refugees who took control of their rescuers ship, activists demand

‘Resisting illegal push-backs to Libya is not a crime,’ Free the El Hiblu 3 campaign says

Assange to apply for bail over fears of a coronavirus outbreak at HMP Belmarsh

Lawyers for the Wikileaks founder, who suffers from a chronic lung disease, say his health is in imminent danger

EU called to use decommissioned cruise ships to evacuate refugees from Greece's migrant camps

Meanwhile Mission Lifeline plans to fly children out from Moria refugee camp as Greek government grounds human rights monitor ship Mare Liberum

Refugees in Moria camp left with no water, no soap and no support against virus

THE Greek government has left refugees detained in the massively overcrowded Moria camp on Lesbos without any supplies or information on the corona

Europe must take responsibility for silent shipwreck

EUROPE’S maritime authorities must accept responsibility for 91 refugees who went missing off the coast of Libya last month, migrant rights campaig

Greek border guards ‘detained, sexually assaulted, robbed and stripped’ refugees

Greece orders coronavirus lockdown of all migrant camps on Aegean islands

NGO ship comes ashore after being hounded by far-right mobs for eight days

THE crew of an NGO migrant-rescue ship in Greece finally came ashore today after fascists blocked their attempts to dock for eight days.

‘They lock our legs together with a chain’: An interview with a slave

BEN COWLES spoke to a Somalian refugee being held in a bogus ‘refugee camp’ in Libya, caught while trying to reach Europe

Fascist mob pours petrol on the deck of an NGO ship in Greece

Mare Liberum says the crew is safe for now but they are being followed

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