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

Tuesday 19th Mar 2019

Kazakhstan's president announces surprise resignation

Nursultan Nazarbayev, who hired Tony Blair in 2014 to advise on how to spin the killing of 15 peaceful protesters, didn't give a specific reason for quitting

Wednesday 20th Mar 2019

European Parliament to probe ExxonMobil's climate change denial

THE European Parliament is set to hold a hearing on oil giant ExxonMobil’s climate change denial tomorrow, following pressure from environmental ca

Tuesday 19th Mar 2019

German court rules government must ensure US does not use its territory to carry out drone strikes

A GERMAN court ordered the government today to ensure the United States does not use its territory to carry out drone strikes in Yemen.

Tuesday 19th Mar 2019

Italy's far-right interior minister once again refuses sanctuary for desperate migrants

ITALY’S far-right interior minister once again refused to allow migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea to come ashore today.

Tuesday 19th Mar 2019

Palestinian refugee agency to run out of funds by May

UNRWA, which has been in a state of financial crisis since the US pulled its donations last year, is asking UN members to match last year's efforts

Wednesday 06th Mar 2019

Formula one ‘complicit’ in Bahrain's human rights abuses

Human rights campaigners condemn F1's decision to rely on false assurances by the Western-backed absolute monarchy

Sunday 10th Nov 2024

Interview ‘The West is wilfully blind to Azerbaijan’s crimes’

Azerbaijani peace activist ZAMIRA ABBASOVA tells Ben Cowles how her country’s kleptocratic government forced her into exile

Monday 04th Mar 2019

Left-wing Jewish groups condemn McDonagh for appearing to suggest Jewish people control capitalism

ANTI-CAPITALIST Jewish groups condemned right-wing Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh today after she appeared to suggest Jewish people control capitalism

Friday 01st Mar 2019

United Nations stuck in stalemate over Venezuela

THE United Nations security council remained in stalemate over Venezuela today after it rejected both the US’s calls to support self-declared “inte

Friday 01st Mar 2019

French authorities planning fresh crackdown on Calais's migrants

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

Kazakhstan's president announces surprise resignation

Nursultan Nazarbayev, who hired Tony Blair in 2014 to advise on how to spin the killing of 15 peaceful protesters, didn't give a specific reason for quitting

European Parliament to probe ExxonMobil's climate change denial

THE European Parliament is set to hold a hearing on oil giant ExxonMobil’s climate change denial tomorrow, following pressure from environmental ca

German court rules government must ensure US does not use its territory to carry out drone strikes

A GERMAN court ordered the government today to ensure the United States does not use its territory to carry out drone strikes in Yemen.

Italy's far-right interior minister once again refuses sanctuary for desperate migrants

ITALY’S far-right interior minister once again refused to allow migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea to come ashore today.

Palestinian refugee agency to run out of funds by May

UNRWA, which has been in a state of financial crisis since the US pulled its donations last year, is asking UN members to match last year's efforts

Formula one ‘complicit’ in Bahrain's human rights abuses

Human rights campaigners condemn F1's decision to rely on false assurances by the Western-backed absolute monarchy

Interview ‘The West is wilfully blind to Azerbaijan’s crimes’

Azerbaijani peace activist ZAMIRA ABBASOVA tells Ben Cowles how her country’s kleptocratic government forced her into exile

Left-wing Jewish groups condemn McDonagh for appearing to suggest Jewish people control capitalism

ANTI-CAPITALIST Jewish groups condemned right-wing Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh today after she appeared to suggest Jewish people control capitalism

United Nations stuck in stalemate over Venezuela

THE United Nations security council remained in stalemate over Venezuela today after it rejected both the US’s calls to support self-declared “inte

French authorities planning fresh crackdown on Calais's migrants

Care4Calais issues an urgent call for donations ahead of police action that will likely see ‘400 people have their meagre possessions destroyed’

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