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

Monday 09th Aug 2021

Don't stop sending migrants back to Afghanistan, six European countries tell EU Commission

GOVERNMENT ministers from six European countries have called on the EU leadership to continue returning migrants to Afghanistan — even as the relig

Thursday 05th Aug 2021

International human rights laws ignored at Europe's edges

Migrants used as political pawns in battle between the EU, Lithuania and Belarus, while 800 refugees in the Mediterranean are still not allowed to come ashore

Thursday 05th Aug 2021

Extreme temperatures becoming more frequent across East Asia, Greenpeace warns, as athletes struggle with the Tokyo heat

Meanwhile, wildfires in Greece threaten the birthplace of the Olympics

Thursday 05th Aug 2021

Zapatista ‘invasion’ to mark 500th anniversary of the conquest of Mexico in Madrid

A DELEGATION from an indigenous rebel group is set to mark the 500th anniversary of the conquest of Mexico in Madrid next Friday.

Wednesday 04th Aug 2021

Italy must drop charges against refugee rescuers, Amnesty demands

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL called on the Italian authorities today to drop legal proceedings against activists from refugee rescue ship the Iuventa.

Wednesday 04th Aug 2021

Activists force US government to extend ban on tenant evictions

Congresswoman Cori Bush praised for spending five-days campaigning on the steps of Capitol Hill

Wednesday 04th Aug 2021

Blizzard Entertainment boss steps down as workers continue fight against sexual harassment in the workplace

THE head of a US video game company where staff staged a walkout last week to demand an end to sexual harassment in the workplace and improved work

Tuesday 03rd Aug 2021

More than 800 refugees on two rescue ships waiting for authorities to allow them to come ashore

MORE than 800 refugees onboard two civilian-run rescue ships in the central Mediterranean urgently need to come ashore, their rescuers said today —

Tuesday 27th Jul 2021

Libyan coastguards threaten to arrest NGO refugee rescuers in international waters

THE European Union-supported Libyan coastguard threatened to arrest the crew of a civilian-run refugee rescue ship in international waters today.

Wednesday 28th Jul 2021

Whistleblower setenced to 45 months in jail for telling world of the US's drone assassination programme

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

Don't stop sending migrants back to Afghanistan, six European countries tell EU Commission

GOVERNMENT ministers from six European countries have called on the EU leadership to continue returning migrants to Afghanistan — even as the relig

International human rights laws ignored at Europe's edges

Migrants used as political pawns in battle between the EU, Lithuania and Belarus, while 800 refugees in the Mediterranean are still not allowed to come ashore

Extreme temperatures becoming more frequent across East Asia, Greenpeace warns, as athletes struggle with the Tokyo heat

Meanwhile, wildfires in Greece threaten the birthplace of the Olympics

Zapatista ‘invasion’ to mark 500th anniversary of the conquest of Mexico in Madrid

A DELEGATION from an indigenous rebel group is set to mark the 500th anniversary of the conquest of Mexico in Madrid next Friday.

Italy must drop charges against refugee rescuers, Amnesty demands

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL called on the Italian authorities today to drop legal proceedings against activists from refugee rescue ship the Iuventa.

Activists force US government to extend ban on tenant evictions

Congresswoman Cori Bush praised for spending five-days campaigning on the steps of Capitol Hill

Blizzard Entertainment boss steps down as workers continue fight against sexual harassment in the workplace

THE head of a US video game company where staff staged a walkout last week to demand an end to sexual harassment in the workplace and improved work

More than 800 refugees on two rescue ships waiting for authorities to allow them to come ashore

MORE than 800 refugees onboard two civilian-run rescue ships in the central Mediterranean urgently need to come ashore, their rescuers said today —

Libyan coastguards threaten to arrest NGO refugee rescuers in international waters

THE European Union-supported Libyan coastguard threatened to arrest the crew of a civilian-run refugee rescue ship in international waters today.

Whistleblower setenced to 45 months in jail for telling world of the US's drone assassination programme

A WHISTLEBLOWER who exposed the extent of the United States’ drone assassination programme was sentenced for 45 months today.

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