A review of interesting and useful articles from across the media landscape, organized in reverse chronological order, and subdivided by month, for the last rolling calendar year.
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2025:
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Medium, 15th August 2025:
A Palestine Action protester was arrested for his clever choice of clothes last week, triggering an ‘embarrassing’ police de-arrest that’s now gone viral.
Guardian On-line, 11th August 2025:
Huda Ammori says No 10’s allegations go against its own intelligence assessments, as pressure grows over mass arrests
BBC News, 10th August 2025:
It was the biggest protest since the government proscribed the group in July under the Terrorism Act, making membership of or support for it a criminal offence, punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
Guardian On-line, 30th July 2025:
Labour has settled claims brought by 20 people, mainly former staffers, who featured in a leaked internal document about antisemitism in the party, with the costs estimated to be close to £2m.
Byline Times, 28th July 2025:
Companies such as Murdoch’s News Corp and defence contractors like Lockheed Martin are able to conceal how much funding they are giving to APPGs by funding the secretariat, but not the APPG itself.
UN Office of the Commissioners for Human Rights, 25th July 2025:
The UK Government’s prescription of ‘Palestine Action’ risks hindering the legitimate exercise of fundamental freedoms across the UK.
Uncivilized, 22nd July 2025:
While AI feels suspended in servers and clouds, there are material consequences on the ground, on our earth, to real living people. And those leading the charge are doing so with very little oversight.
BBC In-Depth, 20th July 2025:
"They" are lithium companies… As the world transitions to more renewable energy sources, the demand for it has soared
British Medical Journal, 15th July 2025:
England’s sharp wealth threshold has created a system in which care home providers focus on richer areas, with low incentive to operate in poorer, high need areas.
Disability News Service, 10th July 2025:
Labour MPs have voted to impose £2 billion-a-year cuts on disabled people who cannot work, despite a last-minute intervention by UN disability rights experts, and repeated warnings that the bill will cost lives.
Amnesty, 9th July 2025:
Our groundbreaking analysis has uncovered a rapidly expanding network of organisations working to undermine human rights protections, targeting reproductive freedoms, LGBTI rights and promoting dangerous practices.
BBC News, 8th July 2025:
Some children are living in "Dickensian" levels of poverty, according to England's children's commissioner.
Guardian On-line, 27th June 2025:
Those who set up protest camp in 1980s hope its spirit can be revived to oppose UK’s plan to buy nuclear-carrying jets
TED, 26th June 2025:
What if the race to save the planet is harming the people who protect it? Indigenous advocate Galina Angarova exposes the hidden cost of the green energy transition.
NCSR, 25th June 2025:
This report examines whether social media platforms are reshaping political attitudes, engagement, and trust in institutions.
European Environment Agency, 24th June 2025:
Just over 110 million people, or more than 20% of Europeans, are exposed to high levels of transport noise that exceed thresholds set under EU reporting rules and which harm our health, the environment and the economy.
Guardian On-line, 21st June 2025:
Research suggests longest day is a cue for beeches and other species to launch their growth strategies
BBC News, 16th June 2025:
A chemical that scientists worry might have an impact on human reproduction has been found in rivers across the UK.
Guardian On-line, 24th May 2025:
The Guardian and Liberty Investigates find police in England and Wales believe expansion is likely after 4.7m faces scanned in 2024.
Byline Times, 22nd May 2025:
A new report calls on the Government to ‘look again’ at repealing laws passed under the last Conservative Government.