Matt Broomfield
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Two Recently Captured Prisoners Told Us Why They Joined ISIS
The world wants to wash its hands of the people who have escaped the Islamic State. → Read More
Rojava: frontline of capital’s war on the environment
Many Kurdish people have had their connection to their land battered out of them. Now, they are taking it back. Matt Broomfield reports . → Read More
Brexit astroturfing: did fake grassroots groups help swing the EU referendum?
Campaigns like "Vapers For Britain" might have been inside the letter of the law, but did they breach its spirit? → Read More
Here’s why we’re planting trees in northern Syria
“Thirty years ago this area was full of trees,” Adin says, pointing at a dusty swathe of harvested wheat fields spreading to the horizon and the Turkish border beyond. “Then the regime sent men to cut them all down.” We are in the autonomous region of northern Syria known as Rojava, standing atop a hill planted with young saplings. To untrained eyes the landscape seems impossibly arid. But Adin,… → Read More
How Israel weaponizes education in occupied Golan Heights
Syria conflict is heightening pressure on Druze to assimilate. → Read More
How Chemsex Helps Queer Men Find Their Place in Big Cities
We speak to gay cultural theorist Jamie Hakim about how chemsex is a response to neoliberalism and the alienation of the modern city. → Read More
“Full understand”: The new language of the Lesvos refugee camp
In the crucible of the overcrowded detention centre at Moria, English is undergoing an accelerated evolution. → Read More
Why you should give money directly and unconditionally to homeless people
Who are you to judge what they do with that cash? → Read More
Eurovision: A kitsch ad for apartheid Israel
Israel's participation in pop contest is a profoundly political act. → Read More
Undercover at a secret ‘neo-Nazi’ meeting with Holocaust denier David Irving
Holocaust denier David Irving spoke alongside other anti-Semitic conspiracy theorists at a secret meeting of the “neo-Nazi, white supremacist” London Forum, where it was claimed Auschwitz was “like Disneyland” and that the Holocaust was “gossip”, “propaganda” a → Read More
Former guard reveals what life is like at a North Korean prison camp
Thousands of inmates in North Korean prison camps face beatings, summary executions, starvation and rape, a former guard has revealed. → Read More
Tom Hanks gifts espresso machine to White House press corps because 'those poor b******* need coffee'
Tom Hanks has explained why he donated an espresso machine to the press corps at Donald Trump's White House, continuing a personal tradition which dates back to 2004, in an effort to help reporters "keep up the good fight for truth, justice and the American Way". Speaking on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the Hollywood star said: "I've done that for Democrats and Republican administrations… → Read More
Emmanuel Macron's relationship with Brigitte Trogneux began with 'kiss on cheek' when he was 16
Emmanuel Macron, the neoliberal candidate widely tipped to beat far-right Marine le Pen to the French presidency, first met his now-wife Brigitte when he was 15 and she his 39-year-old teacher. And the pair weathered town gossip, the fury of Mr Macron's parents and an enforced separation, according to a forthcoming book by French journalist Anne Fulda which casts new light on their unorthodox… → Read More
Grandmother awarded damages for PTSD after watching daughter give birth
A grandmother has been awarded compensation for suffering post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after witnessing the botched birth of her granddaughter, as she and the mother believed the baby to be dead for 12 minutes. → Read More
Labour pledges to end zero-hours contracts and unpaid internships in 20-point plan to tackle 'rigged economy'
The Labour Party will end zero-hours contracts and unpaid internships if they win the general election, leader Jeremy Corbyn and Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell have announced. The public sector pay cap which has left workers facing a £1700 drop in annual pay by 2020 will also be scrapped, while the minimum wage will be raised to match the national living wage, or at least £10 per hour by 2020. → Read More
UK Government was handed dossier on Donald Trump links to Russia last year, court papers reveal
The British Government was passed the dossier detailing alleged collusion between the Kremlin and Donald Trump back in December, it has emerged. The collection of memos, which alleges the existence of a Russian programme "cultivating, supporting and assisting" Mr Trump to the presidency, was compiled by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele. → Read More
Man crawling full length of London Marathon in gorilla suit completes course after six days
A man dressed in a gorilla costume has completed the London marathon in six days, crawling round the 26 mile course and raising £23,900 for the Gorilla Organisation. Tom Harrison, 41, made it across the finish line on Saturday morning, having set out at 10.34am the previous Sunday. He was accompanied by his young sons, dressed in gorilla costumes. → Read More
US deploys troops to stop fighting in Syria
The US has reportedly sent troops to the border between Turkey and the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Syria, in an apparent response to a spate of Turkish assaults on Kurdish targets. → Read More
Hard Brexit could trigger financial crisis worse than 2008 crash, says Vince Cable
A hard Brexit could trigger a financial crash worse than the 2008 crisis, Sir Vince Cable has warned. Inflation, job losses, the falling pound could force the UK back into a recession in a "vicious Brexit squeeze", according to the Liberal Democrat and former Business Secretary. → Read More
General election 2017: Nearly half of all Labour voters could desert party, poll shows
Nearly half of those who voted for Labour in 2015's general election say they will support a different party on 8 June, according to pollsters YouGov, while three-quarters of Conservative voters will be sticking with the Tories. → Read More