The UK government is set to make its final decision on the future of the controversial Rosebank oil field, situated off the coast of Shetland. The project was overturned by the Scottish courts last year on climate grounds and has long faced opposition in the UK. The argument against Rosebank, however, is not just environmental.…
27 January 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECourt of Session Ruling Offers Hope Amid Escalating Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Protesters in Scotland The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) welcomes this significant move by the Court of Session in Edinburgh to approve a judicial review of the government proscription of Palestine Action, to assert its freedom of action independently…
Book review:Sai Englert, Settler Colonialism: An Introduction.(First published 2022 by Pluto Press New Wing, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA) Just before Xmas last year, Israel’s Security Cabinet approved 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank. It brings the total approved in the last three years up to 67 and represents a major acceleration in…
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By Kimberley Davidson Sitting down in Screen 3 at the recently reopened Filmhouse in Edinburgh, I questioned whether being there was the right thing to do. I wasn’t sure I could sit through a film we witnessed in real time. As an activist and organiser, my focus now is on staying emotionally able to continue—because…
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After 73 days of hunger strike, Heba Murais, Teuta Hoxha, Kamran Ahmed, and Lewie Chiaramello are ending their hunger strike following a hard-won victory. SPSC salutes the courage, discipline, and resolve of the hunger strikers, and celebrates their collective strength in forcing concessions from a state that sought to ignore them, and we support 22…
By Barry Dalgleish Nuclear Build Up Israel maintains deliberate ambiguity over its nuclear capability. However, its arsenal is an open secret. Israel’s nuclear buildup reads like a 007 novel. The Israeli Atomic Energy Commission was established in 1952. Within a year, it had successfully developed a method for producing heavy water, enabling Israel to produce…