
Last week, the ‘Filton 4’ pro-Palestine activists were sentenced on terrorism charges for a total of 25 years. The trial was a stitch-up from start to finish. The left must organise to oppose the state’s clampdown on our democratic rights.

Is the United States government controlled by Israel? Does the Zionist lobby pull the strings? Ben Curry explores the strange relationship between the two countries which, far from a conspiracy, has a much simpler explanation.

Artist Matthew Collings sat down with The Communist to discuss his series ‘Drawings against Genocide’ which exposes the horrors inflicted by Israel upon Gaza, as well as fighting attacks from Zionists, and how art fits into the class struggle.