Hilary Aked

Comment: On the eve of the Chilcot report, Hilary Aked argues that Labour must put their squabbling aside, and remember the shameful belligerence of Bush and Blair's invasion

Comment: Using this horrific crime to stoke Islamophobia underlines the need for an intersectional approach to fighting oppression, which recognises the links between different systems of discrimination, writes Hilary Aked

Comment: While its messages may be worthy, the government is using fundamentally dishonest methods of communication, amounting to an encroachment of state power in the third sector, writes Hilary Aked

Comment: A detailed new report raises troubling questions for all those who retain hope for a transparent and democratic Europe that is supportive of the Palestinian struggle, writes Hilary Aked

Comment: Remarks made by NUS President Malia Bouattia may be anti-Zionist, but conflating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism is dangerous and wrong, says Hilary Aked.

Comment: Government support for the UK arms trade remains high, but this ruling is tacit recognition of the dangers that come with lax restrictions on arms sales, says Hilary Aked.

The global BDS campaign drawing on huge grassroots support remains strong in the face of an Israeli-concerted, elites-backed attack.

The recent tragedy of the murder of Italian PhD student Giulio Regeni shows the varying degrees of risks that many academics in the Arab world face.

Comment: The rise in far-right activism is violent and threatening, and must be defeated, writes Hilary Aked.

A pro Israel rally planned for later in January in Manchester in northern England has been cancelled after pressure from UK pro-Palestinian groups