Posts by Tony Greenstein
A Constitutional Coup? Donald Trump and the Unthinkable
Below is an article that was circulated by my friend and comrade Moshe Machover. I don’t agree with most of it and it would be very difficult to get the electoral college to vote against a Trump Presidency. Nonetheless there is no doubt that people in the United State Establishment are thinking the unthinkable and that this…
Read MoreIsraeli Soldier and National Hero Elor Azaria Goes on Trial For Executing Palestinian Lying Prostrate
I have already posted about Elor Azaria, the soldier who was named by Israel’s most popular free paper, Israel Hayom, as Israeli of the year. THIS IS Israel – Call to Kill All Arabs at Tel Aviv Rally in Support for Killer Soldier What did Elor do to earn this accolade? In most countries it might…
Read MoreFalse Zionist Allegations of Anti-Semitism and the Boy Cried Wolf Syndrome
How the Chuka Ummuna and fellow Tories on the Home Affairs Select Committee used ‘anti-Semitism’ as a weapon against Corbyn and NUS President, Malia Bouathia. I confess that despite being an avid letter writer to the press, I didn’t spot this letter in the Independent two months ago! The reason is that the Indie is…
Read MoreGuardian Publishes Letter Criticising New Bogus Definition of anti-Semitism
Anti-Zionism is not Anti-Semitism Say 63 Signatories to Guardian Letter The Guardian has published a letter signed by 63 people, about half of whom are Jewish, condemning the ‘new’ IHRA definition of anti-Semitism [see The Government’s new definition of ‘anti-Semitism’ is an attempt to criminalise support for the Palestinians and opposition to Zionism]. This was…
Read MoreThe Government’s new definition of ‘anti-Semitism’ is an attempt to criminalise support for the Palestinians and opposition to Zionism
Jeremy Corbyn’s acceptance of this Tory definition of ‘anti-Semitism’ is shameful and must be reversed Tzipi Hotoveli is a virulent racist who believes it is a crime for Jews and non-Jews to have sexual relations or marry. This is what the Nazis also believed in yet Theresa May is happy to be photographed with her. …
Read MoreChomsky at the Massachusetts’s Institute of Technology
Between the war scientists and the anti-war students A guest post by Chris Knight It is now fifty years since Noam Chomsky published his celebrated article, ‘The Responsibility of Intellectuals’. Few other writings had a greater impact on the turbulent political atmosphere on US campuses in the 1960s. The essay launched Chomsky’s political career as…
Read MoreOpen Letter from 96 members/supporters of the Labour Party to the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Tom Watson MP
Labour Members ask Watson why he has no criticism of Israel’s racist Occupation of Palestine Accompanying Letter Dear Mr Watson I attach a letter signed by 88 members/supporters of the Labour Party, Jewish and non-Jewish, in respect of your speech to Labour Friends of Israel last month. Not once in your speech did you utter any…
Read MoreLansman’s Scorched Earth War Against Democracy in Momentum
Owen Jones – the Nick Cohen of Tomorrow According to his spin merchants, Lansman is defending the youthful activists of Momentum against their Trotskyist elders! Running with the hares and hunting with the hounds – Jones is on the side of the Palestinians and the Zionists It was not so long ago that Owen…
Read MoreThe Nauseating Hypocrisy of Stephen Pollard, Editor of the Jewish Chronicle
Pollard’s Crocodile Tears over Luciana Berger MP’s experience of anti-Semitism Stephen Pollard, whose only claim to fame is having destroyed the reputation of the Jewish Chronicle as well as its circulation (down from over 32,000 when he began his reign of destruction in 2008 to under 20,000 and falling now) wrote to me and the…
Read MoreNeo-Nazi Audience Selector for Question Time, Alison Fuller-Pedley Invites EDL to Take Part
The BBC’s Idea of Balance – One Fascist for Every Anti-Fascist One of fascist Pedley’s retweets – a celebration of a nauseating ‘patriotism’ and militarism Even more nauseating – retweeting a group that would have supported the Nazis and which denies the Holocaust Thomas Mair – Jo Cox’s killer is in the centre of the…
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