Posts by Tony Greenstein
Clarion, the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty Momentum blog attacks Jackie Walker
Ironically their paper is called Solidarity Mike Chessum, a member of the Steering Committee of Momentum recently wrote a dismally argued article for Clarion, the AWL’s Momentum blog, explaining why he voted to remove Jackie Walker as Vice-Chair of Momentum. In order that he could justify his vote, he consistently misquoted what she said. Jackie…
Read MoreThe Death of a Legend – the Immortal Leonard Cohen
Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye! It was with shock and sadness that I learnt late last night (or was it early morning?) of the death of one of my teenage musical heroes. Whereas the death of David Bowie left me cold, Leonard Cohen’s departure feels as if a piece of my life has…
Read MoreDonald Trump – Brexit in the United States
Clinton andTrump = 2 poisons – Strychnine and Arsenic Why do the pundits and pollsters always get it wrong? It wasn’t that difficult to get it right early Way back on May 27th I predicted that Donald Trump would win the US Presidency. It was clear that his crude economic nationalism coupled to his racism…
Read MoreBBC Exclusive: – Germany’s Jewish soldiers who fought in Hitler’s Army
According to the BBC’s logic historians should question the extent of anti-Jewish discrimination in Nazi Germany! In what can only be described as a BBC propaganda piece on behalf of Israel’s claim that there is equality between Jews and Arabs, the BBC today showed a programme’ Israel’s Arab Warriors on BBC Arabic TV. The clear…
Read MoreDebate Between Tony Greenstein & Daniel Randall of the Alliance for Workers Liberty
Does ‘left anti-Semitism’ exist or is it a pretext for social imperialism? Brighton 15th September 2016 The transcript of this debate can also be found here and the file can be download here Chaired by Mark Sandell – Elected, Deposed & now Expelled Chair, Brighton & Hove District Labour Party This is a debate which was…
Read More“Antisemitism in the United Kingdom”
Yvette Cooper is the new Chair of the Home Affairs Sub-Committee after the resignation of Keith Vaz MP I am republishing what is an excellent critique of the recent flawed House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee Report on Anti-Semitism by David Plank, who was a former Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Social…
Read MoreThe Agonies of Liberal Zionism
The modern face of Israel is becoming less attractive to young Jews in the diaspora It’s an article you wouldn’t see in the Jewish Chronicle because, under Stephen Pollard, the paper has become a Zionist propaganda sheet. The article below from Ha’aretz, the only liberal daily newspaper in Israel, shows that despite all the huffing…
Read MoreWhy Israel is not a Liberal Democracy
Israel is the most racist and right-wing state on Earth Introduction The recent Home Affairs Select Committee Report on Anti-Semitism, [see Manufacturing Consent On ‘Anti-Semitism – Modern Day Alchemy – Home Affairs Select Committee Transforms Anti-Zionism into Anti-Semitism] whose primary purpose was to conflate criticism of Israel and Zionism with anti-Semitism, started from the basis that ‘where…
Read MoreWhy Zionism is important & why we must reject attempts to sanitise it
This is an important article in Israel’s online +972 Magazine that is required reading for anyone who wishes to understand Zionism, the movement that dispossessed the Palestinians and now rules over 6 million of them. Ephraim Mirvis, Britain’s Chief Rabbi, argues that Zionism and Judaism are inseparable. His predecessor Rabbi Herman Adler was an anti-Zionist This…
Read MoreDylan Thomas and Bob Dylan – a critical comparison – Heathcote Amory
It’s not often that you read a profoundly brilliant and moving essay such as that by Heathcote Amory. Musically Bob Dylan is one of my favourite heroes but, as the essay below shows, he is also a deeply flawed hero. Dylan is accused of plagiarism, not I think always fairly, given it is well known…
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