Posts by Tony Greenstein
Tunisia – Victory for the Left as the Islamists are Defeated
It is always welcome news, especially in the Middle East, to hear of the defeat of the Islamic Right, who use religion to reinforce the power of the market and the mullahs and their corrupt hangers-on. Tony Greenstein The richness of Tunisia’s new politics By Laryssa Chomiak October 29 Women look at candidate lists for…
Read MoreLEFT UNITY – Internal Strife and ‘Feminist’ Witchhunt
Personal Politics – the Divorce from Reality Left Unity – the group set up with such hope and optimism – has fallen foul to the same curse that has historically plagued the socialist and far-left of British politics – Sectarianism. The belief that one’s own petty concerns are of more importance than the wider movement…
Read MoreIsraeli Arabs Singled Out For Dismissal and Attack in Israel
Oppression targets Palestinians in Israel Israeli policemen arrest protesters as Palestinians living in Israel and left wing activists protest against the Israeli attack on Gaza in down town Haifa, July 18, 2014. Israeli police arrested 28 activists, as protesters took the streets and blocked roads calling to put an end to the attack. (Fiaz abu-Ramele/Activestills.org)…
Read MoreJerusalem – The Unholy City
Jerusalem – At the Forefront of the Resistance Uri Avnery November 21, 2014 IN ITS long and checkered history, Jerusalem has been occupied by dozens of conquerors. Babylonians and Persians, Greeks and Romans, Mamluks and Turks, Britons and Jordanians – to mention just a few. The latest occupier is Israel, which conquered and annexed Jerusalem in…
Read MoreLet Mads Gilbert Back Into Gaza – Norwegian doctor banned from Gaza for life
Israel – the only State where it is a crime to save life But see it from Netanyahu’s perspective. Israel spends much time and money killing as many Palestinian civilians as possible and then this upstart from Norway, who should be minding his own business, tries to subvert their efforts by saving peoples’ lives. Not…
Read MoreThe Origins of Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC)
A Talk I Gave to members of Brighton PSC on 31st August 2014 We often work in organisations which are so embroiled and rightly so in their day-to-day work, that they forget where they came from. I am posting for others the transcription of the speech. Passages in Bold have been added subsequent to the…
Read MoreLabour Heads for Electoral Disaster
Those Who Want to Replace Miliband Miss the Point – It’s the Strategy that Needs Changing That speech New Labour MPs Panic as their Seats Are in Danger – But None Advocate a Change in Strategy When I posted an article in July this year saying that there was no way Miliband could win the…
Read More‘The Only Democracy in the Middle East’ Suspends Arab MK Haneen Zoabi
Israel’s mask of democracy slips as Haneen Zoabi is suspended for 6 months Haneen Zoabi – singled out for abuse by Israeli right and Zionists In the summer Haneen Zoabi, a member of the Knesset for Balad, was asked of the kidnapping and murder of 3 teenage settlers was an act of terrorism. She replied…
Read MoreThe Lib-Tory Attack on the Disabled
After 4 Years the Lib-Dems are now Opposed to the Attacks They Supported! Every time you hear Nick Clegg talk about how the Lib Dems restrained their Tory partners in the Coalition, just think of the attacks on the welfare state, the NHS reforms and above all the attack on claimants. The story below, in…
Read MoreThe Day Israel Attacked America
The Attack on the USS Liberty In June 1967, during the 6 Day War of Expansion, the US spy ship, the USS Liberty was listening to Israeli communications. Israel didn’t want information as to what they were doing to leak to the Egypt and its allies and they attacked the ship. The US response was…
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