Posts by Tony Greenstein
How Islam Saved Jewry
It’s not often that I reprint an article from the Jewish Chronicle, a paper I’m presently taking to the Press Complaints Commission. But regardless of the lack of any materialist analysis, how the rise and fall of Islam as a world empire related to the development of industry, trade, a market, the following article is…
Read MorePink Floyd Founder – Roger Waters Advocates BDS
Boycotting Israel is the Way to Go Roger Waters is a wonderful example of the kind of support musicians can give to the Palestinians. He is a member of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine and his commitment is to be admired. Contrast this with the anti-Semitic Gilad Atzmon, whose ‘support’ for the Palestinians doesn’t extend…
Read MoreWhy Israel is an Apartheid State
A Database of Discriminatory Laws in Israel If there’s one thing that Zionist supporters hate, it is comparisons between Zionism and Apartheid. Yet the truth is dawning on many people that discriminating against people because they are Jewish is no different than discriminating against them because they are not Jewish. Refusing to allow Arabs to…
Read MoreThe Muslim Brotherhood continues where Mubarak left off – maintaining Israel’s Blockade
The Muslim Brotherhood continues where Mubarak left off – maintaining Israel’s Blockade Egyptian women in Cairo march in protest at the military’s use of excessive force against women and unarmed protesters. Photograph: Mohamed Omar/EPA Hamas keeps silent about the betrayal of its fellow Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has always been a conservative, clerical…
Read MoreAlbania & the Holocaust – An Untold Story
Albania – the only Nazi-occupied country where the number of Jews increased It’s not a story that’s oft told. It doesn’t really fit in with the myth of the Judeo-Christian civilization that is peddled today. When the fundamentalists of Pastor John Hagee’s Christians United for Israel are the Zionists’ primary political supporters today and when…
Read MorePCS Strike Against Attacks on Pay, Pensions & Conditions 20th March 2013
Solid Strike of Brighton PCS Members in DVLA, Courts and Job Centre Plus Below are a few pictures of pickets outside the courts and Job Centre Plus in Brighton. There were also picket lines at the DVLA office which , like all others in the country, is being closed down on the grounds that the…
Read MoreThe Big Interview with Tony Greenstein!
The weekend local paper, the Brighton Argus did an interview with me. It’s not often they interview a self-confessed communist about anti-Zionism and imperialism! Enjoy. http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10309187.The_Big_Interview__Tony_Greenstein/ This blog will be taking a week’s break as I’m off for a week’s ‘holiday’ in freezing Britain! Tony Greenstein
Read MoreIsraeli Professor Yaron Raviv calls Palestinian student ‘a cockroach’
Claremont McKenna College in Southern California Ignores Racist Outburst and Accuses the Victim The Nazi contours of Zionist Racism Revealed in Professorial Outburst Crosspost Electronic Intifada Racist Israeli Professor Yaron Raviv whom Claremont College, California are protecting It is a hallmark of the most virulent racist ideologies that the colonised are dehumanised and compared to…
Read MoreIsrael is Destroying Gaza’s Fishing Industry
Once Again Israel breaks an Agreement One of the parts of the agreement that led to the freeing of Gilad Shalit was that Gazan fishermen would not be prevented from fishing up to 12 miles from the coast. This is quite normal but Israel fires on anyone going beyond 3 miles. There is no possible…
Read MoreThe Self-Destruction of the Socialist Workers Party – Now is the Time for a New Left Party
Sexual Harassment & Alleged Rape Were the Symptoms Lack of Democracy was the Cause Martin Smith on the look-out for teenage SWP members? On Sunday March 10th an Emergency Meeting of the SWP voted to endorse the Central Committee’s [CC] handling of the allegations of rape and sexual harassment against Martin Smith ‘Comrade Delta’, as…
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