Posts by Tony Greenstein
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Read MoreRest in Peace – Terry Liddle
Terry Liddle 1948 – 2012, Comrade I first met Terry at an AGM of the Alliance for Green Socialism. I didn’t know him very well but despite his disability he was full of vigour and anger at the system. I would like to carry the commemoration below by someone who knew him better, Pete McClaren…
Read MoreWhistleblowing Triumph in Brighton
Argus Article – 5 November 2012 on the sacking of whistleblower Group Foto – Cllr Smith, Carolyn Simmons, Cllrs. Mears and Wells, Tony G Tribunal Judgement Finding that Caroly Simmons was automatically unfairly dismissed for making what is called a protected disclosure i.e. exposing theft and corruption Worker Sacked for Exposing Fraud at Charity…
Read MoreOwen Jones Breaks the Establishment Consensus Over Gaza
For Once Question Time Allows in a Little Light I didn’t watch Question Time but for once the establishment consensus was broken on Gaza as Owen Jones, the young journalist from the Independent, shattered the myth that Israel was ‘retaliating’ to Hamas rockets. Charles Kennedy, the ex-Lib Dem leader who was forced to resign for…
Read MoreDissecting IDF propaganda
The numbers behind the rocket attacks by Phan Nguyen on November 17, 2012 86In this brief study, I examine the many numbers cited by the Israeli military relating to Gaza rocket attacks into Israel. To begin, Israeli spokespeople frequently remind the world that a million Israeli citizens are within range of Gaza rockets, twelve thousand…
Read MoreGaza youth breaks out with a ‘manifesto for change’
there are always 2 sides to a conflict making comparisons is anti-Semitic! A false comparison – Netanyahu is a much better propagandist tones can kill Balance is everything Brave Israeli soldiers arrest another terrorist Parity of Sacrifice They will only grow up to be terrorists When Israelis say Shalom they mean war, when Palestinians say…
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BATSHEVA PERFORMANCE DISRUPTED FOR THIRD NIGHT Dancing to the Rhythms of Palestinian Blood Spilling NOVEMBER 21 – For the third consecutive night, pro-Palestinian protesters evaded enhanced security checks to mount demonstrations inside Sadler’s Wells theatre where the Batsheva dance ensemble from Israel was performing the last of three London shows. Its tour continues on Friday…
Read MoreJews of Conscience
Survivor of the Kindertransport asks if the world has learnt nothing of Guernica Three excellent letters in the Guardian yesterday, even if I did help write one of them! 38 people of Jewish origin (& a number of others who wished to sign but missed the deadline) made it clear that Israel doesn’t speak for…
Read More‘They See Not, Nor Know’ – Isaiah
Demolition of Palestinian homes in Mount Scopus Slope to make way for new national park. Photo by Oren Ziv Israel’s Parks Authority names plan to demolish Palestinian structures ‘They See Not, Nor Know’ A bulldozer destroys the home of Ali Abu Sakran Israel Nature and Parks Authority says name of plan for National Park in…
Read MoreAn Open Letter to Rabbi ‘Professor’ March Saperstein
Leo Baeck’s Former Principle Defends Israel’s Genocidal Attack on the Palestinians The fake Cambridge Professor who defended the murder of Palestinian children Saperstein Responds – See Below! I assumed from your letter to the Guardian defending Israel’s unilateral attack on Gaza that you were actually a professor at Cambridge University. However your only connection with…
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