Posts by Tony Greenstein

The Oppression of Women Symbolises an Aborted Arab Revolution Once upon a time there was a radical Arab nationalism, best represented by Egyptian President Gamel Abdel Nasser, who led an army coup against the British imposed King Farouk.  In 1956 Nasser nationalised the Suez canal, which had been owned by the Suez Canal company, in…

Chief Rabbi and Board Accuse the CoE of ‘anti-Semitism’ for supporting Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme EAPPI    I have a confession to make.   Before last week I hadn’t even heard of EAPPI – The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) .  After reading the hysterical article in the Jewish Chronicle (12th July) ‘Church endorses…

Protest for social justice, Tel Aviv, Israel  Israel is not only the most represssive state that claims to be a western democracy, it is one of the world’s most unequal societies.  It is the poor Israeli Jews who effectively pay for the Occupation of the West Bank and the military expenditure.  In turn they are…

Supporters of the Olympia Food Co-op before a court hearing on Monday, 27 February, which threw out a lawsuit designed to overturn a boycott of Israeli goods. (TESCDivest) The use of ‘lawfare’ by Zionists and their ilk has been an oft used tactic to stymie and prevent a boycott.  Board of Deputies of British Jews…

The village of Susya – under continuous attack Attacks on Palestinians continue, but police only arrest leftist activists Commentary is largely superflous.  Activists are arrested for painting over ‘death to the Arabs’ whereas Israel’s Police drop an investigation for ‘lack of evidence’ despite video footage of a settler attack.  I remember one of our first…

injured protestor attacked with bottles, stones and clubs at the Battle of Burntollet – Police looked on approvingly Irish Republicans Marian Price and Martin Corey are in jail because of an MI5-spun web of deceit  cross-post from Organised Outrage  Northern Ireland is the oldest colony in the world.  For over 800 years the British have…

Lenni Brenner and when Zionism saw itself as a Jewish Volkish movement This is a cross posting/guest contribution from Lenni Brenner, who pioneered the history of Zionist collaboration with the Nazis.  Lenni’s contribution cannot be overestimated for breaking the taboo that Zionism ever fought against or contributed to the fight against fascism and Nazism. His…

Qualifications?  Eliyahu Called for Murder of 1 million Palestinians and for Palestinian Children to be Hanged in Revenge Who can possibly say that the Israeli state and its leaders don’t possess a sense of humour?  After all how else can  you describe the decision to put the Chief Rabbi of Safed, Shmuel Eliyahu, in charge…

Reorganizing organized labor Photo: Marc Israel Sellem Railworkers on strike The railworkers union in Israel was historically the first mixed trade union as well as a bastion of the left.  The Zionists, led by Histadrut in 1921, were determined to smash it up and in particular end the joint organisation of Arab and Jewish workers…

Opening up the South Downs National Park Chanctonbury Ring, December 2004      Two weeks ago the Downlanders, a group which seeks to maximise the use of the newly created South Downs National Park, walked from a small town Steyning in West Sussex to Chanctonbury Ring and back again.  I went along with my son,…