Posts by Tony Greenstein

It seems we touched on a sore nerve as I got an early Sunday morning reply to my blog. More Privatisation is Less! Dear Tony, Thanks for your note. I am sorry that you choose to send long ranting inaccurate emails in the early hours of the Morning which could have been avoided had you…

The GMB’s Endorsement of the Kennedy-Scott Report is an Attack on their Members and the Unemployed Paul Kenny is the General Secretary of the GMB, a union which has traditionally been on the right-wing of the trade union movement. A largely manual union, it has only succeeded in retaining about 700,000 members through a series…

How Long is the Guardian’s Jonathan Freedland Content to Lend Credibility to Venomous Racists like Geoffrey Alderman? Contrast the Hate-Filled Mind of Geoffrey Alderman with the Life of Vittorio Arrigoni Who Lived for Others I must confess that when I read the hate filled words of Geoffrey Alderman, I was somewhat taken aback. It’s not…

On the day that it was announced that Libya’s Col. Ghadaffi will likely be indicted at the International Criminal Court at the Hague for war crimes, there was a strange omission. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been responsible for the murder of thousands of Palestinians, found his name left off the list of…

Still Fighting After 30 Years In the mid-1980’s there were some 250 unemployed centres in Britain. Today there are possibly 20 functioning centres left, if that. Most of those that remain are little more than advice or training centres. They have died of neglect and indifference, not least by the Trades Union Conference and trade…

Security Chief Yuval Diskin Condemn Arab MKs for ‘Abusing’ Democracy Alex Kane on April 15, 2011 18 April 2011 00:47:33 WikiLeaks has partnered up with the Israeli newspapers Haaretz and Yedioth Ahronoth and the Lebanese outlet Al Akhbar to release over 6,000 State Department cables on Israel. A series of posts on the new cables…

I have to confess that I hadn’t heard of Oded Pilavsky until he died. But the tributes from Israeli anti-Zionists and leftists make it clear that he was an exceptional person and a light in the darkness that is Israel. Tony Greenstein Comrade Oded (Odik) Pilavsky By Moshé Machover – 17 Apr 2011In memoriam: Comrade…

I was in the middle of posting an article about yet another example of McCarthyism in American colleges, this time by City University of New York when I came across an article in Ha’aretz of 7.5.11. stating that having withdrawn an offer of an honorary degree, CUNY had now withdrawn the withdrawal!! This is a…

An interesting article on Israeli perceptions of the movement for democracy in Egypt and elsewhere in the Arab world. It is by Uri Avneri, one of the few left-Zionists left, who unlike most of his compatriots has always been a genuine seeker after peace. Despite many criticisms of Avneir, the article below is worth reading,…

Protecting the Countryside of Sussex from Farmers and the Agro-Business One of the delights living in Brighton is the easy access to the newly created South Downs National Park. One of the goals of Brighton Unemployed Centre is to provide access to recreational activities for the unwaged/unemployed and working class. One of a series of…