Posts by Tony Greenstein
Socialism and the Redistribution of Wealth is ‘Robbery’ according to Gilad Atzmon – Why Does the SWP Support this Reactionary?
One of the sites that is happy to carry Gilad Atzmon’s turgid and racist nonsense is Redress. His latest article is entitled ‘Swindler’s List’. No guesses as to who the ‘swindlers’ are. [all quotations from this article unless otherwise specified] In an article which tries to prove that Zionism and what it has done to…
Read MoreBrighton Delegation Report to Tubas in the Jordan Valley
On Sunday 6th April a Brighton, delegation arrived in the Palestinian village of Al Farsiya, on a sun- parched hillside in the Jordan Valley. They looked around to see a few large canvas tents, a wooden cowshed, a small chicken and dove coop, and a latrine made of tin and plastic. They then met local…
Read MorePicket of the Jewish National Fund
Last night activists from Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Jews 4 Boycotting Israeli Goods and sympathisers picketted a reception at Windsor Castle for the racist and apartheid Jewish National Fund. It was interesting to see the cream of the Zionist establishment, all done up in their finest and best, arriving in their cars and finery। Interestingly the…
Read MoreThe Zionism of Gilad Atzmon, Mary Rizzo & Israel Shamir
Why people often ask do we not ignore the small group of anti-Semites – the Shamirs, Atzmons, Eisens and Rizzos – around the Palestine solidarity movement. There are three reasons. Firstly the existence of such a group is a recent phenomenon. Although numerically insignificant, the danger is that they will gradually racialise discourse and depoliticise…
Read MoreRizzo Dedicates Peace Palestine to Attacking Anti-Zionists (especially if they’re Jewish!)
This is a blog which was set up as a result of the dispute within Indymedia UK in which Gilad Atzmon finally admitted defeat and took his posts elsewhere. Since then we have dedicated the blog, a niche blog, to exposing the small – and we emphasise small – anti-Semitic wing of the Palestine solidarity…
Read MorePalestine solidarity and anti-semitism – The Zionism of Atzmon
Gilad Atzmon and his fellow anti-Semites may rant against Israel but he shares a good deal of common ground with the Zionists An article on the Zionist origins and politics of the Atzmon current in the Palestine solidarity movement. Tony Greenstein
Read MoreJNF ARTICLE IS ON GUARDIAN COMMENT IS FREE
See my post ‘Israel’s royal welcome’ on the Guardian’s Comment is Free site. Tony Greenstein
Read MoreRoyal Family Honours the Racist Jewish National Fund
The Jewish National Fund was formed in 1901 to ‘redeem’ the land of Palestine as the inalienable property of the Jewish people. In other words to ensure that when the land was purchased, it was used solely for the benefit of Jewish people, who were the only ones allowed to live their or work the…
Read MoreAtzmon & Rizzo’s Petition – Signatories are Forged
In recent weeks there has been little else on Mary Rizzo’s Peacepalestine blog but a Petition in Support of 2 Outstanding Personalities (Atzmon & Rizzo!). The fact that some 200 odballs have signed a petition in support of racists and anti-Semites is considered more newsworthy than the siege of Gaza for example. However I’ve maligned…
Read MoreOren Ben-Dor – Southampton University Lecturer Who Supports Bigots In the Name of Free Speech
Oren Ben-Dor is an ex-Israeli and a law lecturer at the University of Southampton. He is also someone who has aligned himself with a small, anti-Semitic current on the fringes of the Palestinian movement. In an article for Counterpunch, Freedom of Speech, Free Speech and Their Enemies – The Silencing of Gilad Atzmon Ben-Dor explains…
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