Posts by Tony Greenstein
The Death of a Marxist and Anti-imperialist Theoretician – Samir Amin
Samir Amin, an Egyptian-French Marxist theoretician of the relationship between capitalism in the imperialist and the subjugated countries recently died. Below are a few appreciations. Tony Greenstein In Memoriam: Samir Amin Aug 15, 2018 by Prabhat Patnaik Samir Amin, the renowned Marxist thinker and economist, passed away on August 13 in Paris. Born in Cairo on September…
Read MoreWhy are the Officers and Employees of Civil Liberties Group Liberty Refusing to Implement its Policy of Opposition to the IHRA?
According to Liberty’s Olivia Percival, ‘Liberty is not actively campaigning against the IHRA definition’ Liberty, formerly known as the National Council for Civil Liberties, was founded in 1934. This was a time of heightened anti-fascist activity in which the Jews of the East End of London were under attack from Oswald Moseley’s British Union of Fascists. In…
Read MoreHundreds of Israelis Demonstrated in Afula Against the Sale of a House to an Arab
This is why Israeli Apartheid is Unique and why John McDonnell’s defence of Zionism and the Israeli state was so wrong In the wake of Labour’s NEC decision on September 4th to endorse the IHRA definition of anti-semitism, Palestine solidarity activists fly posted bus stops in London declaring that Israel is a racist endeavour. This…
Read MoreOpen Letter to Caroline Lucas – You can’t run with the Palestinian hare and hunt with the Zionist hounds – You are either with the Oppressed or the Oppressor
Why are you supporting the IHRA, a definition of ‘anti-Semitism’, whose sole purpose it is to Chill Free Speech and Sanitise Apartheid? An alliance of 31 countries dedicated to using the Holocaust to legitimise Zionism Dear Caroline, During last year’s General Election you wrote to me explaining that: ‘it’s vital that we do more to…
Read MoreMedium Censors Remove My Blog – Outing Zionists and Fascists is ‘targeted harassment’ and contrary to the Corporate Rulebook
Medium have decided, without warning, to make my blog ‘unavailable’ On Tuesday ‘Agatha’ from Medium Trust & Safety sent me a curt email informing me that my Medium.com account was ‘in violation of our rules’, and my profile and posts would no longer be publicly available. My offences were three fold: 1. Targeted harassment 2. …
Read MoreReflections on the Labour Party Conference – A Missed Opportunity to Deal the Right a Fatal Blow
Open Selection – Palestine – Amidst the Euphoria Very Little Has Changed There is no doubt that the third Labour conference under Jeremy Corbyn emphasised that amongst the CLPs the Left is dominant. That became clear during the vote over Open Selection when the constituencies voted almost unanimously to back open selection and the trade…
Read MoreThe Mediterranean The Largest Graveyard in Modern History
Europe’s Refugees – the victims of neo-liberalism This article speaks for itself. There is a deliberate policy now in the European Union of allowing refugees to die rather than admit them. The policy has spread from Netanyahu’s best friend Viktor Orban of Hungary to Italy and Malta. At the same time we have seen far…
Read MoreThe Deadliest Massacre in Reconstruction-Era Louisiana Happened 150 Years Ago
In September 1868, Southern white Democrats hunted down around 200 African-Americans in an effort to suppress voter turnout It is the 150th anniversary of the most notorious massacre in Afro-American history. It took place in Opelousas in the St Landry parish of Louisiana. Following the American Civil War (1861-65) there followed the era of Reconstruction…
Read MoreDe-colonising the mind – a former Zionist fighter’s journey to the other side of the road
Tikva-Honig Parnass – an Israeli anti-Zionist legend in her own lifetime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKTPf2qgtQY Tikva Honig-Parnass’ Jewish militia played its part in depopulating and destroying Palestinian towns and villages in the 1940s [William Parry/Al Jazeera] I feel in awe writing this appreciation of one of the most dedicated Jewish anti-Zionists to have remained in Israel. Tikva Honig-Parnass was…
Read MoreBomb Hoax in Liverpool – We Shall Not Be Silenced by Zionist Threats of Violence or Fake Accusations of ‘anti-Semitism’
“The fools, the fools, the fools” neither by bombs nor lies will they prevent us showing The Political Lynching of Jackie Walker At about 7.15 pm on Tuesday evening, the World Premier of The Political Lynching of Jackie Walker was due to take place at Blackburne House, Liverpool, on the fringe of the Labour Party Conference. The very…
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