Posts by Tony Greenstein
Open Letter to Jennie Formby, General Secretary of the Labour Party
Why the fuck have you not suspended Luke Akehurst and cut all links between Labour and Labour Friends of Israel? Please write to [email protected] and [email protected] Dear Jenny, Most of us have never understood why there is a Labour Friends of Israel. We never had a Labour Friends of Apartheid South Africa or Labour Friends of Pinochet’s Chile…
Read MoreLetter to Shami Chakrabarti – Anger is not a substitute for ignorance
Helping the Noble Baroness understand the Connection between Labour Friends of Israel’s support for War Crimes in Gaza and its advocacy of Livingstone’s expulsion A few days ago I did a post The Mask of Deceit Slips from the Face of Chakrabarti as She Supports Livingstone’s Expulsion. Naturally I sent a copy to the noble Baroness. Unfortunately it…
Read MoreWhy does the Labour Party expel anti-racists whilst Zionist supporters of Israel’s war crimes remain members?
It’s time to expel Luke Akehurst and break the links with Labour Friends of Israel Palestinian supporters and anti-Zionists are suspended from the Labour Party at a drop of a hat. They are guilty of what the head of Momentum Jon Lansman calls ‘unconscious anti-Semitism’. Luke Akehurst has been untiring in his efforts to defend…
Read MoreAlexei Sayle Kicks off Successful Defend Marc Wadsworth Meeting in London
Packed Labour Against the Witchhunt Meeting Sends Clear Message to the Witchhunters Alexei Sayle – Jewish standup comedian spoke in support of Marc Last night at the Indian YMCA centre in Fitzroy Square a room packed to the rafters heard from a range of speakers who helped kick off Marc Wadsworth’s nationwide tour. Moshe Machover,…
Read MoreThe Mask of Deceit Slips from the Face of Chakrabarti as She Supports Livingstone’s Expulsion
Chakrabarti Demonstrates the flaws in her Report as she capitulates to Zionist Apartheid When the Chakrabarti Inquiry was first set up I was extremely sceptical as to the outcome. I wrote that Chakrabarti will be a rubber stamp for the Zionist Labour Movement & Progress. After having given evidence to the Inquiry, as the only…
Read MoreGAZA – Israel murders over 50 unarmed Palestinians and injures over a thousand yet Labour Friends of Israel blames the victims
Either Emily Thornberry Resigns from Labour Friends of Israel or she must be sacked from the Shadow Cabinet ‘Modern Israel stands out as a beacon of freedom, equality and democracy’ – Emily Thornberry The hypocrisy of Thornberry who praises Israel’s ‘democracy’ – Israel’s murderous actions were supported by the Israeli Labour Party On the day…
Read MoreRemembering the Nakba 70 Years on – Brighton Picket of Israeli Film
No Art-Washing of Israel’s Massacre in Gaza: Boycott the SERET Film and TV Festival This weekend was a busy one in Brighton. On Saturday there was a commemoration of the Naqba, the Catastrophe for Palestinians in 1947-8 when over ¾ million were expelled from what became Israel in order that Israel could become a ‘Jewish’ state…
Read MoreAn Open Letter to John McDonnell – You Need Weep No More Over ‘Anti-Semitism’
The Chutzpah of Adam Langleben & the Jewish Labour Movement Dear John, According to an old Yiddish joke an example of chutzpah is when a man who, having killed his father and mother, asks the court for mercy because he is now an orphan. This perfectly describes the behaviour of former Labour Zionist Councillor Adam Langleben. It…
Read MoreMarc Wadsworth Tour Begins Next Tuesday
Late last month Marc Wadsworth, the long-time Black anti-racist activist was expelled for having criticised Ruth Smeeth, the right-wing Labour MP at the Chakrabarti press conference. Despite not even knowing that she was Jewish, Marc was held to have engaged in one of these ‘anti-semitic Tropes’. Having mentioned some who was Jewish in the same…
Read MoreEven poets are a threat to Israel’s Jewish Supremacist State
What Kind of State Gaols and Prosecutes a Poet for Incitement? A Police State The myth of Israel as a democratic state is widespread. In the words of Emily Thornberry, Labour’s racist Shadow Foreign Secretary, ‘Modern Israel is a beacon of freedom, equality and democracy.” Dareen Tatour Labour’s racist Shadow Foreign Secretary, Emily Thornberry As…
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