Posts by Tony Greenstein

Part 2: Review of Owen Jones ‘This Land’ – a liberal apologist for Israeli Apartheid who helped bring the Corbyn Project down  Jones description of Labour ‘anti-Semitism’ demonstrates a ‘disconnect from reality which borders on hysteria’ I have devoted a whole blog to ‘The AntiSemitism Crisis’ in Owen Jones book, because he played a key role in…

Why did the Corbyn Project collapse? How did Labour go from near victory in 2017 to the biggest defeat since 1935?  Review of Benjamin Pogrund and Patrick McGuire’s Left Out and Owen Jones This Land [PM]   Reference to book by Pogrund and McGuire [OJ]     Reference to book by Owen Jones There has been a marked reluctance by the Labour left…

Just when B’Tselem declares Israel to be an Apartheid State up springs another liberal Zionist group  Na’amod decides that anti-Zionism, i.e. challenging Jewish supremacy is a step too far Last Sunday I attended a webinar held by the latest kid on the block Na’amod, which styles itself as ‘British Jews against occupation’. Na’amod is not…

Why the Editor of the Jewish Chronicle Is No Different To A Holocaust Denier  Open Letter to Stephen Pollard – Words Have Consequences and You Are an Accessory to Murder Dear Stephen, In your determination to avoid the truth about Israel’s refusal to provide a vaccine for the millions of Palestinians living under Occupation, you remind me…

Jenny Flintoft R.I.P. – Comrades Remember a Tireless Fighter Against Racism and Bigotry The Palestinians had no better supporter than Jenny, the rock of Portsmouth PSC, a socialist and friend of the oppressed UPDATE Jenny’s funeral was held today, Friday 29th January. I attended by video link as only a handful of close friends and…

B’Tselem, Israel’s Oldest and Most Respected Human Rights Organisation, Says that Israel is an Apartheid State The Importance of B’Tselem’s Declaration Cannot Be Overestimated – No Longer Can It Be Claimed That Calling Zionism Racist Is Anti-Semitic On Tuesday, B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, declared that ‘A regime of Jewish Supremacy…

60 Israeli high school teenagers issue a letter declaring that they will not serve in Israel’s Army of ethnic cleansing Unlike Starmer, a ‘Zionist (i.e. a racist) Without Qualification’ it’s the Shministim who we should be supporting Last week 60 Israeli high school students issued a letter declaring that they would not serve in the…

The Stench of Hypocrisy Hanging Over Capitol Hill Will Outlast Trump Trump May be On His Way Out but America’s Far Right is Here to Stay  When I listened to Chuck Schumer and the other hypocrites talking about the invasion of the Capitol building in Washington as an attack on ‘the temple of democracy’ it…

In Israel the Torture and Abuse of Palestinian Children is Lawful, Relentless and Routine – but if you mention it you will be accused of ‘antisemitism’ Let us remember Keir Stürmer and those Labour MPs who supported the Overseas Operations Bill granting Immunity to Torture by British Agents There is no doubt about it. If you criticise…