Posts by Tony Greenstein
Wolverhampton Trial of Palestine Action Activists Goes Into Its 6th Week as Judge Rules Out All Common Law Defences
British Judges Keep Juries in the Dark About Their Power to Decide Cases According to their Conscience and the Reasons for Direct Action Judge Chambers, the ‘non-political’ reactionary voice of the Wolverhampton Judiciary, was at his finest this week. At one point he reprimanded Owen Greenhill, a barrister for one of the Defendants, for referring…
Read MoreThe One Thing Diane Abbot Hasn’t Been Suspended For Is Anti-Semitism
Why did the Community Security Trust, which claims it is ‘working towards the elimination of racism and anti-Semitism’ invite Suella Braverman to its 2023 Annual Dinner? Cruella and the Refugee ‘Invasion’ There is no doubt that Diane Abbot’s letter to the Observer could have been better worded. Pigmentation or colour isn’t the cause of racism though in Britain, because…
Read MoreBy Standing as an Independent Jeremy Corbyn Can Help Destroy the Warmongers and Neo-Liberals behind Liar Starmer
Labour is Dead as a Party Representing The Working Class and Oppressed I had a personal and political reason for knowing that Starmer was lying when he stood as a Corbyn continuity candidate for the Labour leadership. That he should have jettisoned his 10 Pledges so quickly was no surprise whatsoever. That he should have called himself a Zionist…
Read MoreWhat do you do when the Judge and the Prosecution Work in Harmony?
The latest instalment of the Shenstone 5 Palestine Action Trial as the State is Determined to Criminalise Protest Actions This is now the third week of the trial of the Shenstone 5. The Prosecution finished its case last Wednesday and the Defence case began on Tuesday April 11 when my Cross Examination began. Judge Silas Reid…
Read MoreBritish Judges such as Silas Reid Would Have Been Happy in Nazi Germany Since It Also Outlawed the Right to Protest and a Fair Trial
We should not forget that Democratic Rights were Won in the Teeth of Opposition by a Reactionary Judiciary Contempt For Justice Today in Britain we have an unpopular Government and an almost equally unpopular Opposition, both of which agree on the need to curtail democratic rights and direct action. As environmental disaster beckons, we have…
Read MoreELBIT/SHENSTONE TRIAL UPDATE – THURSDAY APRIL 6th
Further Update Defence Case Delayed Till Tuesday April 11 Contrary to all expectations, so much time was wasted on things like Agreed Facts (what the Defence & Persecution agree!) that I didn’t take the stand on Friday. It will now be Tuesday April 11 before I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but…
Read MoreELBIT/SHENSTONE TRIAL UPDATE – WEDNESDAY APRIL 5th
Today the Defence Case Opens With My Cross-Examination This is a very quick update, sorry for the lateness of the message but I have been preoccupied tonight with an updated Defence Statement and other documents including a conference with my barrister. At or about 11.30 a.m. the Defence case will open with my giving evidence…
Read MoreThere is only one solution to the Ascendancy of Ben Gvir and Smotrich – an end to a Jewish Supremacist State
Jonathan Freedland’s Inability to Understand Israel’s Present Crisis is Symptomatic of Liberal Zionism’s Refusal to Accept that a Jewish Democratic State is an Oxymoron Whatever the situation and whatever the crisis, Jonathan Freedland can be relied on not to understand it. So it is with his latest essay on [Netanyahu is leading a coup against his own country. But…
Read MoreAfter two years waiting I shall be on trial for the ‘crime’ of trying to prevent Elbit System’s continuing commission of war crimes
GMB 3 Pickets Acquitted in Brighton Magistrates Court What is the Meaning of the Massive Opposition in Israel to Netanyahu’s Judicial Reform Plans? John Ware Accuses Me of Being Disagreeable! Those of you with long memories may recall that in the early hours of Tuesday 9 March I was arrested with 5 supporters of Palestine Action whilst…
Read MoreWhy the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) is neither anti-Zionist nor pro-Palestinian
The SWP Decision to Welcome Apartheid Zionist Groups to its ‘anti-racist’ march in Glasgow last weekend proves that the SWP’s support for the Palestinians is hot air UPDATE On 16 February, in response to an email on behalf of Brighton and Hove Trades Council, Scottish SUTR i.e. the SWP, reassured me that: SUTR Scotland … has…
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