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National Union of Students Elects Malia Bouattia, a Black Woman and Moslem Refugee as its President
Zionist students and the right-wing press screams abuse as students vote to defy them An inspiring hustings speech from NUS’s new President Malia Bouattia. As Ben White shows below the lies about Malia supporting Isis, ‘terrorism’ etc. are just more drivel from those who hate to see anyone challenging this lousy capitalist political system we…
Read MoreApartheid in Israel – a creation of Labour Zionism not Likud
A demonstration in Sheikh Jarrah, Feb. 2011. Reuters A good article that appeared in Ha’aretz a few years ago on the development of Apartheid in Israel. I have only one disagreement. Apartheid didn’t start in 1967 with the conquest of the Territories (W Bank, Gaza, Golan Heights) but in 1948 with the expulsion of ¾…
Read MoreTHIS IS Israel – Call to Kill All Arabs at Tel Aviv Rally in Support for Killer Soldier
Kill Them All – Kill All Arabs They may like Gays in Tel Aviv but in a city which is 95% Jewish they certainly don’t like Arabs. In the South of Tel Aviv, where African refugees are concentrated, there is systematic racism and violence by the Jewish population. On Tuesday a rally of thousands gathered…
Read MoreBrighton Benefits Campaign/Aufheben – Picket People’s Assembly Conference on Austerity
The Stupidity of what’s left of the Unemployed Centre/Case Central (!) in Hollingdean Leaflet from those currently running what was the Unemployed Centre in Hollingdean For many of us on the Left in Brighton last weekend was a focus of activity. On Saturday during the day there was a march of 150,000 against austerity in…
Read More99% People’s Assembly Festival Ousting Austerity
A weekend of demonstration and debate First session with James Meredith and John Weeks Last weekend began with a demonstration of about 150,000 against austerity that rallied in Trafalgar Square. I took the opportunity to dine in Jeremy Corbyn’s favourite Jewish deli Gaby’s in Trafalgar Square. It was an immense celebration of joy and determination…
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE – Lifting the Lid on the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism
The Bogus Charity that Campaigns Against Corbyn, Muslims and Palestinians Campaign Against Anti-semitism’s first rally – Demonstrators covered with Israeli flag The Campaign Against Anti-Semitism’s racist and Islamaphobic infographic The so-called Campaign Against Anti-Semitism has just published a racist attack on British Muslims as its latest stunt to shock people. Why? Miriam Shaviv referred in the…
Read More‘Like the boy who cried wolf’ Morning Star April 14 2016
TONY GREENSTEIN puts the record straight on his suspension from the Labour Party for alleged anti-Semitism In last Thursday’s Morning Star, my article (below) appeared in the Labour Movement daily, the Morning Star. It has been a good week. At the Brighton & Hove Momentum meeting on Monday evening, a meeting of some 30 people…
Read MoreThe Times Retracts Allegations of anti-Semitism
Times April 14th 2016 Nearly two weeks ago (April 2nd) The Telegraph and The Times printed stories which implied that I had been suspended for anti-Semitism from the Labour Party and that those allegations had some merit. The information had been leaked by the Compliance Unit of the Labour Party to papers which are not…
Read MoreOn the 40th Anniversary of Phil Ochs Death
How I discovered what Phil Ochs thought about Israel Joan Baez and Phil Ochs at The War Is Over rally April 9 marked the 40th anniversary of the suicide of Phil Ochs, the crusading singer/songwriter who penned many of the 1960s’ smartest and most memorable protest anthems. His 1976 suicide devastated the folk community. Pete…
Read More‘(It’s a) shame your family survived [the Holocaust] world can do without cunts line (sic) you’
The anti-Semitic Abuse of a Zionist Zealot A good example of the Zionist mentality – replete with the customary sexism Not for the first time and not for the last time either, a Zionist zealot has sent me a message wishing that my family and me had perished in the Holocaust. It’s not unusual because…
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