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Open Letter to Left Unity
An Organisation that is Afraid to Campaign Left Unity was formed last year with the many of the members coming from the fall-out in the SWP over Martin Thomas and the question of rape/sexual harrassment. Others are relatively new to politics and of course there are those who are members of existing left groups –…
Read MoreVisiting the Middle East’s only ‘democracy’
Nobody knew where I was, nobody… I was simply disappeared’: An Italian tourist’s Ben Gurion nightmare Andrea Pesce on March 22, 2014 5 My name is Andrea Pesce, I am 44 years old and I’m an Italian citizen. ben gurion airport For 15 years I had the chance to visit Israel and Palestine, thanks…
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Read MoreUkraine – the Hypocrisy of the West
Neo-Nazis led ‘revolution’ in Ukraine Israel remains silent when it comes to genuine anti-Semites Andriy Parubiy of the Right Sector, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Committee, meets Senator John McCain Many people have been bemused at events in the Ukraine. A challenge to the legally elected government, supported by the West and European…
Read MoreSodastream – a toxic brand – sees profits slump
Scarlett Johanssen doesn’t sell Sodastream must rue the day that they opened what was going to be their first shop in Brighton. It’s what’s called a loss leader. No one goes in to buy their toxic drinks and the Zionist counter-demonstrators have done a good job in keeping the public away! As usual an empty…
Read MoreA Taste of their own Medicine
Incompetent as well as Brutal and Sadistic Israeli Soldiers Gas Themselves Tear gas is used almost as a matter of course by the Israeli Occupation Forces against Palestinian demonstrations at Bil’in. It’s nice to see them tasting their own gas! Tony Greenstein Photo credit: Hamde Abu RahmaDate taken: February 7, 2014Location: Bil’in, West Bank, Palestine…
Read MoreShulamit Aloni – A Beacon of Tolerance Amidst a Sea of Racism
The Death of Shulamit Aloni and the idea of a progressive Zionism It is with sadness that I learnt of the death of Shulamit Aloni, who formed the Civil Rights Party in 1973, which then went onto form an alliance with the ‘left’ Zionist Mapam and Centre Party Shinui Meretz, in 1992. Shulamit was leader…
Read MoreIsraeli Soldiers Torture and Abuse Palestinian Children
Israel’s Occupation Forces Have Learnt Well from the Nazis Fighting ‘terrorism’ I have to confess that, immune as I am to stories of the violence and brutality of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, I found the programme below, made by Australian TV, shocking. I’ve been on the streets of Derry and Belfast when British…
Read MoreFizzy drinks win over human rights for celeb Scarlett
Scarlett Johansson Prefers Money to Human Rights Cartoon from Katie Miranda Image: Katie Miranda. Scarlett Johansson preferring to be the global ambassador for fizzy drinks confected by Sodastream, a product from an illegal settlement, rather than for the charity Oxfam .‘SodaStream is at the heart of Israel’s system of occupation’ Cartoon from…
Read MoreIt will take more than looks to love Sodastream
The face of Scarlett Johansson aims to Prettify Occupation Another great demo outside Ecostream today. We all know that Sodasteam’s a toxic brand, profiteering from Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land. It was bizarre to hear the local mad Zionists shouting ‘Oxfam is a toxic brand’ because Oxfam had the good sense to drop Scarlett Johansson…
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