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Au Revoir Mike It was with great sadness that I learnt from my mother last weekend of the death of Mike Goodman, the former Director of Release and leader of Hammersmith and Fulham Council. Mikes death at just 54 is so untimely. Mike lived just around the corner from my house in Dunbabin Road, Childwall,…

This is an important article which I have reprinted from Electronic Intifada. A new ‘Palestinian Authority ‘prime minister’ has been imposed on the Palestinians of the West Bank. He hasn’t of course been elected. Indeed he was one of 2 people (the other Hannan Ashrawi) who were elected as representatives of the ‘Third Way’ movement…

Yes incredible as it is, these biblical racists going by the name of ‘rabbi’ wish to continue the ethnic cleansing under a religious badge. But be grateful – Hillel Weiss of Bar Ilan University doesn’t think this merits the death penalty!! I suspect that even in Nazi Germany selling to a Jew wasn’t a capital…

What kind of ‘Labour’ Government are the Trade Unions Funding? Having already abolished Incapacity Benefit, with barely a squeak or murmur from the trade unions or labour movement, New Labour has signalled that it wants to scrap ALL disability benefits. On July 14th New Labour published a Green Paper, Shaping the Future of Care. Reading…

Below is an open letter that the Canadian gay film-maker, John Greyson, wrote to the organiser of the Toronto Film Festival when withdrawing his film ‘Covered’. The film “Covered” is about the cancellation of the Sarajevo Queer Film Festival. For the duration of the Festival, “Covered” can be seen at: GREYZONE95 SHAW STTORONTO CANADA M6J…

Uri Avnery is unique among Zionists. He opposes the consequences of Zionism whilst supporting an idealised version of what he would like Zionism to be! Of late he seems to be obsessed with trying to prevent fellow Israelis in the peace movement drawing the right conclusion about Zionism, namely that it is inherently racist and…

Atzmon’s Attack on Moshe Machover Backfires! Sad as it might seem, Mary Rizzo seems to be getting over her infatuation with Gilad Atzmon. Admittedly it has taken a long time and for a middle-aged woman it might be thought somewhat naff to drool over the latest drivel by the phony philosopher, but better late than…

The article below was printed as an Op-Ed in the LA Times. It has caused a furore. Neve Gordon, a lecturer at Ben Gurion University in the Negev, has come to the conclusion that only a boycott of Israel will be effective in putting pressure. Neve Gordon supports, wrongly in my opinion, the 2 States…

An important article concerning the use of migrant labour in Israel and the deliberate decision taken in the 1980’s to wean Israel off using cheap Arab labour (other than in the Territories). Why? Because the similarity with Apartheid South Africa became too obvious and the fear was that if Israel became dependent on Arab labour,…

There are many myths about how Mahatma Gandhi achieved Indian independence almost by his own exertions. Rarely mentioned is his acceptance of communal electorates in 1931, which led as night followed day to the bloody partition of India. Or his alliance with the cotton manufacturers against the workers of Bombay. But one thing is for…