Posts Tagged ‘Jewish anti-Zionist’
Sam Semoff – a Fighter, a Socialist and a Jewish Anti-Zionist – an Adopted Son of Liverpool Departs This World
Sam was a true Jewish Comrade and a Scourge of Racism and Zionism Updated with appreciations by John Davies and Greg Dropkin See also the tribute by Free Speech on Israel Sam in 2003 when I went up to Liverpool before heading off to Scotland with my daughter Sam in 2003 when I went up to…
Read MoreAnti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism
Guardian Letter from 88 Jews Rejects Chief Rabbi’s Claim That Zionism is Integral to Judaism The Guardian today carried a letter from the Free Speech on Israel group containing the signatures of 88 Jews. The letter was originally sent to The Telegraph in response to a letter by the Chief Rabbi Ken Livingstone and the…
Read More“then each took the hand of the other and then they were seen no more”
A powerful and moving song by Leon Rosselson, Britain’s foremost protest folk singer. Leon Rosselson is a socialist who has devoted his musical talents to supporting the oppressed. He has signed many letters to the newspapers attacking Israel’s murderous policies and he is both an anti-Zionist and a member of Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods.…
Read MoreThe Israeli occupation is un-Jewish – Judith Butler
An article well worth reading from some who is called an ‘academic superstar’. A member of Jewish Voices for Peace and a supporter of BDS, Judith Butler argues from the basis that Zionism is inherently un-Jewish. I’m not sure I agree with her thesis, because Judaism historically has comprised many different, often antagonistic things from…
Read MoreHanna Braun RIP – A Jewish anti-Zionist to the end
A childhood refugee from Nazism who opposed racism by and against Jews It is with great sadness that I have learnt of the death of Hanna Braun, a childhood survivor of the Nazis and someone who took the message of anti-racism to her heart. That if racism against Jews was wrong, then it was equally…
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