Posts Tagged ‘PSC’
A Political Health Warning – Why Palestine Solidarity Activists Should Have Nothing to do with Peter Gregson
Whilst there are very few anti-Semites who support the Palestinians – Gregson is the exception that proves the rule Many people involved in Palestine solidarity activism in Britain are likely to have come across Peter Gregson. He has often been unfairly treated, such as when the GMB union expelled him in March 2019 for ‘anti-Semitism’. His expulsion…
Read MoreIn July Lowkey was Cancelled from the TUC’s Tolpuddle Festival as a Result of False Allegations of Anti-Semitism by Gary Smith, General Secretary of the GMB
Smith Did the Israel Lobby’s Dirty Work Targeting a Black Opponent of Israeli Apartheid with a Series of Zionist Lies It was only in August that I wrote a blog Focus on the Corrupt GMB with an emphasis on General Secretary, Gary Smith. Smith is unfortunately in a long line of right-wing misogynists, racists and general reactionaries…
Read MoreThe Media Blackout on Al Jazeera’s Labour Files Says Everything About Britain’s ‘free press’
The Labour Files is Janus Faced – its revelations about Starmer’s Police State of a Party contradict the lie that Labour had an anti-Semitism problem The Labour Files – Part 1:The Purge The Labour Files – Part 2: The Crisis The Labour Files – Part 3: The Hierarchy The Labour Files – Part 4: The Spying Game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db-Gpmfajp8y Introduction to the…
Read MoreMy conversation with Ben Jamal of Palestine Solidarity Campaign on Zionism, Palestine Action and the Palestinian Authority
Having abandoned anti-Zionism, does PSC actually have any strategy other than Appeasing the Establishment and ‘Mainstreaming’? My interview on an independent Bristol radio station Ben Jamal, PSC and Zionism In the wake of my resignation from PSC, an organisation I helped found in 1982, Ben Jamal emailed me. His complaint was that I had misquoted…
Read MoreFocus on the Corrupt GMB – Institutionally Sexist, Racist and Zionist– a Union which Scabs on Workers
There is only one form of racism that the GMB opposes – ‘antisemitism’ – in other words it supports Israeli Apartheid The first time I became aware of the GMB, then the General and Municipal Workers Union, was when I was a young activist in 1970 during the Pilkington’s strike. Pilkingtons manufactured glass in St Helens,…
Read MoreI Have Resigned From Palestine Solidarity Campaign Because It No Longer Opposes Zionism, the Founding Ideology and Movement that created the Israeli State
I Have Resigned From Palestine Solidarity Campaign Because It No Longer Opposes Zionism, the Founding Ideology and Movement that created the Israeli State In Railroading a Constitution Through Its AGM in Less Than an Hour, PSC’s Ruling Clique Demonstrated Their Contempt for the Membership In my letter of resignation I outline the reasons why Palestine Solidarity Campaign…
Read MoreWhich way forward for the Left? a mass Communist Party or a broad left socialist movement?
Which way forward for the Left? a mass Communist Party or a broad left socialist movement? Is it possible to salvage anything from the Corbyn Project or is the socialist left destined to talk to itself? Register in advance for this webinar here or here Tonight we had the launch meeting of the new Socialist Labour Network (LAW/LIEN)…
Read MoreOn Tuesday Human Rights Watch accused Israel of the Crime of Apartheid – immediately the Board of Deputies, called it a ‘slur’
On Tuesday Human Rights Watch accused Israel of the Crime of Apartheid – immediately the Board of Deputies, called it a ‘slur’ By saying it is‘the voice of the UK Jewish community’ the Board is associating all Jews with Israeli Apartheid – isn’t that anti-Semitic? The IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism says that ‘Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions…
Read MorePalestine Solidarity Campaign’s 2021 Virtual AGM was exactly that – completely divorced from reality
Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s 2021 Virtual AGM was exactly that – completely divorced from reality PSC’s leadership showed its contempt for members when it refused to support either David Miller or Palestine Action On Saturday PSC held its AGM, delayed from January because of COVID. Holding the conference online was an opportunity to involve people who…
Read MoreWithout an anti-Zionist critique solidarity with the Palestinians is nothing more than charity
Without an anti-Zionist critique solidarity with the Palestinians is nothing more than charity Solidarity with the Palestinians is primarily a Political not a Human Rights issue I was reading through the papers for the Palestine Solidarity Campaign AGM this Saturday. I did a word search on ‘Zionism’ and ‘Zionist’. In the entire Annual Report, the…
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