Barbarism. That is the only word fit to describe the events that unfolded on a Woolwich street yesterday afternoon. According to eye witnesses a young man wearing a Hope for Heroes shirt was run over and then hacked to death by two men of “Muslim appearance” [sic]. The perpetrators then explained their motives to passers [...]
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Nigel Farage: the low rent Enoch Powell
May 8th, 2013 by David Osler.It’s something of a love that dare not speak its name. But Powellism has remained a major subtext on the British right for something like half a century, with the rise of UKIP marking only the latest incarnation of this ongoing infatuation. It may seem a bit of a stretch to compare a reactionary intellectual [...]
In Tower Hamlets, now the accuser is accused
Apr 5th, 2013 by Jon Lansman.Just 2½ years ago, Lutfur Rahman was selected as Labour’s candidate for Mayor of Tower Hamlets with 433 votes compared with 251 for local London assembly member, John Biggs, and 157 for council leader, Helal Abbas. Shortly afterwards, Rahman was accused by Abbas of fraudulently recruiting members, including at fake addresses, paying their subscriptions, and [...]
Can you be a fascist, Paolo Di Canio, without being a racist?
Apr 2nd, 2013 by Carl Packman.A lot has been made of Sunderland Football Club’s new manager Paolo Di Canio’s previous comments and actions, that have been expressly fascist in nature. The accusations, that Di Canio now call “ridiculous and pathetic”, include giving roman salutes to A.S. Roma fans (who are known to have a wide Jewish following), a recorded interview [...]
No platform for Israelis?
Feb 21st, 2013 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.No Platform for Israelis. So says George Galloway in the video above. Oh dear. Galloway’s career has seen alternating cycles of popular acclaim and public self-immolation. As Galloway is an intelligent man and a seasoned political bruiser, none of this is entirely accidental. Bookmarks Hide Sites
Anti-fascists: five reasons we’re protesting Marine Le Pen
Feb 19th, 2013 by Newsdesk.Marine Le Pen is due to speak at the Cambridge Union Society today. Unite Against Fascism, Cambridge University Students’ Union activists, the NUS Black Students’ Campaign, the UCU, Cambridge Defend Education and others will join a demo outside from 2.30pm. Demonstrators explain why: The Front National (FN) is a modern fascist party. It was formed [...]
First anniversary of GMB strike action against Carillion
Feb 14th, 2013 by Andy Newman.Today is the anniversary of the first of 22 days of strike action by GMB members at the Great Western Hospital (GWH) in Swindon, one of the earliest Private Finance Initiative (PFI) build and operate hospitals, and only the second opened by Carillion. This long running industrial dispute between the union and Carillion, over the [...]
Shame on the Board of Deputies of British Jews for marring Holocaust day with a false accusation of antisemitism
Jan 29th, 2013 by Jon Lansman.The Board of Deputies of British Jews has shamed itself and marred International Holocaust Day with a false accusation of antisemitism that does a disservice to the memory of the six million Jews who perished, and indeed to Jews in Britain and elsewhere who face genuine antisemitic attacks. The Board of Deputies yesterday lodged a [...]
Never again: the holocaust and modern fascism
Jan 27th, 2013 by Aaron Kiely.Sunday 27 January 2013 is Holocaust Memorial Day – the anniversary of the day that the Nazis’ concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated in 1945. In the Holocaust, the Nazis murdered six million Jewish people, along with millions of others who the fascists considered to be “undesirable” or “inferior”, including Roma people, gay men and [...]
So how should a Jew react to Jewish Apartheid?
Oct 27th, 2012 by Jon Lansman.Two weeks ago, by one authority at least (the government of Israel), there appeared for the first time since 1967 to be a non-Jewish majority in the land of, or occupied by, Israel — leading liberal Israeli daily Haaretz to declare that “a situation of apartheid exists“. A week later, this news was trumped by [...]
