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UCU remembers the past but ignores the present
BY Ex-UCU member. I am afraid that this reference to antisemitism and the Holocaust by the UCU which, in the words of David Hirsh, focuses on things “a long time ago” not only ignores the antisemitism...
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Misunderstanding what is divisive
Perhaps Antony Lerman supposes he has “creatively exploited and managed” antisemitism “in such a way as to generate vibrant and relevant discussion about issues of the moment”. Implicating the...
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The Green Party and antisemitism – Eve Garrard
On Normblog, Eve Garrard responds to Raphael’s ordeal on the Green Party discussion list, correctly connecting it to Green party MP and re-elected leader Caroline Lucas, who brushes aside concerns...
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David Hirsh: The Livingstone Formulation
David Hirsh (2010) ‘Accusations of malicious intent in debates about the Palestine-Israel conflict and about antisemitism‘ Transversal 1/2010, Graz, Austria The Livingstone Formulation, ‘playing the...
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BBC World Service Documentary on Contemporary Antisemitism
Part 1 is out now on iplayer and is well worth listening to – click here With material from Malmo in Sweden, from Vilnius in Lithuania, from Anthony Julius, Howard Jacobson, Mark Gardner, David Hirsh,...
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On the need to be specific about discrimination
Cross-posted from Greens Engage. A few weeks ago the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian & Cultural) of the United Nations General Assembly voted on a draft resolution concerning extra-judicial,...
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Under Avraham Burg’s “anti-Semitic rug”
Former Knesset speaker Avraham Burg has written an article of a Eurocentric bent to the effect that antisemitism shouldn’t any longer be thought of as racism against Jews but as a bad-faith accusation...
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Westminster University Cancels Gilad Atzomon’s discussion of “Jewishness”
Gahda Karmi had already said she was pulling out. She’s the one who thought that “Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s UN speech on 21 April struck many as obnoxious, but in terms of understanding the 1948 roots of...
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Response from University of Johannesburg
Sociologist Peter Alexander, at the University of Johannesburg, has defended the boycott decision against this critique from David Hirsh. (double click the image to make it bigger) David Hirsh argued,...
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David Ward, Israel, the Holocaust and the Jews – by Sarah AB
Many have already written eloquently and thoughtfully about David Ward’s indefensible comments about Israel, the Holocaust and ‘the Jews’. Mark Gardner and Paul Evans, for example, have explained...
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Antisemitism doesn’t always come doing a Hitler salute : Jonathan Freedland
When the Ukip politician Godfrey Bloom referred to “Bongo Bongo land”, there were not many who denied the remark was racist. When the same man told women who failed to clean behind the fridge that they...
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‘Cynical Ploys’:The Familiarity of Alex Brummer’s Defence of the Daily Mail –...
This is a guest post by Saul: Re-reading Alex Brummer’s defence of the Daily Mail I was struck by the following sentence, But the real danger in these completely phoney allegations is that they detract...
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“Echoes of the Past into the Present”: Arguments in support of the ASA Boycott.
This is a guest post by Saul: Reading through the arguments of those proposing and supporting the ASA’s boycott of Israel, one can only be struck by the correspondence of the structure of argumentation...
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Challenging antisemitism on Gaza demonstrations: Reposted from the Workers’...
Daniel Randall from Workers’ Liberty has written the following which is re-posted from the Workers’ Liberty website. You can read the original article here. On the 26 July London demonstration against...
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In the Green Party antisemitism can be affirming
Cross-posted on Greens Engage. Over the past several years Green Party members have proposed a number of motions and initiatives tackling antisemitism, all of which have been defeated or deformed...
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From a non-Jewish left Zionist to Ken Livingstone
Jack Omer-Jackaman has written an open letter to Ken Livingstone. From it, “Labour has always had a contested, pluralistic approach to Zionism. It was, after all, the party of both Harold Wilson and...
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Chris Williamson: accusations of antisemitism are “proxy wars and bullshit”
This is a guest post by James Mendelsohn. In recent years, some on the left have suggested that accusations of antisemitism are raised dishonestly. Ken Livingstone has done so repeatedly. Last year,...
View ArticleJeremy Corbyn’s anti-racist test
Today we get to learn more about what Corbyn thinks about his responsibilities in what we are assured is his affirmed opposition to all kinds of racism. Many of his supporters think it is apologising...
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