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Gilad Atzmon writer & musician. Gilad was born in Israel in 1963 and had his musical training at the Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem (Composition and Jazz). As a multi-instrumentalist he plays Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone Saxes, Clarinet and Flutes. His album Exile was the BBC jazz album of the year in 2003. He has been described by John Lewis on the Guardian as the “hardest-gigging man in British jazz".
Postcolonial Theory, Whiteness & Palestine
By Gilad Atzmon Postcolonial, feminist and gay studies share many similarities to the extent that some academics regard these fields as theoretically and ideologically complementary. These fields of study are…
Israel as Popular as North Korea According to BBC Poll
BBC POLL: Israel is one of the countries with most negative global influence. Haaretz reported yesterday that, “Israel, Iran, Pakistan and North Korea were ranked most negatively by 24,000 people…
Thoughts After Interviewing Gilad Atzmon: March 13, 2012, Geneva New York
by Pat Carmeli Pat Carmeli interviews Gilad Atzmon From the wrath expressed by many in the solidarity movement at the mere mention of his name, I was expecting to dislike…
Final Call to attend The One Democratic State in Israel/Palestine Conference, Munich, June 30/July 1
The Munich Conference The International Movement for One Democratic State in Israel/Palestine June 30 – July 1, 2012 This is the final call to attend and register for the Munich…
Norman Finklestein – American Radical
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/ The trials of Jewish-American political scientist Norman Finkelstein.…
Zionism Is Dead And Kicking
In a recent Haaretz article, leading Israeli columnist Gideon Levy affirms that Zionism is pretty irrelevant as far as Israelis are concerned. Similar to the line I myself develop in…
Dershowitz is correct
Dershowitz is correct – CNN and The New York Times are not the problem. As Dershowitz says, “we (the Jews, I guess) can handle that.” The real problem, according to…
“Israel’s Most Dangerous Enemies”
For a while I have been worrying that my most devoted and enthusiastic American campaigner is ill or even just gave up on me. But it seems that Alan Dershowitz…
Shylock In Yiddish
Amidst the controversy concerning Israeli Habima Theatre participation in Shakespeare’s Festival at the Globe, London, I found an old treatment of Shylock in Yiddish. It is slightly ‘antisemitic’ and even…
Cynthia McKinney Interviews Gilad Atzmon
Cynthia was filling in for Cindy Sheehan on Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox. This interview aired on March 18, 2012 http://www.gilad.co.uk/ http://allthingscynthiamckinney.posterous.com/ http://www.cindysheehanssoapbox.com/…
The Shekel May Never Drop
Ynet reported today that the European Jewish Congress fears that Israel strike on Iranian nuclear facilities will lead to “dramatic increase of anti-Semitic, very violent attacks against Jews” For a…
Gilad and All the Jazz- Trailer
A film featuring Tony Greenstein, David Aaronovitch and myself won the best documentary feature award at the Logan Film Festival 2012. http://www.loganfilmfestival.com/ Watch trailer:…
Remember Deir Yassin
Yesterday, after an absence of five years, Deir Yassin was once again remembered. Deir Yassin Remembered is an organisation which exists only to remember the massacre of Deir Yassin of…
On Marine Le Pen and Populism
Marine Le Pen and The French’s Front National are the big winners in the French elections yesterday. France’s Front National scored the best ever presidential campaign first-round result (18% of…
Where the ‘Self’ Ends and the ‘West’ Begins
http://www.thespanner.net When we were young there was hope in the air. There was good reason to look ahead. Some of us enrolled at university, but we also knew that if…
‘Never Again’ is an Empty Slogan
By Gilad Atzmon The United States must resolve that ‘never again’ is not just an ‘empty slogan’, said U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday, in a statement marking Holocaust Remembrance…
Gilad Atzmon on Günter Grass @ Wenlock Poetry Festival (A video)
A talk about Günter Grass, art of resistance, Israel, the Lobby, Iran, antisemitism, Pre-TSD, aesthetics and the prospect of peace.…
Is it really the ‘Only Democracy in the Middle East’?
The ‘Jews Only Democracy’ more likely… The following is a form to be filled out upon arrival in Israel.…
Jewish People Caught Framing Gentiles For “Anti-Semitic” Hate Crimes
As of late, Jewish Americans have been caught faking hate crimes against themselves and their neighbors in order to make it appear as if anti-Semitism is running rampant and needs…
Rabbis For Violence, Brutality and Abuse
In recent years we have learned about a few sporadic Rabbis who promote peace, justice and humanism. But more often it seems, Israel’s prominent Rabbis are more openly enthusiastic about…
Gilad Atzmon on Gunter Grass, poetry and politics.
On 4th April, eminent German writer and Nobel laureate, Günter Grass published a poem in the German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung. The poem is called What Must Be Said, and deals…
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Paul Eisen speaks with Gilad Atzmon
An insightful conversation between Gilad Atzmon and Paul Eisen. It takes a deep look into their minds and the troublesome relationship they hold with ‘Jewish identity politics’, ‘Jewish ideology’,’Jewish power’ and Jewish history alongside their prolonged intellectual and political activism.
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