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The state is suffering from two opposite vices, avarice and luxury; two plagues which...have been the ruin of every empire
Chinese Proverb
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S. African Jewish community leader implicated in violent assault against Palestine solidarity protesters
**From BDS South Africa** On Monday night supporters of Israel held a music concert to celebrate Israeli Independence Day at Gold Reef City Casino in Johannesburg, which was organized by…
“Next Year In Jerusalem”
When we say “Next year in Jerusalem” we mean that all Jews should actually be in Israel and in Jerusalem (not just as tourists!). We mean Jerusalem as it is…
Abbas on the “Road to Nowhere” ……
al-Arabiya report: Israeli embassy posts cartoon ad of Abbas en route to U.N. It’s an apparent warning message from the Israeli embassy that peace will not be achieved by Abbas’…
Israel’s other Occupied Territories
In light of my last article, examining the claims that a cartoon by Carlos Latuff was “almost worse that anti-Semitic”, I was interested to note how little reaction there has…
“Almost Worse Than Anti-Semitic ”
Carlos Latuff the Brazilian cartoonist appears to have reached new heights in his career, after Marvin_Hier, twice named “most influential Rabbi in America” by Newsweek, branded one of his cartoons…
How Tony Greenstein turned me into an anti-Semite
Recently Tony Greenstein had this to say on his blog: Unlike the Zionist movement we expel racists. The Zionist movement takes racists and fascists, people like Glenn Beck, to their…
The ANC – “The Party of the Rich”
As we have said, we are not tolerating any illegal gatherings Thus spoke South African police spokesman Captain Dennis Adriao, after announcing that rubber bullets and teargas had been fired…
Anti-Semitism and the responses: Arab-American & Jewish-American
In one of the debating taboos events, Ralph Nader led the discussion which explored whether there is a double standard in the response to anti-Semitism against Arab-Americans compared with the…
Effective solidarity? Martin Iqbal on Palestine Place.
[mp3j track="http://www.deliberation.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/martiniqbal.mp3"] In this excerpt from 28/06 edition of Mask of Zion, Martin Iqbal talks about his visits to Palestine Place, and the events which resulted in The exclusion of…
Umm Mahmoud: “We, mothers, are constantly crying over our children.”
An interview with the family of detained Palestinian footballer and hunger striker Mahmoud Al-Sarsak: On July, 22, 2009, Palestinian National Team soccer player, Mahmoud Al Sarsak, bid farewell to his…
The smear of the nation….
Historically, Israel and South Africa have been pretty close buddies, with close ties revealed between the former regime and Israel. Although one would expect the new regime to show solidarity…
Gilad Atzmon KFPA Radio Interviews
Yesterday Dennis Bernstein interviewed Gilad on KFPA’s The Morning Mix. I’ve edited out Gilad’s interview for those who are limited for time. The whole programme can be heard here. Gilad…
Work hard boy and you’ll find …
Having seriously shot myself in the foot by using Leonard Cohen to introduce a previous post, I thought I’d play it safe and use a Cat Stevens song. ‘But I…
Stay Indoors and Watch the Buildings Burn
We are used to thinking of events based on our strict political and moral principles. To separate the wheat from the chaff: this person is good, that person is a…
Hey Thats No Way To Say Goodbye
When I was 16 I was given access to a whole lot of music I had never heard before. I slipped an album out of its sleeve and put it…
From Hell to the Cell.
When 21 year old Clemence, a welder by trade, popped out to the shops, he forgot to take a piece of paper with him. Before too long he found himself…
Witness Bahrain: #Feb14 Anniversary
Valentines Day marks the anniversary of the uprising in Bahrain, when people marched on the Lulu Roundabout in Manama and set up a camp to demand democracy. The camp was…
On football, racism and the media.
Things got a little heated at Old Trafford yesterday, when Liverpool player Luis Suarez refused to shake the hand of Man United’s Patrice Evra before the match. A complaint from…
The Invention of Ancient Israel, the Silencing of Palestinian History
[audio: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2012/02/492183.mp3] Sheffield PSC last night hosted a talk by Professor Keith Whitelam, author of The Invention of Ancient Israel, the Silencing of Palestinian History and Palestine, the Bible and…
exCOMMUNICATIONs Part 1: Francis Clark-Lowes
[audio:http://www.radio4all.net/files/freethepeeps@riseup.net/3951-1-exCOMUNICATIONs_1.mp3] This is the interview I recorded with Francis on the day of the PSC AGM, immediately after his expulsion had been confirmed in what I consider to have…
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