And if ever there was a reason to support Jeremy Corbyn...
If ever there was a reason to support Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour party leadership, this kind of thing as reported by the BBC, is surely it. Tony Blair takes on anti-extremism and anti-Semitism...
View ArticleThis is Jonathan Bowden
This is the late Jonathan Bowden. I never met or heard him but I know he is a huge hero to those who see themselves on the Far or New Right. And I'm not surprised.Listen to him and judge for yourself.
View ArticleNahida Izzat: Celebrating Sexual Orientation, the Road to Liberation?
I haven't commented on the gay-marriage issue but I had to post this piece by Nahida Izzat.I'm still not going to comment except to say that I feel safer denying the Holocaust than I do questioning...
View Article...and here, I am definitely not with the Jew!
There for Each Other: On Anti-Semitism, Christian Privilege and Palestine SolidarityJune 9, 2015 Ariana American Jewish Community, Anti-Semitism, Christianity, Holocaust,Human Rights, Interfaith,...
View ArticleJeremy Corbyn - a way back to a socialism of true brotherhood
This is from Third Way Magazine and is about Jeremy Corbyn running for the leadership of the Labour Party.Jeremy Corbyn is my MP and I've already called him the finest man in British politics I went...
View ArticleGreece: The Pearl Cast Before Swine by Israel Shamir
My goodness me, but this takes me back to happier times.I learned more from this man than just about anyone in the world and I've no doubt that in five hundred years from now, people will still be...
View ArticleAnti-Shomrim: Whitehall 4th July 2015
This event took place last Saturday outside Downing Street. Originally scheduled to take place in the very Jewish North London suburb of Golders Green, the authorities decided that such a venue might...
View ArticleNo wonder Jeremy Corbyn’s rivals for the Labour leadership are rattled - Owen...
This is by Owen Jones in the GuardianJones essentially says what everyone says - Corbyn's campaign transcends left and right. It replaces tired old slogans with a clarion call for simple decency.Our...
View ArticleBarry Grossman on BDS
As seen on Facebook..."Well Fiona, I will say what I always say which is by all means go ahead an boycott, but do so without embracing or promoting BDS. .Apart from that, I would remind people that...
View ArticleHow mean can you be?...
This is from The White Resister. I found it on Facebook and I've included below the article an accompanying FB comment.The tombstone marking the grave of Adolf Hitler's parents was removed from an...
View ArticleForgotten British Heroes Campaign
The text of the letter from the Forgotten British Heroes Campaign to the Israel ambassador in London, Daniel Taub. This will be delivered to the Israel Embassy on Saturday 1st August, the day on which...
View Article"We never know when they've had enough'
This, as reported in the Jewish Chronicle, is a wonderful example of something that will drive all decent (in this case, non-Jewish) people mad. It's a great example of how we Jews never know when to...
View ArticleCorbyn's Revolution
Corbyn on the night busThe Corbyn clip at the bottom of this post is certainly not the most instantly gratifying (it's over two hours long) but for me, more than anything else around, it reveals the...
View ArticleRaul Hilberg: "I am at a loss."
For over ten years now Henry Herskovitz and Jewish Witnesses for Peace and Friends have been standing vigil outside Beth Israel Temple, Ann Arbor, Michigan. You can see what I think of them hereThis is...
View ArticleIf everyone who reads BGD gave just $10....
This is from a site called Black Girl Dangerous, a "multi-faceted online forum for the literary and artistic expression of queer and trans* people of color.. " You can read all about it here and here...
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