The failings of Finkelstein
Norman Finkelstein has always been a loose cannon. His sometimes insightful political and historical analysis is invariably undermined by a…
Author: bobpitt (page 11)
Who funded Keir Starmer’s campaign?
During his successful campaign to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party leader, Keir Starmer was repeatedly challenged to reveal the…
Antisemitism, the Brick Lane mural and the stitch-up of Jeremy Corbyn
Jonathan Cook recently posted an interesting article in which he presented a clearly argued response to Naomi Wolf on the…
Boris Johnson and Islamophobia
Boris Johnson’s recent Telegraph article, in which he mocked niqab-wearing women by describing them as looking like letter boxes or…
Not the ‘Cunard Yanks’: The real origins of the Beatles’ R&B covers
The merchant seamen from Merseyside known as “Cunard Yanks” are commonly credited with bringing back from the US the black…
Antisemitism and a ‘Voltaire’ quote
Voltaire is well known for having quotations falsely attributed to him. Most people are now aware that the statement “I…
Peter Tatchell not only encourages Islamophobia – he defends the right of homophobes to incite hatred against the LGBT community
What a popular man Peter Tatchell is. His article on the Mohammed Hasnath case, titled “Gay Free Zone conviction is…
Does Labour measure up?
“The Islamophobia Myth” – that was the title of an influential article by Kenan Malik published in the February 2005…
More antisemitism hysteria at Labour Party conference
Last weekend the hysteria over Labour antisemitism reached new heights with physical attacks on a pro-Palestinian banner displayed outside the…
Craig Murray and Salisbury – a case of crackpot conspiracism
Craig Murray is a former British ambassador to Uzbekistan who was removed from his post in 2004 amid controversy over…