What happened to Adam Langleben? Whatever happened to Adam Langleben? That’s the question I put to Stephane Savary, vice-chair of the misnamed Jewish Labour Movement,… Continue reading “What happened to Adam Langleben?”…
A tale of two cities — double standards over the ‘liberation’ of Aleppo and Mosul Last year’s bloody destruction of eastern Aleppo by the Assad regime and its allies received massive media coverage in the… Continue reading “A tale of two cities — double standards over the ‘liberation’ of Aleppo and Mosul”…
Marcus Papadopoulos and the smearing of Jeremy Corbyn Marcus Papadopoulos may not exactly be a household name, but last week he had his 15 minutes of fame when… Continue reading “Marcus Papadopoulos and the smearing of Jeremy Corbyn”…
The Canary and conspiracies — the case of the Khan Sheikhoun chemical attack To the outrage of the rightwing press, the panel of last Thursday’s edition of BBC Question Time included Kerry-Anne Mendoza,… Continue reading “The Canary and conspiracies — the case of the Khan Sheikhoun chemical attack”…
Marxism and popular fronts This is an edited transcript of a talk given to the Communist University in London in August 2003. It was… Continue reading “Marxism and popular fronts”…
Destroying party democracy: The key to Blairism’s future Recently a glossy new brochure from Millbank plopped through the letterboxes of Labour Party branch secretaries. Entitled 21st Century Party… Continue reading “Destroying party democracy: The key to Blairism’s future”…
Brownshirts in blazers? The rise of UKIP With its 16% of the vote in the June Euro-elections the UK Independence Party, previously dismissed as a group of… Continue reading “Brownshirts in blazers? The rise of UKIP”…
Transphobia, free speech and the left Earlier this month an online Stand Up For Labour Party Democracy rally was organised to build a campaign in solidarity… Continue reading “Transphobia, free speech and the left”…
Seymour Hersh and massacres — the degeneration of a respected journalist The celebrated investigative journalist Seymour Hersh appeared on the BBC Daily Politics show on Tuesday, mainly to plug his recently… Continue reading “Seymour Hersh and massacres — the degeneration of a respected journalist”…
Who is behind the complaints about Labour antisemitism? For those of us who have closely followed the supposed crisis of antisemitism in the Labour Party over the past… Continue reading “Who is behind the complaints about Labour antisemitism?”…