‘George just means Jew. Vile Jew’ — How David Baddiel smeared George Galloway George Galloway provoked a Twitterstorm last week with an intemperate and rather ill-judged attack on David Baddiel, in which he… Continue reading “‘George just means Jew. Vile Jew’ — How David Baddiel smeared George Galloway”…
Labour and the ‘Jewish vote’ in Barnet It was always a bit of a long shot that the Labour Party might be able to take the London… Continue reading “Labour and the ‘Jewish vote’ in Barnet”…
Is Tom Watson paid by wealthy Zionists to ‘represent a foreign power’? This meme attacking Tom Watson has been doing the rounds on social media lately. Frankly, it is depressing that anyone… Continue reading “Is Tom Watson paid by wealthy Zionists to ‘represent a foreign power’?”…
What is an antisemitic conspiracy theory? A reply to David Rosenberg Following Rebecca Long-Bailey’s sacking as shadow education secretary for sharing an interview with actor Maxine Peake, David Rosenberg responded with… Continue reading “What is an antisemitic conspiracy theory? A reply to David Rosenberg”…
Leftwing conspiracy theories and the sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey Keir Starmer’s decision to sack Rebecca Long-Bailey as shadow education secretary has quite rightly outraged the Labour left. Starmer obviously… Continue reading “Leftwing conspiracy theories and the sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey”…
Israel as a ‘racist endeavour’ — how the IHRA is used to suppress free speech The furore over the wave of antisemitism that has supposedly engulfed the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership continues to… Continue reading “Israel as a ‘racist endeavour’ — how the IHRA is used to suppress free speech”…
Has the Labour left subjected Luciana Berger to hatespeak and death threats? Matt Carr recently published an excellent article (“Are you or have you ever been an antisemite?”) on his Infernal Machine… Continue reading “Has the Labour left subjected Luciana Berger to hatespeak and death threats?”…
The failings of Finkelstein Norman Finkelstein has always been a loose cannon. His sometimes insightful political and historical analysis is invariably undermined by a… Continue reading “The failings of Finkelstein”…
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… Continue reading “Antisemitism, the Brick Lane mural and the stitch-up of Jeremy Corbyn”…
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… Continue reading “Antisemitism and a ‘Voltaire’ quote”…