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Forced back into the closet, after all we’ve been through
*** Guest post by Paula Boulton*** Introduction by Kay Green I’ve written a lot in recent years about the extent and the consequences of attacks on women’s rights, attacks usually presented under the banner of “trans activism”. The same, perhaps worse, is happening when lesbian and/or gay groups attempt to organize. The terrible thing is,…
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There is absolutely no justification for supporting Israel
We were talking about language this afternoon, about how you can be led astray by accepting the wrong words for things, or by allowing yourself to be persuaded to reject words that others find uncomfortable hearing. The event was a talk by Ghada Karmi and I assure you, listening to a Palestinian whose family were…
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The old stories are the best
When a good author gets hold of a classic theme, like Antigone for example, and applies it to an important current topic like what happens to Muslim families when politicians are trading on hatred and fear, the result is likely to be a gripping read. That’s why although Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire is a story…
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What do you do when your country is complicit in such a crime? Here’s what…
First Gaza, now the West Bank. We’ve been out protesting for nearly a year, and the forces of the establishment are taking a toll on our activists — but here’s an idea that could change that: Any of us can, at any time get called up for jury service and right now, what you do…
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Justice delayed…
I believe the crisis in our politics has reached a stage now where there’s a real danger of good people going to jail for their efforts to stop bad politicians breaking the law. People from Hastings gathered at the Magistrates Court this morning in support of three of our local Palestine Solidarity Group who were…
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Is this the weirdest book review I’ve ever written?
First off, I’ll need to apologize to the friend who lent me the book. It is not as new as it was. I have wrestled with it, I have wept over it, there was even a stress-related incident with a strawberry jam sandwich. I am not normally like that with books but this was that…
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Skeptics keep their eyes tight shut
I didn’t know these people existed until last year… The first I heard of them was when their Brighton group fell prey to the ‘thou shalt not question gender ideology’ people in Brighton. They had planned to discuss one of the burning issues of our times, and had invited Hannah Barnes and Helen Lewis to…
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Well done Hastings part 2
Picking your enemy at random is stupid but directing people’s anger onto your victims is downright criminal. Wednesday was great – Hastings came out in huge numbers to prevent trouble on our streets. It worked brilliantly. Trouble turned up, here and there in twos and fours, saw us, said “nah, there’s f**** hundreds of them,”…
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Well done, Hastings!
It’s great to feel proud of your town, your country, your people and right now, that’s exactly what I feel. I was confused yesterday. As just about everyone knows, some twit put out a list of dates and places where, I suppose, they were hoping to instigate race-riots or, as some said, to misdirect anti-racists…
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The Meaning of Everything
Dictionaries are supposed to be descriptive (ie, presenting examples and definitions of how words are being used out in the world) not prescriptive (ie, their job isn’t to tell you what the words ought to mean, or how they ought to be used). What they definitely should not be is proscriptive (ie, they can’t tell…
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