Tag: israel
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Activism works — here’s the evidence

I was a Green Party officer once. I was a trade union officer, and a member of a regional activist group in my union, and I have been a Labour Party officer. Every single time, I stood down from the roles I had because there was some politics that needed doing, and I couldn’t do…
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The Battle for Home

Imagine this: you’ve been barred from your home district while those who are conducting a war got on with it. You’ve spent your time trying to find food and get on with life in the parts of your town that are still semi-functional, whilst trying to teach your kids to recognize and find shelter from…
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Samud: an afternoon in Chalton Street

Today, I went to the last day of the Palestine exhibition at P21 gallery in Chalton Street, London. You can see quite a lot of it here… Click here to watch the reel on Facebook When I arrived, I recognized the face on the screen in the main hall. It was Wael Dahdouh, talking about…
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Away with your ‘day after’ talk

Palestine needs help – so does Israel. Whilst Palestinians are doing everything in their power to call for help, and everyone except US and most European politicians are trying to respond, Israelis are also making themselves heard now. Some of the October 7th victims are suing their government and the IDF, there is an Israeli…
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Israelism: film review and three take-aways

I’m sitting in front of a big screen, crammed with 40 or more others in the back room of a pub. The film starts, and we’re watching one of those brain-melting Trump-style mass rallies, all flashing lights, reverberating electronic drums and streaming flags. Bright-eyed crowds are standing waving their arms, screaming in excitement – but…
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Resolutions for 2024: What the “United Nations” can’t do, we must

I put my head out of the door in the morning on Boxing Day, and the world seemed quite quiet – fresh, and undisturbed. I stepped outside and found my street a little damp, a little scruffy, but still there. I walked down to the local shops which were not only still there but lit…