Tag Archives: anti-Zionism

Egypt’s Exiled Revolutionary

Watching events unfold as protesters attempt to unseat Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak I am reminded of the country’s rich revolutionary history and the suppression of the communist movement there. Many Egyptian communists were effectively expelled from the country in the … Continue reading

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Seeger Reprise

Last month I put up a blog post about how Pete Seeger had sung in a virtual concert for the Israeli environmentalist organisation the Arava Institute. In spite of the fact that he was singing from his New York home … Continue reading

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

A gem from Compendium’s basement

There was a time when most of my weekends used to incorporate a trip to Compendium Books in Camden. If you were looking for a publication that wasn’t mainstream, and I invariably was, then Compendium was the place to go. My … Continue reading

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Left slides on antisemitism

The first political event I can recall attending was a National Union of Students anti-racism conference in either 1985 or 1986, at North London Polytechnic on the Holloway Road. I was president of my further education student union at the … Continue reading

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment