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2012 May Day demonstration in Nottm - AFED throw a tantrum

Well first the good stuff.
A reasonably large May Day about 300 attending. This was followed by a hastily arranged indoor meeting, because of expected rain, with speakers from most unions involved in strike campaigns, and one or two trade union worthies as well as from campaigns such as Notts Uncut...

Speech in opposition to UCU's junking of EUMC antisemitism definition

Below is the text of the speech made against the UCUs explicit rejection of the EUMC definitions of antisemitism at its congress on May 30 2011. The motion to reject this definition of anti-semitism, explicitly motivated to support Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas ideologue, Azzam Tamimi, was...

Was it wrong to wrong to video Sheridan?

I have to admit this when I'm bored and have nothing better to do, I go into UK Left Network, a Yahoo list usually filled with unbridled sectariana. My excuse is that it can be useful to search through that list to find out what some people say about the AWL.

Usually the contributors are obsessive...

Video - Palestinian Prime Minister Haniya on Oct 6th

MEMRI may have a suspect agenda with its founders and I don't imagine they should be expected to give a balanced account of politics in the Arab world.
Nevertheless they compile many videos, largely broadcasted on Al-Jazeera, worth looking at. See links in this blog entry. You will probably need a...

An exchange with the local Palestine Solidarity Campaign

An attempt by AWL and Committee for 2 states to explore possibilities for joint work between the PSC and the Comm for 2 States are rebuffed. Why? Well read on.

This is the letter of reply by myself to the local PSC answering their reasons for not wishing to explore joint work. The PSC's...

Paris anti-war demo - August 12

Took a few days break in Paris, amongst other things, to go on the demo in Paris on August 12 against the Israeli attack on Lebanon. Images and short video of LCR and LO contingent below.

I give a superficial impression below(as my French is not good so conversations were very limited) but it seems...

Protesting against Israel's Lebanon war in Nottingham

Over the last 2 Saturdays Nottingham AWL supporters in the Campaign for 2 States along with activists from the local Jewish Socialist Groups (and Jewish Peace Campaign) and people from the Nottingham University Peace Movement, have been protesting in Nottingham City Centre.
Our placard and petition...

Tamimi's poisonous pro-Hamas rant at StW

People may have heard about Tamimi's rant about Israel at the Stop the War rally in London last week. Now you can see it, just in case anyone is any doubt that the StWC can do nothing but harm the creation of a real mass, progressive campaign against the present Israeli onslaught on the Palestinians...

How far do they go?

A few weeks ago one of my comrades reacted with amused disbelief when she heard that the SWP's Marxism had set aside a prayer room for devout Muslim attendees.
I read today that this was not true.
There were in fact 2 prayer rooms, one for men and one for women.
A few years ago when gender...

An argument with a local anarchist comrade - part 2

I left off from yesterday's response to Dan without responding to his comments about 9/11 and the cartoons issue. Dan admits to not knowing much about our politics and whilst there is much on our website, maybe the actual articles explaining our position are not convenient to locate. Rather than try...

Paul Whetton, rank and file striking Notts Miners leader dies

Yesterday morning one of the finest socialist activists I have ever known, former Notts militant miners' leader Paul Whetton, died.

Paul was the leading figure amongst the striking miners in the Notts coalfield during the historic miners strike of 1984/5. I had the privilege - and it was a...

Islamophobia-watch-watch

In Ontario yesterday institutionalisation of Islamic arbitration courts was rejected. A decision hailed as a victory by Iranian activists, and other refugees, who have suffered from such bodies 'settling' family disputes in their original countries.

Our very own apologists for reaction Islamophobia...

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