Don Quixotes travels

The attack on the Manchester synagogue was a horrific antisemitic atrocity, targeting innocent Jewish worshippers. Hatred of Jews for being Jews or blaming all Jews for the crimes of Israel, is vile racism. The criminal who perpetrated it, is responsible for his own reprehensible actions. My condolences for all those affected. Manchester suffered the Arena bombing and refused to be divided, we will do the same again and maintain community cohesion between multi-faiths and ethnic groups.       Of course there is no contradiction in my being a pro-palestine activist, opposing the Israeli genocide, the apartheid colonial racism inherent in zionism and my condemnation of this dreadful act. Thats because, as many Jews worldwide shout loudly; -Judaism is NOT zionism’, zionism is NOT Judaism!    This is why we work so hard to counter the Zionist narrative that Israel acts on behalf of global Jewry. On every Pro-Palestine peace protest are the ‘Jewish bloc’, anti-zionis...

  There is no ‘great replacement’, no ‘invasion’ into the UK. These words are used by right-wing influencers and right-wing politicians to weaponise the immigration issue and incite violence on the streets.     16% of the population are born outside of the UK, so 84% of us are British. Migration to the UK has increased over the last 20 years, most if it legal and the general consensus is that immigrants contribute positively to the UK's public finances, helping to reduce deficits and manage public debt. More is taken in tax than ever goes out in benefits.  There is lots of disinformation around ‘asylum seekers’. They are not allowed to work while their application is being processed. They receive a small weekly allowance much lower than universal credit. They are mostly refugees from war or persecuted groups. Anyone who is not, will have their application denied and should be removed. The UK is obliged by international treaties to take in people claiming asylum ...

  Anti-Jewish hatred exists and persists, so does fake antisemitism accusations to protect Israel.   Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism, but obviously there is anti-Jewish hatred amongst its adherent’s, which should always be condemned.  Let’s be very clear, Israel has no ‘right’ to exist. This is the anti-Zionist position opposing the Zionist position that ‘the Jews have a right to self-determination’ through a ‘Jewish State’ in Palestine. The ‘self-determination’ of one group cannot be achieved by disallowing ‘self-determination’ to the indigenous population. Under the British Mandate only 8% of Palestinians were Jews, the Zionists were from Europe and influenced by Colonialist ideology and European ‘supremacism’.   When the PLO recognised Israel in the 90’s, that was a huge compromise, it was not a statement giving legitimacy to a Colonial land grab that stole Palestinian land and ethnically cleansed 750,000 Palestinian people to become refugees in Lebanon, Syr...

Western liberalism has hijacked the media to back its war mongering ‘liberal interventionism’ and to bring down their opponents on the left and the right.   I had a gut feeling that the media and legal onslaught against Trump would backfire. The fact that these ‘Russia links’ had no evidential basis, meant that he could build the narrative of ‘fake news’ to cover up stories that were actually true. Because the media were bias, a disillusioned and sceptical electorate became attracted to the alternative to the ‘Washington swamp’ of politicians and the media that backed them.  The very same conditions presented themselves in the UK with brexit and Farage. The Liberal media slavishly ridiculed opponents of the EU project. UKIP won over the disillusioned electorate who observed the bias and wanted to give the ‘Establishment’ Parties ‘a good kicking’. Once again the political Right could use the ‘fake news’ narrative and use the growing scepticism amongst populations about Politici...

Israel are correct. There is ‘no moral equivalence’ between them and Hamas. The State military terror regime and its brutal occupation of Palestine is far more lethal and deadly than a Islamist resistance movement. Israel’s military killing machine is 40 times more lethal, barbarous and destructive for civilians. Hamas committed an atrocity on one day, the Israeli war planes, bombs, drones, quadcoptors, tanks and guns have assailed Gaza’s population every single day for now, over 400 days. Near to 80% of its buildings inhabitable, civilians fired upon while being forced into displacement camps. Most Hospitals destroyed, those open without anaesthetics, pain killers or oxygen to treat childrens mutilated and amputated bodies. Schools, aid centres, mosque’s, ambulance’s, journalists, medics and nurses systematically targeted. Hamas kidnapped innocent hostages and holds them underground. The IDF for decades have kidnapped young people and children and detained them in military jails witho...

  No Justice, No Peace   A Two-State solution (Revisited) A single, secular, democratic State of Palestine for Jews and Arabs, protecting Islam, Christianity and Judaism, ending Zionist Colonialism, is a beautiful but I believe, delusional ideal. Not only that, awaiting the ideal and denying a compromise already agreed by the PLO 30 years ago(universally accepted as the ‘sole representative of the Palestinian people’) would be like western ‘revolutionary communists’ endlessly waiting for the ‘proletarian revolution’ while condemning participation in the democratic process under capitalism.  Increasingly, some on the left, and other Pro-Palestinian voices in the Western world, are taking on an aggressive tone in dismissing ‘Two-Stater’s’ as sell- outs. This is a position that deserves to still be taken seriously, despite the corruption and collaboration by Abbas and other elements of the PA. I point specifically to Marwan Barghouti, the leader who consistently comes top of...