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Illustrative photo of pro-Palestine protesters in London, June 10, 2018. (Alisdare Hickson/ CC BY-SA 2.0)
New anti-Semitism definition denies Palestinians’ right to challenge oppression
Those attacking the UK Labour party for its newly adopted definition of anti-Semitism are contributing to the silencing of Palestinian voices, the potential criminalization of their struggle against racist Israeli policies, and the negation of their demands for freedom and equality. By Laila Naheel and Hussein Samih A furor over a newly adopted definition of…
By +972 Magazine July 26, 2018
File photo of former London Mayor Ken Livingstone of the UK Labour Party. (Viktor Kovalenko / Shutterstock.com)
What the Left can learn about anti-Semitism from Ken Livingstone
Why would the senior Labour member allow himself to be dragged into a debate about the Holocaust while his party is bending over backwards to fend off accusations that it is teeming with anti-Semites? By Gilad Halpern Ken Livingstone may not realize it, but he has done the progressive left a great service. Livingstone, a…
By +972 Magazine May 1, 2016
UK devises new excuses for rejecting LGBTQ refugees
The original version of this article contained an inappropriate reference related to the LGBTQ community in both the headline and text. Following an editorial review, the headline has been changed and the references removed throughout the body of the text.
By Laissez Passer April 16, 2013
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Future sound of London: The UK as model for our region
The first page I ever “liked” on Facebook now proved itself worthwhile. It is the page of British folk singer Billy Bragg, the “Bard of Barking” (an area in East London). Besides being one of the best baladeers ever born, Bragg is a socialist thinker and an activist. It is from him that I learned…
By Yuval Ben-Ami March 4, 2011
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