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Vigil
“For a good few minutes I just stood there, like I was waiting for something beautiful and improbable and inconceivable to happen.”
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“For a good few minutes I just stood there, like I was waiting for something beautiful and improbable and inconceivable to happen.”
Culture
A case against the publishing industry's apolitical facade.
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The adults might be in the room, but the room is turning to rubble.
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Another brutalising week around the world.
A prose poem by Hala.
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Israel’s army suspects fabrications published in the Jewish Chronicle were part of a pro-Bibi influence campaign, while the article’s author is not as he claims.
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“I was terrified, thinking he meant guns,” said Lazarus. “After a brief panic, the veteran clarified that he meant a shoot-off with cameras – us filming the settlers while they film us.”
‘By my death I wish to make the strongest possible protest against the passivity with which the world is permitting the extermination of the Jewish people.’
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Moshé Machover assesses Israel’s Gaza war in its historical context – and offers a stern warning.
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"While British support for Zionism is often framed around claims about Jewish safety, the reality is that Britain supported the Zionist movement and issued the Balfour Declaration for its own imperialist aims."
The Muslim Vote provided a crash course in grassroots organising. What followed demonstrated why British Muslims can’t rest on our laurels.
Labour’s response to the race riots reveals their broader political strategy
Vashti interviews David Rosenberg on what his lifetime of anti-racist and anti-fascist organising can teach us about confronting the far-right today.
The history and purpose behind Vashti’s new logo
Islamophobia and fearmongering by communal leaders must be replaced with cross-community anti-fascist organising.
Nick Cassenbaum's new show offers razor-sharp social commentary, along with plenty of comic relief.
As the world increasingly sees through Israel’s propaganda, its steadfast supporters scramble to stick to the narrative.
Assessing Labour’s week of Palestine policy
If it’s diverse perspectives the Board of Deputies wants, they’ll have to accept anti-Zionist art.
Across borders, diaspora Jews and Palestinians have been joined to each other. If they cannot survive colonisation, I do not know if we will either.
What does the pro-Israel right make of the results? And what’s the road ahead for the Jewish left?