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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Against the rise of gender critical non-fiction
A case against the publishing industry's apolitical facade.
Patronising Palestine
The adults might be in the room, but the room is turning to rubble.
The perpetual motion of migrant dehumanisation
Another brutalising week around the world.
The Floating House
A prose poem by Hala.
Why did the Jewish Chronicle publish fake Israeli intelligence?
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.
Slow violence in action
“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.”
How Britain paved the way for a century of Zionist colonialism
"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 election showed that Muslims and other people of conscience can weaken the two-party duopoly’
The Muslim Vote provided a crash course in grassroots organising. What followed demonstrated why British Muslims can’t rest on our laurels.
Starmer’s project is not about hope
Labour’s response to the race riots reveals their broader political strategy
“This stuff is homegrown”
Vashti interviews David Rosenberg on what his lifetime of anti-racist and anti-fascist organising can teach us about confronting the far-right today.
Marking the future’s past
The history and purpose behind Vashti’s new logo
The Far Right
The time for a Jewish anti-fascist renaissance is now
Islamophobia and fearmongering by communal leaders must be replaced with cross-community anti-fascist organising.
The Pickle
REVENGE: After the Levoyah Review
Nick Cassenbaum's new show offers razor-sharp social commentary, along with plenty of comic relief.
Palestine-Israel
Hasbara is failing. What’s next for Israel’s desperate image war?
As the world increasingly sees through Israel’s propaganda, its steadfast supporters scramble to stick to the narrative.
The Pickle
Maybe Keir remembered he’s a human rights lawyer?
Assessing Labour’s week of Palestine policy
Culture
Censoring anti-Zionist art isn’t free speech
If it’s diverse perspectives the Board of Deputies wants, they’ll have to accept anti-Zionist art.
Palestine-Israel
In Israel-Palestine and the UK, we are contesting what it means to be Jewish
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.
The Pickle
Peering into the post-election puddle
What does the pro-Israel right make of the results? And what’s the road ahead for the Jewish left?
Culture
Meet Holocausts: The anti-Zionist punk band resisting literally everything
‘I want the kids I meet to say “Oh! Maybe I don’t have to live like a patriotic militant freak!”’
The Pickle
A new season
On electoral ambivalence.
The Pickle
Labour is winning back Jewish voters, but at what cost?
An anti-racism that is selective is no anti-racism at all.
UK Politics
Labour's Zionism has a past, but should not have a future
Keir Starmer's staunch defence of Israel is no anomaly, but is rather in keeping with a tradition of Zionism with deep roots in the UK’s Labour Party.
The Pickle
The condition of being hostage
Who counts as a hostage, and what does it mean to be one?