My Shylock Moment
I call it “my Shylock moment” and it’s happening more and more. I’ve had the opportunity three times in the last few weeks to represent the Israeli point of view in public debates. As you…
I call it “my Shylock moment” and it’s happening more and more. I’ve had the opportunity three times in the last few weeks to represent the Israeli point of view in public debates. As you…
Fifteen years after the historic Oslo accords, Israel finds itself isolated as never before in the international labour movement. The erosion of support for the Jewish state has not been affected in the slightest by…
I will be speaking tonight at this event.
Der südafrikanische Gewerkschaftsverband Cosatu unterstützt die Weigerung der Hafenarbeiter in Durban, ein israelisches Schiff zu entladen. Die Kampagne richtet sich auch gegen die jüdische Gemeinde des Landes. Full article here.
By police accounts, it was the largest demonstration of its kind. Some 6,000 protestors gathered to remember the innocent victims of a bombing campaign that was so terrible it could be compared to the Holocaust….
In Großbritannien streikten Arbeiter und erhoben die Forderung »Britische Jobs für britische Arbeiter«. Das hatte auch der Premierminister versprochen, dessen Labour-Regierung den Streik aber verurteilte. Full article is here. English version here
In early February 2009, LabourStart announced the public launch of UnionBook (http://www.unionbook.org), the social network for trade unionists. Within days, the site came alive with blogs, discussion forums, shared files and groups. As I write…
Trade unionists talk a lot about organising, but how well organised are we ourselves? I’ve tried lots of tools over the years with the goal of being better organised, including personal digital assistants (PDAs), PC-based…
The TUC has a problem: on its staff are a number of people who knew a great deal about a wide range of subjects. But what they know — on health and safety, pensions, climate…
An online discussion of this article can now be found on the AWL website, here. * * * The most recent issue of Solidarity features a number of articles about the conflict in Gaza. These…