The Left should be supporting Israel in this war
No socialist group in Britain is saying what needs to be said today about the crisis in the Middle East. All the groups on the organised Left are busy denouncing Israel for its “aggression” against…
Israel at war: first thoughts
Most of the websites that I look at, the ones that largely share my political perspective, have been strangely silent over the last couple of days regarding recent developments in the Middle East — especially…
Reply to Johann Hari: The ‘real reason’ why Israel is in Gaza
(This was submitted as a Letter to the Editor to The Independent, which did not see fit to publish it.) Johann Hari says he knows the real reasons behind Israel’s incursions into Gaza these past…
A tale of two unions: How the TUC and AFL-CIO use the web to promote labour law reform
At the recent May Day march and rally in London, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber made a strong call for “a Trade Union Freedom Bill to allow unions to properly protect their members”. I wonder…
Online campaigns – poll shows the promise and the challenge
In May 2006 LabourStart asked its readers to participate in what was probably the first-ever global survey of trade unionists on the subject of online campaigning. The survey was not in any sense of the…
A change in the weather?
The death of Iraqi Al-Qaeda boss Abu Musab al-Zarqawi led the BBC website to solicit comments from readers. And invited readers to vote on their favourite comments. Normally, you’d expect something along the lines of…
Unions: Don’t boycott Palestine
The decisions by major unions in the UK and Canada yesterday to promote peace in the Middle East by encouraging boycotts have come in for a lot of criticism. But I want to understand the…
How to set up a trade union email list
If one thing has become clear in trade union use of the Internet over the last decade, it is this: without a list of your members’ and supporters’ email addresses, there is almost no point…
From BibiWATCH to the Blogosphere
[Editor’s note: Several issues of BibiWATCH are now available once again to read on this blog. Click here.] Palestinian suicide bombers attack Tel-Aviv. The Israeli government blames Hamas. As support within Israel for any kind…
Workers of the world – you have nothing to lose but your ZIP codes
Workers of the world — okay, it’s too much to ask for you to unite. But at least try to understand that there are some workers who do not live in your country. If that…