After Israel refused entry to Noam Chomsky into the occupied, Palestinian territories, he was interviewed extensively on Israeli TV and of course told that he didn’t believe in Israel’s right to exist etc etc. The same, tired cliches that are effectively demolished by Chomsky. He makes the key point; the best friends of Israel are…
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Let Vanunu free, finally
The nightmare of Israeli nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu continues. This saga has turned to farce. Vanunu wants to leave the Jewish state permanently and start a new life but he is being refused. These are not the actions of a democracy: Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, released in 2004 after 18 years in prison for leaking…
The non-existent threat posed by a man in his 80s
A strong editorial in Haaretz this week (I’m a few day’s behind on the news, dear readers, due to tramping and speaking around New Zealand) on Israel’s rejection of Noam Chomsky. We’re still waiting for the outcry from the Zionist Diaspora after this blatantly anti-democratic and stupid Israeli move. Deafening silence? That’s a real change…
Some Western Australian Jews shame themselves…again
This site has covered the extensive and global efforts by some Zionist organisations to block the performance of the play Seven Jewish Children. The latest example was in Perth, Western Australia One of the organisers behind the show sent me the following flyer, handed out by Jewish protestors before the program, in an attempt to…
ABC TV broadcast on internet freedom and anti-censorship
I recently debated in Sydney on the motion that governments shouldn’t censor the internet. ABC TV broadcast the discussion and our team included a robust explanation on the principles of free speech. An edited version of the debate was broadcast tonight on ABC Radio National Big Ideas:
Chomsky barred from entering Israeli occupied West Bank (because of his views)
Zionist democracy in action: Noam Chomsky, a renowned Jewish-American scholar and political activist, has been barred from entering the West Bank. Chomsky was denied entry by Israeli immigration officials as he attempted to cross the Allenby Bridge from Jordan on Sunday. The lingusitics professor, who frequently speaks out against Israeli policy in the occupied Palestinian…
Yet more censorious Jews, this time in Western Australia
This website has documented over the years the litany of events, talks, shows, media and individuals who have been bullied by the Zionist lobby to not speak out over Palestine or simply temper their opinions. The play “Seven Jewish Children” seems to have caused many Jews to act irrationally. Complaining about the work, however irrational…
How to make web freedom a key legal concern
France’s Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has a patchy record on human rights protection, being described in the London Review of Books in 2009 as having eroded “the distinction between philanthropy and combat.” But his latest piece in the International Herald Tribune is a strong case for internet freedom and democracy and should be saluted: In…
Overland branded biased by Jewish academics
My following article appears in today’s edition of Crikey: Overland is a quarterly publication published in Melbourne since 1954 and aims to give, in the words of… editor Jeff Sparrow, “space for radicals and liberals”. Over the past few years a handful of articles have appeared written by Jews (including me, principally on peak oil)…
Why internet censorship is a fool’s paradise
My following article is published today by the Sydney Morning Herald/Age online: We live under the illusion that governments can protect us from the evils of the world. Paedophilia, extreme violence, lessons in self-harm and suicide, race hatred and terrorism. We have every right to expect governments to monitor hate and terror sites and arrest…