Harry's Place

Well done to Iraqi writer Najm Wali for his brave and pragmatic defense of normalization between Israel and the Arab world, and for his recognition that, yes, Jews are no strangers to the region. And credit to Al Jazeera for broadcasting it.
By contrast it’s discouraging (if not particularly surprising, given his history of political [...]

Tori Egherman, an American, and her husband Kamran Ashtary, an Iranian, lived and blogged in Tehran from 2003 to 2007. She writes:
I wrote about my own wish for an “Ich ben ein Berliner” moment in a previous post that has sparked a lot of discussion. Since then, I have spoken to many people who are [...]

The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has had to take some time for reflection on an international matter of grave importance.
Now, after so much horrid repression in Iran, they are ready to speak. Here you go:

Sarkozy Defies Universal Values as he tells Women What Not to Wear: French leader’s Burqa remarks are designed to [...]

Apparently Alan Hart threatens to sue people who accuse him of antisemitism.
As well he should. What could possibly be wrong with the astute insights one finds in his work? Like this entry on his blog, for example, about his PressTV interview of journalist Abdel Bari Atwan:
My guest for this week’s programme [...]

I’ve just noticed this graphic description of the fracas at the Al-Maj-hijacked “sharia” debate last week. Giles Enders, the chair of the Southplace Ethical Society (who own the hall) described events. Here’s an extract:
“These thuggish bouncers wouldn’t allow anyone in, so I said we would call the police. But the police took forever to come, so [...]

So, if you’re the brother of a dodgy Israeli religious politician from a lunatic party, you obviously wouldn’t be blaming the Jews for everything bad that happens to your friends and family.
So, who are you going to blame?
Easy.
Hat tip: Clawes

From Maryam Namazie
Neda Agha-Soltan, the 27 year old shot in the chest by the Islamic regime of Iran’s Baseeji security forces on June 20 died before our very eyes.
We witnessed her last breaths; and felt the rage of the millions on the streets of Iran.
In an interview with Persian media, her fiancé, Caspian Makan, said [...]

Socialist Unity’s latest post is designed to provide argument for those who are, for whatever reason, uncomfortable with the thought of political reform in Iran. John Wight is one of them. Here he is explaining why things are much better off left as they currently are in Tehran, Tabriz and Shiraz.
It might at first blush appear strange that an enthusiastic encomium to [...]

Members of the BNP may not serve in the police force or prison services. Now School’s Secretary Ed Balls, is considering a ban on BNP members working as teachers. Earlier this month, Jacqui Smith apparently pledged to ban BNP members from demonstrating outside government buildings, while the Public and Commercial Services Union has been calling for [...]

The owners of the STWC website have added an additional banner to the website:

The new banner has a clickable menu. Under  ”About this banner”, the text reads:

The banner was created by the owner of the stopwar.org.uk domain in response to the StWC loss of direction and hypocritical response to the Iranian election compared to an [...]