Harry's Place

I am posting on this interview with Howard Jacobson at the suggestion of ‘damon’ who is a regular Pickled Politics commenter – and an occasional Harry’s Place commenter too.  It has already been the subject of a short post by Sunny Hundal.  The relevant part of Howard Jacobson’s comment is this:
The good thing that came [...]

I usually focus on rather extreme cases of anti-Roma bigotry in my posts on that topic, and the Dale Farm case is not so extreme, nor does it involve the Roma, but Irish travellers.  However it raises some similar issues.
The Dale Farm site is based near Basildon in Essex, and was established on the site [...]

Have a look at this clipping from January 2009.

Russia has decided to establish naval bases in Libya, Syria and Yemen within a few years, a Russian military official was quoted as saying on Friday by Itar-Tass news agency.
“It is difficult to say how much time it will take to create the bases for our fleet [...]

Cross-posted from James Bloodworth at Obliged to Offend
“There are no women forced to sell themselves to a man, to a foreigner, to a tourist. Those who do so do it on their own, voluntarily, and without any need for it. We can say that they are highly educated hookers and quite healthy, because we are [...]

A message from the British Israel Coalition:
After terror attacks left 8 Israelis dead, anti-Israeli rallies have taken place all across the country. Events such as the Al-Quds march last Sunday demonstrated strong support for Hamas and Hezbollah, groups that praised the murderous attacks.
Come along to Trafalgar Square (Northern Terrace) this Sunday (28th) at 12pm to [...]

This is a cross-post from Just Journalism.
Abdel Bari Atwan, the editor of the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi, is reported to have endorsed the attack on Israelis in Eilat last week. According to Memri’s translation of an editorial from his newspaper, Atwan argued that the attack successfully ‘corrected the course’ of the Arab [...]

Presented without commentary.
“Wow, how many other bloggers called ‘racist, crazy and disgusting by J Street?I’m in a select group: Spinoza Society http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2011/08/24/j-street-taken-leave-of-its-senses/“
Please don’t take this personally, but Spinoza was slightly more clever than you
I didn’t say I WAS Spinoza moron.I specifically referred to his excommunication, not his intellect.Try reading next time.
“moron“? I bet Spinoza was nicer [...]

This piece will be mostly exploratory, as I am looking to fill-in large gaps in my knowledge of the clans and ethnic groups across the country formerly known as Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
A distinction which is being drawn in the MSN between the Benghazi-based NTC and the western rebels which tore [...]

What the police got was a bloody good hiding.

Bernie Grant, Council Leader, London Borough of Haringey, 1985 (after the Broadwater Estate riots).
if you want to see “the feds” get a bloody good hiding, see this film.
Socialist Worker, August 27, 2011 (Review of Rise of the Planet of the Apes).
Edmund Standing adds:
I’m reminded of this ‘classic’:

The [...]

Here is Abdul Wahid, a spokesperson for Hizb-ut-Tahrir, at the Al Quds Day march:

Note Wahid’s open, public support of terrorism, and his call for a large-scale war in the Middle East.
Because as much as I respect, and I truly respect, those brothers who are resistance fighters, making jihad, making life tough for the Israelis and [...]