Do I think it’s ok to ambush Jeremy Corbyn in the street when he was about to speak at a pro-Palestine rally to ask if he is anti-Zionist? No, I don’t. It was too reminiscent of the many times the media did the same when he was Labour leader; the Continue Reading
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Israel’s Agenda: ethnic cleansing and regional hegemony
This is an edited version of the talk given by Moshé Machover to the regular TAS fortnightly Zoom discussion on Monday 10 March 2025. The full discussion can be watched here. I am going to address the cardinal aims of the Israeli state. In fact, they are the long-term aims Continue Reading
A Communist position on the Middle East colonial conflict
This article is based on the talk that Moshé Machover gave to a Zoom meeting organised by Talking About Socialism…from a Marxist point of view on 25 November 2024, addressing the question: What is a communist position for resolving the colonial conflict in the Middle East? You can watch the Continue Reading
Circle of evil – how the lessons of the past are not learned.
A review of Zone of Interest, Director Jonathan Glazer, by Janet Sillett.* ‘Unforgettable’, ‘haunting’, ‘chilling’: The Zone of Interest, which won this year’s Oscar for Best Inernational Feature Film, is all of these. Its ability to shock is more about what it doesn’t show but in what we hear, imagine Continue Reading