Month: March 2012

Faced with anti-Semitism, the left commentariat’s eerie silence

Well, mostly: there are always exceptions. “No-one can justify the Toulouse attacks”, said Stop The War Coalition’s Lindsey German, “but…” and, without irony, proceeded to attempt to do precisely that, with the usual litany against Western imperialism. It was, predictably, all our fault. However, we expect that from the Stoppers. More interestingly, there were a… Continue reading Faced with anti-Semitism, the left commentariat’s eerie silence

Livingstone logic

I thought I’d said my piece on Ken and would now wait to see if he could muddle his way through to a Labour victory, however unlikely it might seem. However it seems that Ken can’t help himself: he seems doomed to throw the election because of one thing: his own extraordinary lack of self-awareness. Firstly it… Continue reading Livingstone logic

A trip to Stockholm for London Labour

This week’s revelations about Ken Livingstone’s tax affairs are not shocking. They are not even very surprising. But they are important in another sense: in the direct contradiction they highlight between word and deed. Now, as many readers of Labour Uncut will know, its contributors are not generally renowned as class warriors. But, as a… Continue reading A trip to Stockholm for London Labour

Why Occupy failed

I have to make a confession. I haven’t really engaged with Occupy London – evicted yesterday from St Paul’s – in the few months since it started out. Perhaps I missed something vitally important about it all. I think I’ve written about them only once, in passing, mainly because I wasn’t sure that they were… Continue reading Why Occupy failed

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