Jewish alternatives to zionism The large demonstrations against the war in Gaza saw a participation of progressive young Jews. DAVID ROSENBERG welcomes the renewed interest in the traditions of Jewish socialist internationalism
Monday 15th Jun 2020 Don’t put them on a pedestal Monuments to collective struggle can teach us more than idolising ‘the great and the good,’ says DAVID ROSENBERG
Tuesday 26th May 2020 Labour must resist the Tories’ reckless plan for schools I TAUGHT in an Islington primary school for 23 years and was NUT rep there for most of those.
Monday 06th Apr 2020 Remembering Tosir Ali – murdered by skinhead racists in 1970 The advice given to anti-racists by a veteran Jewish communist 50 years ago remains as valid as ever. DAVID ROSENBERG recalls a tragic case obscured by later similar events in the East End
Wednesday 11th Dec 2019 GENERAL ELECTION 2019 Seize the moment – to drive Labour over the line The Tory campaign is a car crash whose flaming wreckage even the biased media cannot hide. Hammer home our core values and policies today and we will win, writes DAVID ROSENBERG
Monday 07th Oct 2019 Flickers of light and north London elites Anti-semitism and racism are to be found in spades in today’s Toryland, says DAVID ROSENBERG
Monday 29th Jul 2019 There is another way to resolve Labour’s toxic wrangles around complaints Revisiting the central themes of the 2016 Chakrabarti report would provide a way forward amid accusations of anti-semitism – to recognise that expulsions are not always helpful and people can change, show remorse and learn, says DAVID ROSENBERG
Friday 12th Jul 2019 Anti-semitism is on the rise here and abroad. But the BBC's anti-Labour agenda distracts us from the real threat I WENT on my first anti-fascist demonstration as a teenager in the 1970s.
Books Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Books History from below is written in our streets Rebel Footprints, David Rosenberg's great and indispensable walking guide to radical London, has just been republished in an updated edition. Here he introduces the outstanding people and places covered in the book, from the Chartist era onwards
Saturday 16th Mar 2019 The anti-anti-semitism that actually promotes Jew-hating When Siobhain McDonagh revealed that she thought all Jews were rich capitalists, she exposed the genuine bigotry at the heart of this crass crusade, writes DAVID ROSENBERG