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Deconstructing Labour’s 'anti-semitism problem'
With Labour and anti-semitism now an issue in the leadership contest, Jewish Labour activist and writer PAUL HALAS is interviewed by Richard House
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
Born on this day in 1931, the heroic revolutionary faces a dangerous new wave of White House aggression. We must treat his birthday as a rallying cry to resist the illegal siege of Cuba, writes ROGER McKENZIE
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
Richard House (RH): As someone of Jewish heritage, can you share with readers your background and any personal experiences you’ve had of anti-semitism?
Paul Halas (PH): My background might be a little different from many people with similar heritage, as my family has been secular and non-practising for as far back as I can reliably trace.
The Halases are a Hungarian family, although my father was fortunate enough to settle in England just before World War II.
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