The massacre of Red Crescent and civil defence aid workers has elicited little coverage and no condemnation by major powers — this is the age of lawlessness, warns JOE GILL
Turning the tables
The IHRA’s ‘monopoly’ on defining anti-semitism could be about to end with a new set of guidelines to assist in identifying real anti-Jewish prejudice while upholding free speech on Israel, Palestine and zionism. DAVID ROSENBERG explains

I ONCE heard Tony Benn giving a speech at Conway Hall in which he revealed the “most dangerous word in the English language.”
Only three letters long, but it had the power to elevate one perspective, and dismiss, reject, and encourage vilification of all others on the subject being discussed.
The word was “THE.”
More from this author

DAVID ROSENBERG assesses the far-right threat in the wake of the summer's Islamophobic pogroms and asks what lessons we can learn from the 1930s

DAVID ROSENBERG takes a look back to the days when the Anti-Nazi League and Rock Against Racism stood against against the thugs of the National Front, and sees some important differences to the anti-racism battles of today, which call for fresh thinking rather than transplanting the tactics of the ’70s

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

DAVID ROSENBERG recalls the Islington North MP’s record as an ever-present fighter against division, xenophobia and hate