Britain

People 'justifiably angry' as British Labour's NEC caves on Israel, Jewish socialists say

People are 鈥渏ustifiably angry鈥 that Labour鈥檚 national executive committee (NEC) decided to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, Jewish Socialists鈥 Group鈥檚 Julia Bard said after the NEC voted to do so on September 4.

Jewish Socialists鈥 Group activist David Rosenberg said it was 鈥渘o doubt a significant setback鈥 for Jeremy Corbyn鈥檚 allies but, despite the adoption of the definition and all its 11 examples, pro-Israel MPs and groups are hesitant to call it a victory.

Britain: Black and minority ethnic groups urge Labour not to silence Palestine supporters

The British Labour Party鈥檚 national executive council (NEC) voted on September 4 to adopt the controversial the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism. Supporters of Palestinian liberation, including Jewish groups, have criticised the definition.

Thanks to Brexit, the Irish border is coming again

In Northern Ireland, made up of the six Irish counties still claimed by Britain, a majority voted to remain in the European Union in Britain鈥檚 2016 referendum. But 鈥淏rexit鈥 is threatening to take it out of the EU regardless 鈥 threatening progress in a statelet historically wracked by discrimination, inequality and violence.

Brexit is a threat to Northern Ireland in several ways. Key aspects of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which formally ended decades of armed conflict, underpinned by European law and funds.

Actually, Corbyn鈥檚 project is socialism, not populism

Populism Now! The Case for Progressive Populism
David McKnight
New South, 2018
177 pages, rrp $29.99

David McKnight鈥檚 Populism Now! catches a wave of discussion about the chances for a progressive 鈥減opulism鈥, writes Jonathan Strauss.

Also in the spray, for example, is a June Quarterly Essay piece by the Australia Institute鈥檚 Richard Denniss 鈥淒ead Right: how neoliberalism ate itself and what comes next鈥 and the previously post-whatever Chantal Mouffe鈥檚 musings on 鈥渓eft populism鈥.

Right-wing rampage in Brexit Britain

Britain鈥檚 Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May is in dire trouble and likely to be voted out of office by her own MPs when parliament returns in September, writes English socialist Phil Hearse.

A good few days for the British left

Donald Trump is the rallying symbol for the new nationalist hard right globally. Andy Stowe writes that his visit to England and Scotland on the weekend of July 13 and 14听was an opportunity to gauge just how much he is loathed.

It was a test of strength between the left and neo-fascist right in Scotland as well as several English town and cities. It was a big victory for the left.

Scottish protesters greet Trump with some of the best placards yet

"A day after听听to tell President Donald Trump that neither he nor his worldview were welcome in U.K.," Jon Queally wrote on , "the people of Scotland on Sunday also took to the streets to let the U.S.

Jeremy Corbyn addresses the July 13 anti-Trump protest in London.

Jeremy Corbyn tells huge anti-Trump protest: 'We want a world not divided by misogyny, racism, and hate'

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn joined the mass protest against Donald Trump in London on July 13听 where he said the message to the U.S. president was a call for a "world of justice not division."

Speaking from Trafalgar Square to an enormous crowd after hundreds of thousands marched through the streets of London, Corbyn praised those gathered for "asserting our right to free speech and our right to want a world that is not divided by misogyny, racism, and hate."

'Carnival of Resistance' as hundreds of thousands march against Trump across Britain

Hundreds of thousands of anti-Trump demonstrators took to the streets of London and in separate protests across the Britain on July 13 in a massive and historic show of opposition to a sitting US听president.

John Pilger: Julian Assange must be brought home

The persecution of Julian Assange must end. Or it will end in tragedy.

The Australian government and prime minister Malcolm Turnbull have an historic opportunity to decide which it will be.

They can remain silent, for which history will be unforgiving. Or they can act in the interests of justice and humanity and bring this remarkable Australian citizen home.

Behind the large far-right mobilisation in London: Tommy Robinson, English nationalism and Brexit

Three things strike you when looking at videos and photos of the neo-fascist demonstration on June 9 in London calling for the release from prison of the Islamophobic criminal and English Defence League (EDL) co-founder听Tommy Robinson,听writes Andy Stowe.

Royal spin can鈥檛 hide the stench of unearned privilege

Rebel Prince: The Power, Passion & Defiance of Prince Charles
By Tom Bower
William Collins, 2018

Meghan: A Hollywood Princess
By Andrew Morton
Michael O鈥橫ara Books, 2018

鈥淣obody knows what utter hell it is to be Prince of Wales,鈥 whined Charles, the heir to the British throne.

All that handshaking and small talk is 鈥渁n intolerable burden鈥, his never-right office temperature 鈥渕akes my life so unbearable鈥, and first-class seats on commercial airflights are 鈥渟o uncomfortable鈥.