Simple Gifts folk show now online on Youtube
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Simple Gifts folk show now online on Youtube


Click HERE to watch it. Featured are the Shaker dance hymn which gives the show its name, an excerpt from The Barley Mow DVD featuring Cyril Poacher singing The Nutting Girl, video of Fairport Convention, My Evening Song, composed in 1997, Peggy Seeger singing and talking about Swim to the Star, a song from her … Continue reading

Gaza / Israel / Judaism / Palestine

Israeli professor’s ‘rape as terror deterrent’ statement draws ire – National Israel News | Haaretz


“The only thing that can deter terrorists, like those who kidnapped the children and killed them, is the knowledge that their sister or their mother will be raped.” This assertion was made by Middle East scholar Dr. Mordechai Kedar of Bar-Ilan University about three weeks ago on an Israel Radio program. “It sounds very bad, … Continue reading

Activism / Gaza / Israel / Judaism / Palestine / Politics

IJAN Calls on Jews of Conscience to Take Action to Stop Israel: Let Gaza Live!


Like so many times before, Jews must take action against Israeli brutality IJAN (International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network) and Jews Against Genocide call on Jews of Conscience to “lay siege” on Israeli consulates with protests, creative actions, pickets and demonstrations and to protest events that attempt to justify Israel’s brutality against the Palestinian people.IJAN and Jews … Continue reading

The myth of Palestine-Israeli equivalence
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The myth of Palestine-Israeli equivalence


Some well-meaning folk – one assumes they are well-meaning, but one should never under-estimate the ramifications of the Zionist “hasbara” black propaganda machine – are calling on “both sides” in the Gaza conflict to lay down their arms. HAMAS, they say, should stop firing rockets into Israel, and the Israelis should stop killing so many people in Gaza. … Continue reading

David Ward / Israel / Judaism / Morning Star / MP / Palestine / Politics

Israel recruiting fighters in UK


The “Volunteers for Israel” Facebook page. Morning Star: 100 Britons join Israel’s campaign of-terror According to Reuters in January, “Britons travelling to Syria to help the rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad could be arrested on their return, a senior police chief warned on Saturday, saying they may pose a security risk to the UK. “Peter … Continue reading

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The July 10 radio show – on Youtube


Originally posted on Movietime:
Video version of my Movietime BCB radio show covers the new print of A Hard Day’s Night, the briliant Palestinian noir, Omar, Mrs Brown’s Boys – d’Movie, Walking on Sunshine, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, the dead parrot sketch from Monty Python, and plans to reshoot a live-action version of Walt Disney’s Dumbo. NOTE:…

Bradford rallies for Gaza
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Bradford rallies for Gaza


Thousands packed Bradford City Park on Sunday July 13 for a monster rally in support of the people of Gaza. LINKS: ♦ What you can do ♦ Contact form This was just one city among many, showing what can be done at very short notice. Go thou and do likewise, brothers and sisters. Kids paddled in … Continue reading