Monday, 18 August 2025

There's been some reaction to my blog about the three directors of Labour Against Antisemitism. I respond!

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Very nearly everyone has been helpful and supportive. One comment caught my eye. Essentially, it casts doubt on my main argument, which was ...
Sunday, 10 August 2025

Poem or song about Gaza that I've just posted on X and Facebook

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  ( I hear it in the style of early Bob Dylan/bluegrass style/guitar and banjo and/or fiddle, with Dylan-like emphasis long vowels. Anyone w...
Saturday, 9 August 2025

The story of how 3 directors of Labour Against Antisemitism - and friends - have dealt with someone they object to (me) (adapted from Facebook posts)

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 Facebook post one Just to say that I have told my MP that following a post on X by the celebrated journalist Nicole Lampert, complaining th...
Friday, 8 August 2025

Secret release of Starmer's speech later today

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Good evening. Believe it or not, I am your prime minister. Israel. Yes. Israel. Today, we've been hit by what can only be called a bomb...
Sunday, 20 July 2025

Review of my book of political poems

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  Qualms are Quivers of Disquiet: ‘Words United’ by Michael Rosen  19 July 2025 / Posted by Jim Aitken   Post Views:   191 By   Jim Aitken M...
Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Learning how to write and speak: 'how we break things down' may not always be the best way to 'build things up'

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When we teach 'language' or 'a language' there is an immediate problem of methodology. It's the tension between 'how...

Open letter from Jewish academics at Goldsmiths in response to the Report of the Independent Inquiry on Antisemitism

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15 July 2025 We are an informal group of Jewish staff members at Goldsmiths, University of London. We welcome the Report’s careful and cruc...