Apartheid: a Tale of Two Leaders
30
Aug
Category Archives: uk
Livingstone on antisemitism
28
Aug
this post also features on offguardian Back in April 2016, at the time of the suspension from the British Labour Party of Naz Shah and Ken Livingstone, I wrote: Thinking people can go into a tailspin of despair when confronted … Read More »
I could not march because …
14
Jul
I’m not really a fan of Galloway – far less of Donald Trump – but yesterday George expressed my sentiments with ninety percent accuracy. But a facebook exchange today adds a little nuance to the picture. Here’s a snippet: In … Read More »
Roddis v Sheffield Hallam, Part 6
13
Jul
Today Kaye has alerted me to this, on the UCU website. The screengrabbed image links to the page in question. My thanks to those who have supported me in this long struggle. Roddis v Sheffield Hallam Part 8 *
Roddis v Sheffield Hallam, Part 5
24
Jun
On March 23 this year, Employment Appeal Judge Mary Stacey overturned two previous Employment Tribunal rulings that my claim against Sheffield Hallam University of less favourable treatment as a part time employee could not be heard. In a judgment with … Read More »
Cooked: the ‘antisemitic’ Corbyn slur
15
May
I don’t write much on the Labour Party or antisemitism and when I do it tends to be prompted by their having merged, zionist apologetics finding synergy with Doing For Jezza. Even then it’s usually been because that synergy folded … Read More »
Windrush reggae
14
May
Roddis v Sheffield Hallam: Part 4
6
May
Part 3 opened with legislation designed both to outlaw social exclusion and effect a wider shift in how we view racism, sexism, homophobia, ageism and medical model takes on disability. On both the social engineering and punitive fronts I drew … Read More »
Roddis v Sheffield Hallam: Part 3
28
Apr
* Fings ain’t wot they used to be. I’m old enough to recall postcards in shop windows that graced Room To Let ads with a “no blacks or Irish” caveat. The day I was eighteen, Michaelmas 1970, I did my … Read More »
Roddis v Sheffield Hallam: Part 2
27
Apr
A full time lecturer for most of the nineties (and part time for most of the eighties) I returned to academia in the mid noughties, including a long run as part time lecturer at Sheffield Hallam, 2006 to 2014. My … Read More »