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Still on the $PLC's list of hate groups (02/28/13) by Jay Knott
Somehow, it's gratifying, though there isn't a hateful word on this site. Unless you mean this: http://www.pacificaforum.org/palestinian.html http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-map#s=OR ...
A sharp article in an English newspaper explaining the problem with the jury system (02/24/13) by Jay Knott

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gormless-juries-make-ass-law-1726614

The problem is, many people are morons.




If you don't believe me... by Jay Knott: 

...here's a trailer for Ken Loach's new film: http://youtu.be/_c86Gwsb5LY
An intelligent anti-fascist (02/20/13...) by Jay Knott
Here's an article by an anti-fascist who is neither an idiot, nor p.c., nor a Zionist in disguise (at least, I can't see it): http://www.kersplebedeb.com/mystuff/books/fascism/fashantifash.php It's worth reading, though it is...


The SWP's Richard Seymour stands up to political correctness by Jay Knott:  "I am quite a big boy now, and can stand to hear things I disagree with" http://www.leninology.com/2013/02/on-male-privilege.html Not true. Seymour not only can't stand things he disagrees with, he can't stand things that make...




Leninology - no logic allowed by Jay Knott:  Here is a comment on a recent article on Richard Seymour's "Leninology" blog: ""The Independent's front-page some years ago highlighted the incidence of 'honour' attacks, blaming Muslim men for a spate of violence against women....

Mission accomplished (02/20/13) by Jay Knott
"More than $1tn in US military and civilian spending has barely altered the dynamics of a country of 30m people." http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/84dd38f4-7765-11e2-9ebc-00144feabdc0.html#axz...
A discussion between Gilad Atzmon and Noel Ignatiev (02/19/13...) by Jay Knott

http://www.pmpress.org/content/article.php/20120314153431220
A survivor remembers the bombing of Dresden (02/15/13...) by Jay Knott
It's generous of the Guardian to allow the argument that it was a war crime: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/15/bombing-dresden-war-crime It has also published the view that the casualties at Dresden were...
Rogue LAPD cop's manifesto (02/11/13...) by Jay Knott
It's coherent and plausible: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/02/07/18731591.php. It looks like he turned against the force because they cover up brutality. The saga continues (Feb 12). The media say he's killed another...


How out of touch the ultra left is by Jay Knott:  I was searching for comments about Christopher Dorner, and I came across an ultra-leftist group in Britain. What they say about Dorner isn't too bad, but here is their analysis of recent events in Palestine: "Against Israeli...

The more I find out about the late Alexander Cockburn, the more I admire him... (02/08/13) by Jay Knott
I always thought his main fault was his anti-fascism. He always wrote as if he thought the left in the Spanish Civil War, and by implication, the Allies in WW II, were better than their opponents. But I just came across an article...
Revising Richard III (02/07/13...) by Jay Knott
"Leopold von Ranke, the father of modern history, described his discipline as 'an endless argument'. Never was this more so than in the case of Richard III." Quite right. There's only one historical event which is beyond...
Does Nancy Scheper-Hughes' bias on recent shooting incidents cast doubt on her other work? (02/07/13) by Jay Knott
Nancy Scheper-Hughes is an anthropologist at UC Berkeley. She researched and publicized the role of Israelis in illegal trafficking in human organs. Alison Weir subsequently repeated Nancy's findings, and was, of course, accused...
Just in case anyone thought the French intervention in Mali had anything good about it... (01/23/13) by Jay Knott

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5izVm2u_Go-_VplnBIl5zVc6PEezg
Crisis in the SWP (01/21/13...) by Jay Knott
If there's one thing worse than a fossilized, Stalinist organization, it's the opposition factions within it. Britain's Socialist Workers Party is having a crisis, and Richard Seymour, author of the Leninology blog, is a leading...


Why would you support Zionists and Communists against Fascists? by Jay Knott:  Tony Greenstein is an anti-fascist campaigner in the UK. Here, he reviews a book about the history of fascism in Britain (it's quite a small book). He takes for granted that it is justified to form united fronts with communists...


My reply to Greenstein's response to Alcott's defense of Atzmon by Jay Knott:  "Alcott believes that The fact that Atzmon reserves most of his bile, not for Dershowitz but us shows where he is really coming from." http://azvsas.blogspot.com/2013/02/gilad-atzmon-rejecting-any.html responding to ...


A "kangaroo court" which is too fair to the defendant - according to the Guardian by Jay Knott:  "She felt that if she'd gone to the authorities, she would have be expelled from the party, because of the SWP's hostility to the police. "If you go to the police you get kicked out automatically," she said." Socialist...

A new Centre for Fascist, Anti-Fascist and Post-Fascist Studies (01/13/13...) by Jay Knott
"The Centre... at Teesside University will be formally launched later this month at an event marking National Holocaust Memorial Day." At first glance, this looks like a politically-biased department. When it says 'fascist AND...
Another false allegation of "racism" (01/08/13) by Jay Knott
A tacqueria in South Carolina sells t-shirts with the statement "How to catch an illegal immigrant". It shows a picture of a box propped up with tacos underneath it. Of course, the restaurant has been denounced for "racism". But...


Is English football returning to the 'dark age'? by Jay Knott:  No. This is an American news channel, and they don't know what they're talking about: "racist abuse, fan violence, attacks on players...". Not. http://tinyurl.com/avo42yb I was there during this 'dark age'. England is now among...


More claims of 'anti-semitism' in football by Jay Knott:  This has been "a year of unprecedented violence against Jews in France". Worse than 1942, 1943, and 1944? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/21/tottenham-fans-antisemitic-attack-lyon ...


Once you accept political correctness, there's no limit to how much you will have to grovel by Jay Knott:  A black footballer, a leading member of English football's p.c. pressure group 'Kick It Out', has to resign from his positions in the Football Association for using the n-word in a text to another footballer of African descent. ...

I don't believe it... (01/07/13...) by Jay Knott
"The appointment of Chuck Hagel would be a slap in the face for every American who is concerned about the safety of Israel" - http://tinyurl.com/aywyr66 This is even better: how the Washington Times sees it: Hagel s group...
The SPLC's dishonesty about fake hate crimes (12/26/12) by Jay Knott
Hate crimes happen. Fake hate crimes happen. The quantitative ratio between them is unknown. But some people make a living talking about the danger of real hate crimes: http://www.salon.com/2012/10/24/bogus_hate_crimes_a...


The SPLC is cited uncritically by the Journal for Hate Studies, while actual research is rejected by Jay Knott:  Academics continue to cite the claims of the Southern Poverty Law Center without checking their veracity: "As reported by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the number of hate groups in the United States has continually...

An email from "Jewish Voice for Peace" (12/26/12) by Jay Knott
Here is an email sent out to various supporters of Palestinian rights by the organization Jewish Voice for Peace. The author describes her first...
No to relativism! (12/23/12...) by Jay Knott
There are many kinds of "Holocaust revisionism". Holocaust denial Holocaust revisionism Right-wing revisionism, which seeks to rehabilitate the Third Reich Left-wing revisionism, which is part of an anti-Israel...
The stupidity of intelligence (12/20/12...) by Jay Knott
I'm reading "The Bell Curve", a notorious book on pyschology from the nineties which was widely attacked as "racist". "If a person is a wonderful visualiser but can barely compose a sentence, and another person can write glowing...
A Jewish campaign for freedom of speech (12/20/12) by Jay Knott
A Jewish organization in Britain is campaigning against the imprisonment of holocaust deniers in Lithuania. No, not that holocaust. The other one... http://holocaustinthebaltics.com/red-brown-bill-with-two-years-of-jailt...
Shocking news - British police "lose the right to automatic respect"! (12/19/12...) by Jay Knott
A journalist says "In my case - and I guess this is pretty standard in Tory DNA - the instinct is to support and believe the police. I find it so unnatural, and therefore uncomfortable, to find the actions of the police so...
Even by anti-fascist standards, Max Blumenthal is exceptionally opportunist (12/18/12) by Jay Knott
Blumenthal shamelessly uses the tragedy in Connecticut to promote his politics: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/18/what-max-blumenthal-learned-from-gun...