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David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social · 5d

One of my favourite anniversaries today: 4 October 1936, the Battle of Cable Street. Very pleased to write an article in the Morning Star about the people who were there, and the urgent tasks for anti-fascists here and now. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/batt...

Battles on the streets and beyond

I CAN’T recall when I first heard of “Cable Street” but as a child I remember my grandfather, Syd, formerly an East End amateur boxer, boasting about “Blackshirts” he had floored.By my teens, when I f...

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David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social · Jul 4

“We stand in solidarity with those… being targeted because their protests are… illuminating actions by governments and state institutions that are criminal, corrupt or just wrong.”
Statement by the Jewish Socialists’ Group.

www.jewishsocialist.org.uk/news/item/st...

Jewish Socialists’ Group statement against the proscription of Palestine Action | Jewish Socialists' Group

The Jewish Socialists’ Group stands for, and in defence of, peace, justice and equality for the Palestinian people, and strongly opposes the British Government’s attempt to proscribe Palestine Action.

www.jewishsocialist.org.uk

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David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social · Jul 1

Coming up this Sunday morning my next radical walk: “Activists, Militants, Pioneers: women of the radical Jewish East End”. Tales of anarchists, anti-fascists, strike leaders, street orators… Fee:£10/£7. Book at www.eastendwalks.com?page_id=82

East End Walks

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · May 30

Yesterday, at 87, my dad & former Ontario NDP leader Stephen Lewis, stood for an hour by the road in his old riding.

As a Jewish elder, he stood against genocide embodying the values he has always championed. I am so proud to see him on the right side of history – as always. ❤️

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David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social · Mar 31

Starmer at the summit calling “illegal” migration the “driver of global insecurity”. Continuing, instead of challenging the British State’s shameful tradition of hostility to migrants and refugees. Boasting of Labour’s record of deportations. He’s the Far-Right’s wet dream, and our nightmare.

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David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social · Mar 28

I’ve just signed this - hope you will too. The time to fight back is now!

Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · Mar 27

Today we have launched the #DignityDeclaration in response to the Spring Statement.

We are calling for an alternative to the government’s enrichment of the few at the expense of the many.

80+ progressive political leaders have signed.

✍️ Add your name: thedignitydeclaration.co.uk

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Jewish Socialists' Group @jewishsocialist.bsky.social · Mar 13

The Jewish Bloc will be adding a collective Jewish voice opposing the Israeli state’s war on Palestine on this week’s National March for Palestine. The JSG will be there as part of the Bloc, assembling on Saturday 15 March from 11.45am at Stratton Street corner with Mayfair Place W1J 8LA. Join us!

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David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social · Mar 5

Spoke last weekend in a workshop at SUTR’s trade union conference. We need to spend more time persuading people in our workspaces attracted to far right talking points and less time talking to ourselves in safe spaces: rebellion602.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/n...

No blueprints, no quick fixes, but we can defeat the Far Right!

Talk by David Rosenberg on 1 March 2025 at the Trade Union conference of Stand Up To Racism I want to start by telling you about a trade unionist I knew personally, called Max Levitas, a shop stewa…

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David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social · Mar 3

Excellent article by an MP who knows there is no glory in war, and knows who will pay the price in cuts of funding they need to find more “defence” spending. Time for other MPs to speak out too.

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Jewish Socialists' Group @jewishsocialist.bsky.social · Feb 25

Germany’s election saw a late surge in support for the Left- but a far more significant rise for the far right. Their path was made so much easier by centrists who have adapted to far right themes. Sue Levi Hughes spoke for the JSG at a protest last night: www.jewishsocialist.org.uk/news/item/th...

The German elections – a warning | Jewish Socialists' Group

Sue Levi Hughes brought personal experience to her speech on behalf of the Jewish Socialists' Group at a demonstration outside the German Embassy, following the results of the election in which the fa...

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David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social · Feb 13

This is very powerful. If the very right wing, pro-settler, UK Chief Rabbi (of the United Synagogue) reads it, he would/should be worried. Time for someone from the msm here to rise from their slumber, show it to him and ask for a comment. How about it?

Rabbis for Ceasefire @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social · Feb 13

Today in the New York Times --communal leadership at its most powerful – prominent figures & trusted voices refusing Trump-Netanyahu with clarity and unusual unity in a loving show of solidarity with Palestinians. #saynotoethniccleansing www.saynotoethniccleansing.org

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David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social · Feb 11

This is where I will be on Saturday. The fragile ceasefire is welcome, as is the deal for returning Palestinians and Israelis from captivity. Ultimately though, there are no long term solutions except those based on justice, equality and freedom for all from war and occupation.

Jewish Socialists' Group @jewishsocialist.bsky.social · Feb 11

Don’t let Trump and Netanyahu hog the headlines. Let’s make sure this Saturday’s march from Whitehall to the US embassy for freedom for Palestine is a loud, united and powerful one. Please march with the Jewish bloc for Palestine. Our meeting point from 11.45am is on the poster. See you there!

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David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social · Feb 7

We have to prevent Robinson’s supporters trying to claim city centres but the hard work to turn the tide against the far right will rest on building local alliances defending communities attack and deepening anti-racist outlooks among the wider public.

Jewish Socialists' Group @jewishsocialist.bsky.social · Feb 2

@davidjrosenberg.bsky.social made the opening speech at the demo against Tommy Robinson's followers yesterday. He makes a powerful analysis + draws urgent conclusions.
@jvoicelabour.bsky.social @jewdas.org @naamoduk.bsky.social @vashtimedia.bsky.social
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Expose the Robinsons and Farages as the groomers of capitalism’s victims

Anti-racists anti fascists mobilised in London yesterday to ensure that thousands of supporters of the far right agitator Tommy Robinson did not have the freedom of the streets. I was proud to be t…

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David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social · Feb 7

Well said Natalie - time for those anti-racists pro- migrant/refugee, pro-multiculturalism MPs and activists still within Labour’s ranks to stand and be counted.

Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · Feb 6

Both morally bankrupt and politically stupid.

If you concede the political ground, this is just saying "vote for Reform"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Labour launches ads in Reform-style branding to boast about deportations

Exclusive: Some MPs and activists upset at tone of party’s Facebook campaign aimed at countering Farage

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David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social · Feb 6

Maurice Glasman is a disgrace to Clapton Jewish Day school, which is where he and his sisters went. I happen to know personally that it produced (maybe unintentionally) some fine and very radical Jewish socialists!

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David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social · Feb 2

My speech yesterday for the Jewish Socialists’ Group at the rally before our spirited march against the Far Right’s mobilisation: rebellion602.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/e...

Expose the Robinsons and Farages as the groomers of capitalism’s victims

Anti-racists anti fascists mobilised in London yesterday to ensure that thousands of supporters of the far right agitator Tommy Robinson did not have the freedom of the streets. I was proud to be t…

rebellion602.wordpress.com

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David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social · Jan 24

Did you see the joint statement by Board of Deputies+Jewish Leadership Council on Elon Musk's Nazi salute and Trump's executive orders promising pardons/commuted sentences to the 1,500 white supremacists + Holocaust deniers, convicted after the riots on Capitol Hill in January 2021?
Me neither!

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David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social · Jan 20

Pleased to be speaking at this protest late afternoon on the day of Trump’s inauguration.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Jan 19

The People’s March in Washington 👏

Alejandro Alvarez @aletakesphotos.bsky.social · Jan 18

The People’s March is moving through the streets of Washington: “We won’t go back!”

A broad coalition of activists — among them climate, women’s rights, immigration, anti-war, LGBT, D.C. statehood, racial justice — are mobilizing in unison against Trump, three days before his inauguration. 🧵

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · Jan 18

BREAKING: Three Palestinian performers who were set to appear at Celtic Connections have had their visas 'rejected' by the Home Office.

The team behind Bethlehem Calling have urged the department to reconsider.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Jan 18

We don't gather to only mourn the dead and the endless destruction.

Our government has been complicit in selling arms to a country committing a genocide.

We gather to demand justice and an end to the occupation.

@pscupdates.bsky.social

Zack at a podium behind a Palestinian flag.

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David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social · Jan 17

Meanwhile Britain's Labour government that made murmurs of opposition to the previous Tory government's attempt to curtail civil liberties, remains shamefully silent or worse. The protest will assemble in Whitehall at noon tomorrow - it’s right to march must be respected! 9/9

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David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social · Jan 17

They are prioritising the narrow interests of the Israeli state, presided over by its most far-right government ever, over the interests and welfare of ordinary Jews in Britain, in a period when far right forces are growing globally. They don’t like Jews freely determining their own opinions. 8/9

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David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social · Jan 17

This week nearly 1,000 Jews, including sone Holocaust survivors and their descendants, have signed a statement condemning attempts to prevent democratic protest on this issue. Jewish bodies that cheer the suppression of protest do not have the interests of the wider Jewish community at heart. 7/9

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David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social · Jan 17

More than a week ago the police promised to set up a meeting with a delegation of Jews including veterans of those struggles, who have regularly attended the marches, to consider their points of view. That promised meeting has not materialised. 6/9

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