I've done a lengthy interview with Thomas Karat in which I explain my views on Palestine and Israel. I expand on the question I put to Israeli historian Benny Morris in the Mehdi Hasan programme.
Month: September 2024
Nuclear war, ‘exterminism’ and ‘genocide’
I reflected from my history of the campaign against nuclear weapons on how its campaigning and thinking was largely separated from concerns about "genocide", even in EP Thompson's idea of "exterminism". My latest.
David Lammy’s token move is no answer to genocide – it’s a form of denial
‘You do not respond to genocide with gestures; you do not continue to treat a state that is suspected of committing genocide as an ally; and cancelling a number of export licences does not cancel Britain’s complicity’ - my take in Byline Times
Antinuclear movement book: copies by mid-October
I've now signed off the proofs of my book on the antinuclear movement in Britain, which is now off to the printers. The cover now has a CND symbol added! Copies should be available in mid-October - do pre-order now.
Martin Shaw 