James MacMillan caught lying about Ken Loach Dr James MacMillan CBE can’t sue, so retreats to the pages of the Telegraph MacMillan email to SPSC aligns his positions with those of Israeli extreme right The Glasgow legal gossip grapevine has it that ‘national treasure’ Dr James MacMillan CBE was told by his lawyer recently that…
“James MacMillan is the pre-eminent Scottish composer of his generation.” (Boosey & Hawkes, British classical music publisher) “…a composer so confident of his own musical language that he makes it instantly communicative to his listeners.” (The Guardian) A composer so reactionary that he makes it instantly communicative to Telegraph readers of his Telegraph blog. You had…
Continue Reading SPSC calls bluff of slanderer, liar and hypocrite Dr. James MacMillan CBE
MP Fabian Hamilton: hard to defend Israel Jessica Elgot, Jewish Chronicle, 5 August 2010 The Labour MP for Leeds North East, Fabian Hamilton, says it is becoming more and more difficult to defend Israel in the House of Commons. The long-serving Jewish MP represents Alwoodley, Moortown and Roundhay, home to the majority of Leeds’ 8,000…
Continue Reading Labour MP Friend of Israel admits Israel is a dirty brand
The following is a list of some of the media reports on the sheriff’s decision: An SPSC media release on the ruling can be found here: http://www.scottishpsc.org.uk/index.php/campaigning/press-releases/618-2010-april-8th-racism-charge-dropped-against-israel-protestors See also: BBC News, 8th April 2010: Israel protest at concert ‘was not racist’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8609737.stm Scottish Television, April 8th 2010: Racism charges dropped against protestors http://news.stv.tv/scotland/east-central/168692-racism-charges-dropped-against-protestors…
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by Ori Lewis and Ivan Karakashian, Reuters, 23 April 2009 “It doesn’t matter how many times we convince ourselves and our staunch allies that we are not war criminals, and that those who try to portray us as such are incorrigible Jew-haters,” wrote Anshel Pfeffer in the liberal daily Haaretz, Israel’s public relations machine is…
by Larry Defner, published in Nation Branding AS FOR “rebranding” – which means changing the subject from “the conflict” to all the cool and groovy things about Israel – this is insipid. This is an insult to people’s intelligence. It’s an attempt to airbrush certain little details – specifically, endless war and hatred – out…
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