In March 2013, Labour Students attended the Arab Spring Networking Conference in Beirut, hosted by the ‘Progressive Youth Organisation’ (the youth group of the pro-terror Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party), arranged by the International Union of Socialist Youth and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy and supported by the British Labour Party. Also at the conference [...]

Published at the Gatestone Institute A charity ball organized by the University of St. Andrew’s Jewish Society, guarded by plain-clothes police officers, was held in secret last month after threats were made against staff at the original venue. The increasing security and secrecy surrounding this annual student event is an [...]

Over the weekend, after Israeli strikes on Syrian arms depots and chemical weapons caches (which were supported by some Syrians), the Stop the War Coalition’s Lindsey German penned an article condemning military action. This would be a legitimate viewpoint were it not for Stop the War’s deafening silence over Assad’s [...]

Gilad Atzmon is a musician and political activist. He calls himself an ”ex-Jew” and is notorious for his extreme antisemitic views. He is already widely shunned, even on the far Left. The following quotes illustrate a selection of the views he has expressed. Jews were responsible for their persecution by [...]

The Students’ Union at the University of Sussex has voted to continue boycotting Israeli products following results of a referendum, in which 72% of the 1639 participating students voted in favour. The initial boycott was originally made union policy in November 2009. The University of Sussex’s student body is known for [...]

In a recent appearance on Iranian state-funded channel Press TV, British MP George Galloway praised North Korea and blamed the current tension on US and its “puppet”, South Korea. Galloway stated: “North Korea has no intention to harm any of us. North Korea’s problem is with South Korea. South Korea [...]

Delegates to the the National Union of Students (NUS) conference, upon learning of the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, applauded and cheered. One student from the University of York delegation commented: “None of the YUSU delegation cheered or jeered once the news hit conference. It’s quite alienating that [...]

An invitation for George Galloway MP to speak at an event organised by the University of Chester’s Debating Society has been revoked by the Student Union, after it upheld the National Union of Students’ no-platform order against Galloway — a consequence of Galloway’s recent bigoted behaviour. Galloway’s office has released [...]

This is a cross-post by Ruvi Ziegler On the 20th of February, George Galloway, MP for Bradford West, walked out of a debate at Christ Church, Oxford. He arrived (an hour and a half late) in order to debate Eylon Aslan-Levy (a finalist reading Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Brasenose College). Upon realising that [...]

Over the past few decades, the alliance in the West between Islamist groups and the far-Left has appeared resilient to ideological differences. But while these groups have collaborated in support of violence against Israel and over a mutual hatred for Western values, the question of Syria — and the regime’s [...]