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“Necessary killing”
WBAI 99.5 FM, New York’s left-wing radio station, is holding a fundraiser at the Brecht Forum on October 4. The event will feature “Britain’s foremost radical philosopher,” Ted Honderich, who will speak about “Right and Wrong: The Ethics of Terrorism.” Here is a brief indication of Honderich’s grasp of right and wrong: I myself have no serious doubt, to take
Atzmon in “Jewface”
I can’t quite make sense of this, but it appears that Gilad Atzmon, the UK-based jazz saxophonist, antizionist ideologue and antisemitic hatemonger (see here and here), has created an alter ego called Artie Fishel. My first impression of Artie is that he’s something like a blackface character, a Jewish sambo. Be sure to check out Artie’s glossary of Jewish terms.
WW4 Report vs. Project Censored
Here is word of an interesting intramural battle between my fellow bloggers at WW4 Report and one of their former writers, Keith Harmon Snow, who recently won an award from Project Censored. Snow lashes out at his former editors; he’s also taken to putting the words “Rwandan Genocide” in scare quotes. I’m glad WW4 Report is rid of this person,
World Can’t Wait and all that jazz
Word is getting out about an October 5 benefit concert for the protest group The World Can’t Wait (WCW), to take place at the reconstituted Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem. Free-jazz luminaries such as William Parker will perform. I’ve remarked on WCW on this blog in the past. To recap, it is a front for the Revolutionary Communist Party, a Maoist
Chomsky blacklisted?
David Hirsh of Engage recently debated David Landy, an Israel-boycott advocate in Ireland, on that country’s RTE Radio 1. (The discussion is very brief and begins about seven minutes in.) The moderator, though capable and fair-minded, makes one major misstatement of fact: He contends that Noam Chomsky has been “blacklisted” in the U.S. for his criticisms of Israel, among other
Jazz notes
UK jazz musicians are in an uproar — as they should be — over the decision by the Mobo Awards to drop jazz as an award category. “Mobo” stands for “music of black origin.” As saxophonist Courtney Pine has argued (hat tip: Norm), “Jazz was the stepping stone for rock’n’roll, rhythm and blues — all popular music.” Great to know
Israel/Kurdistan
Wow, I guess it just became a lot more dangerous for American Jews like me to travel to Iraqi Kurdistan.
“The devil”
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez has made this UN General Assembly an event to remember, referring to President Bush as “the devil.” Interesting that he should resort to religious symbology. During Ahmadinejad’s recent Venezuela visit, Chavez declared that Islam is “revolutionary.” (In fairness, he said the same of Christianity, though he probably didn’t have “Jesus Camp” in mind.) Marc Cooper notes that