Spineless Starmer In the midst of global crisis, the UK’s biggest concern remains arresting its own pensioners.

"But if the gas station in question is fuelling the fighter jets dropping bombs on civilians, aren’t we just splitting hairs?" www.vashtimedia.com/spineless-st...

Spineless Starmer In the midst of global crisis, the UK’s biggest concern remains arresting its own pensioners.

In this week's Pickle, editor Kendall Gardner on Starmer and the UK's pitiful response to the US-Israel war on Iran. www.vashtimedia.com/spineless-st...

‘Public austerity on the one hand, private leverage on the other’ An interview with Hettie O’Brien on her new book, The Asset Class.

I had a great time talking to Evan Robins at @vashtimedia.bsky.social about THE ASSET CLASS recently - you can read our interview here: www.vashtimedia.com/the-asset-cl...

‘Public austerity on the one hand, private leverage on the other’ An interview with Hettie O’Brien on her new book, The Asset Class.

Who owns our houses, hospitals, care homes, and even our water? Editor Evan Robins interviews journalist Hettie O'Brien (@hettieobrien.bsky.social) about the secretive world of private equity and her new book, The Asset Class.

In times like these, why should this night still be different from all other nights? asks editor Asha Sumroy in this week's Pickle – a lyrical meditation on the meaning of Passover, Jewishness, and true liberation. www.vashtimedia.com/a-fifth-ques...

‘A chord cannot be propaganda’ Barrie Kosky directs Wagner at Covent Garden.

Siofra Dromgoole reviews Jewish director Barrie Kosky's adaptation of Wagner's Siegfried, running until 6 April at the Royal Opera House, and screened in cinemas across the country from 31 March through to 8 April. www.vashtimedia.com/a-chord-cann...

The fight is on It's time to ask what role Jews will play in Reform's political rise.

Debbie Shamir on Na'amods disruption of the Reform Jewish Alliance launch, and the intensifying battle over Jews' political role in the UK. Read the piece in full on our website and subscribe to our newsletters. Images: Talia Woodin. www.vashtimedia.com/the-fight-is...

Into the Menschosphere Manosphere influencers think Jews are waging war on masculinity. But we have our own gender trouble.

In this week's Pickle, editor Francesca Newton on men, muscles, fear and emptiness. www.vashtimedia.com/into-the-men...

Divestment, reviewed The University of Oxford is failing in ethics.

In this week's Pickle, editor Kendall Gardner examines Oxford University's evasion of BDS, and the broader pattern of British complicity in Israeli war crimes. Read the piece in full on our website and subscribe to our newsletters. www.vashtimedia.com/divestment-r...

A mourning tent for each Sitting next to this family’s devastation, I have the impulse to try and scale it.

"Maybe these numbers will be higher when you read this. Maybe new numbers will not yet have been published ... I am trying to imagine a mourning tent for each." Read Sophie Druckman-Feldstein's new piece up on our website. Photograph: Yahel Gazit. www.vashtimedia.com/a-mourning-t...

Two tracks of government repression: an explainer On terror laws and the Crime and Policing Bill

A month after the high court ruled the proscription of Palestine Action unlawful, Vashti's editors have put together an explainer to help you keep track of the latest developments in the government’s attack on civil liberties. www.vashtimedia.com/government-r...

Labour's runway to war Starmer knows the Iran war is an illegal catastrophe. Of course he’s willing to help.

Keir Starmer knows that the Iran war is an illegal catastrophe. Of course he’s willing to help.

@evenrobins.bsky.social on the the insulting fiction of "defensive strikes." www.vashtimedia.com/labour-runwa...

Who would burn their own house down? Dispatch from a West Bank pogrom.

As attention shifts to the Israeli-US war on Iran, we must not lose sight of the massive escalation in violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. Read the latest installment of our Humans of Masafer Yatta x Vashti column by @mohammadhesham.bsky.social www.vashtimedia.com/who-would-bu...

Beyond antisemitism Recent works on antisemitism from the Jewish left forge a new path but ultimately fail to escape the limits of the term itself

Excellent critique of recent books on antisemitism from @josephfinlay.bsky.social in @vashtimedia.bsky.social

"If we adopt the frame of antisemitism orthodoxy we remain bound by its contours. As Audre Lorde taught us, the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house"

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The Board of Peace has a peace problem Ceasefire has become just another word for genocide.

"In reality, the only ceasing to which Israel subscribes is the cessation of Palestinian existence." In this week's Pickle, contributing writer Hamza Yusuf deconstructs the veneer of the so-called ceasefire. www.vashtimedia.com/board-of-pea...

How Labour Together is falling apart An interview with journalist Paul Holden.

After nearly ten years of lies, corruption, and cover-ups, the hammer is finally falling on Labour Together.

Journalist Paul Holden speaks to Vashti about the end of the Starmer project. www.vashtimedia.com/labour-toget...

The embarrassing acrobatics of the Reform Jewish Alliance A Jew joining an anti-migrant party sounds like the beginning of a bad joke. If only there were something to laugh about.

In this week's Pickle, editor Fran Newton on the direct contradiction in terms that is the Reform Jewish Alliance. www.vashtimedia.com/the-embarras...

The campaign against the Jewish left With aggressive tactics, double standards, and its charity status under investigation, the Campaign Against Antisemitism fails to live up to its name

From demonising left-wing Jews, to promoting emigration to Israel, contributing writer Sasha Baker probes what the Campaign Against Antisemitism is really campaigning against. www.vashtimedia.com/the-campaign...

The campaign against the Jewish left With aggressive tactics, double standards, and its charity status under investigation, the Campaign Against Antisemitism fails to live up to its name

I wrote about the Campaign Against Antisemitism, the Jews it doesn't want you to hear from and the right-wing antisemitism it ignores for @vashtimedia.bsky.social

www.vashtimedia.com/the-campaign...

Israel wants to demolish the half dunam where our children can be children A dispatch from Umm al-Khair’s Awdah Hathaleen memorial stadium.

Hanady Hathaleen traces Israel's violent campaign against a recently-erected children's football pitch in the village of Umm al-Khair. Read this latest installment of our Humans of Masafer Yatta x Vashti column in full on our website. www.vashtimedia.com/umm-alkhair-...

Why does Israel want to further privatise the genocide? An interview with political economists Shir Hever and Khem Rogaly.

“Venture capital and private equity represent another group of investors in today's global military industry that’s very powerful in the defence tech sector ... you often don’t know where the money is coming from.”

Khem Rogaly speaks to @vashtimedia.bsky.social 👇
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Why does Israel want to further privatise the genocide? An interview with political economists Shir Hever and Khem Rogaly.

As Israel moves to privatise two major defence companies, editor Evan Robins unpicks the motivations and repercussions in an interview with Dr. Shir Hever and Khem Rogaly. Read the piece in full and subscribe to the Pickle via the links in our bio. www.vashtimedia.com/israel-priva...

"At the core of StH’s conduct is the belief that Jews critical of Israel are not Jews; StH’s commitment to defending Jews does not apply to them."

Inside Stop the Hate: the pro-Israel street movement’s convergence with the far-right Mapping the mainstream British Jewish community's close ties to Tommy Robinson and his circles.

In this deep dive, Matthew Stone maps Stop the Hate and its network - their propaganda, comms, and vast video output - exposing the deepening reliance of Israel's aggressors on London's streets, and the mainstream pro-Israel movement on the fascist far right. www.vashtimedia.com/inside-stop-...

Things that should never be extinguished A prose poem from Umm al-Khair.

Six months since the murder of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen, Vashti publishes a prose poem by his widow Hanady Hathaleen, translated by Kate Greenberg. www.vashtimedia.com/things-that-...

Yes Pasaran Our approach to tackling antisemitism is letting the fascists off the hook.

In this piece I try to connect the fascism of Farage, Trump and Islamic State and show why Jewish organisations remaining silent, focusing on irrelevancies or refusing to name the enemy for what it is all give the fascists a free pass.
www.vashtimedia.com/yes-pasaran/

Yes Pasaran Our approach to tackling antisemitism is letting the fascists off the hook.

This, by Joseph Finlay is excellent, utterly on point and really informative. A call to all of us but especially Jewish communities: something to think about on Shabbat?
(and maybe @vashtimedia.bsky.social could respond to the call to come off twitter/X?)
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Yes Pasaran Our approach to tackling antisemitism is letting the fascists off the hook.

From Farage to Trump, contributing writer Joseph Finlay examines how Jewish communal institutions have made Israel advocacy their sole priority, and as a result, turned a blind eye to material threats against Jewish life, rooted in global fascism.
www.vashtimedia.com/yes-pasaran/

How to cross a road under apartheid The army’s new gates outside my village are a catastrophe.

In our latest installment of the Humans of Masafer Yatta x Vashti column, resident of the village of Tuwani Shoug Al-Adara captures in crisp prose how Israel's occupation has turned what should be a simple walk across the street into a minefield. www.vashtimedia.com/how-to-cross...

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