David Rosenberg
@davidjrosenberg.bsky.social
Rebel thinker, activist, educator, tour guide. Fan of The Selecter, West Ham, parakeets, beigels
One of my favourite anniversaries today: 4 October 1936, the Battle of Cable Street. Very pleased to write an article in the Morning Star about the people who were there, and the urgent tasks for anti-fascists here and now. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/batt...
Battles on the streets and beyond
I CAN’T recall when I first heard of “Cable Street” but as a child I remember my grandfather, Syd, formerly an East End amateur boxer, boasting about “Blackshirts” he had floored.By my teens, when I f...
morningstaronline.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 6:56 AM
One of my favourite anniversaries today: 4 October 1936, the Battle of Cable Street. Very pleased to write an article in the Morning Star about the people who were there, and the urgent tasks for anti-fascists here and now. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/batt...
“We stand in solidarity with those… being targeted because their protests are… illuminating actions by governments and state institutions that are criminal, corrupt or just wrong.”
Statement by the Jewish Socialists’ Group.
www.jewishsocialist.org.uk/news/item/st...
Statement by the Jewish Socialists’ Group.
www.jewishsocialist.org.uk/news/item/st...
Jewish Socialists’ Group statement against the proscription of Palestine Action | Jewish Socialists' Group
The Jewish Socialists’ Group stands for, and in defence of, peace, justice and equality for the Palestinian people, and strongly opposes the British Government’s attempt to proscribe Palestine Action.
www.jewishsocialist.org.uk
July 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
“We stand in solidarity with those… being targeted because their protests are… illuminating actions by governments and state institutions that are criminal, corrupt or just wrong.”
Statement by the Jewish Socialists’ Group.
www.jewishsocialist.org.uk/news/item/st...
Statement by the Jewish Socialists’ Group.
www.jewishsocialist.org.uk/news/item/st...
Coming up this Sunday morning my next radical walk: “Activists, Militants, Pioneers: women of the radical Jewish East End”. Tales of anarchists, anti-fascists, strike leaders, street orators… Fee:£10/£7. Book at www.eastendwalks.com?page_id=82
East End Walks
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July 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Coming up this Sunday morning my next radical walk: “Activists, Militants, Pioneers: women of the radical Jewish East End”. Tales of anarchists, anti-fascists, strike leaders, street orators… Fee:£10/£7. Book at www.eastendwalks.com?page_id=82
Reposted by David Rosenberg
Yesterday, at 87, my dad & former Ontario NDP leader Stephen Lewis, stood for an hour by the road in his old riding.
As a Jewish elder, he stood against genocide embodying the values he has always championed. I am so proud to see him on the right side of history – as always. ❤️
As a Jewish elder, he stood against genocide embodying the values he has always championed. I am so proud to see him on the right side of history – as always. ❤️
May 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Yesterday, at 87, my dad & former Ontario NDP leader Stephen Lewis, stood for an hour by the road in his old riding.
As a Jewish elder, he stood against genocide embodying the values he has always championed. I am so proud to see him on the right side of history – as always. ❤️
As a Jewish elder, he stood against genocide embodying the values he has always championed. I am so proud to see him on the right side of history – as always. ❤️
Starmer at the summit calling “illegal” migration the “driver of global insecurity”. Continuing, instead of challenging the British State’s shameful tradition of hostility to migrants and refugees. Boasting of Labour’s record of deportations. He’s the Far-Right’s wet dream, and our nightmare.
March 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Starmer at the summit calling “illegal” migration the “driver of global insecurity”. Continuing, instead of challenging the British State’s shameful tradition of hostility to migrants and refugees. Boasting of Labour’s record of deportations. He’s the Far-Right’s wet dream, and our nightmare.
I’ve just signed this - hope you will too. The time to fight back is now!
Today we have launched the #DignityDeclaration in response to the Spring Statement.
We are calling for an alternative to the government’s enrichment of the few at the expense of the many.
80+ progressive political leaders have signed.
✍️ Add your name: thedignitydeclaration.co.uk
We are calling for an alternative to the government’s enrichment of the few at the expense of the many.
80+ progressive political leaders have signed.
✍️ Add your name: thedignitydeclaration.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I’ve just signed this - hope you will too. The time to fight back is now!
Reposted by David Rosenberg
The Jewish Bloc will be adding a collective Jewish voice opposing the Israeli state’s war on Palestine on this week’s National March for Palestine. The JSG will be there as part of the Bloc, assembling on Saturday 15 March from 11.45am at Stratton Street corner with Mayfair Place W1J 8LA. Join us!
March 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The Jewish Bloc will be adding a collective Jewish voice opposing the Israeli state’s war on Palestine on this week’s National March for Palestine. The JSG will be there as part of the Bloc, assembling on Saturday 15 March from 11.45am at Stratton Street corner with Mayfair Place W1J 8LA. Join us!
Spoke last weekend in a workshop at SUTR’s trade union conference. We need to spend more time persuading people in our workspaces attracted to far right talking points and less time talking to ourselves in safe spaces: rebellion602.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/n...
No blueprints, no quick fixes, but we can defeat the Far Right!
Talk by David Rosenberg on 1 March 2025 at the Trade Union conference of Stand Up To Racism I want to start by telling you about a trade unionist I knew personally, called Max Levitas, a shop stewa…
rebellion602.wordpress.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Spoke last weekend in a workshop at SUTR’s trade union conference. We need to spend more time persuading people in our workspaces attracted to far right talking points and less time talking to ourselves in safe spaces: rebellion602.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/n...
Excellent article by an MP who knows there is no glory in war, and knows who will pay the price in cuts of funding they need to find more “defence” spending. Time for other MPs to speak out too.
March 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Excellent article by an MP who knows there is no glory in war, and knows who will pay the price in cuts of funding they need to find more “defence” spending. Time for other MPs to speak out too.
Reposted by David Rosenberg
Germany’s election saw a late surge in support for the Left- but a far more significant rise for the far right. Their path was made so much easier by centrists who have adapted to far right themes. Sue Levi Hughes spoke for the JSG at a protest last night: www.jewishsocialist.org.uk/news/item/th...
The German elections – a warning | Jewish Socialists' Group
Sue Levi Hughes brought personal experience to her speech on behalf of the Jewish Socialists' Group at a demonstration outside the German Embassy, following the results of the election in which the fa...
www.jewishsocialist.org.uk
February 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Germany’s election saw a late surge in support for the Left- but a far more significant rise for the far right. Their path was made so much easier by centrists who have adapted to far right themes. Sue Levi Hughes spoke for the JSG at a protest last night: www.jewishsocialist.org.uk/news/item/th...
This is very powerful. If the very right wing, pro-settler, UK Chief Rabbi (of the United Synagogue) reads it, he would/should be worried. Time for someone from the msm here to rise from their slumber, show it to him and ask for a comment. How about it?
Today in the New York Times --communal leadership at its most powerful – prominent figures & trusted voices refusing Trump-Netanyahu with clarity and unusual unity in a loving show of solidarity with Palestinians. #saynotoethniccleansing www.saynotoethniccleansing.org
February 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This is very powerful. If the very right wing, pro-settler, UK Chief Rabbi (of the United Synagogue) reads it, he would/should be worried. Time for someone from the msm here to rise from their slumber, show it to him and ask for a comment. How about it?
This is where I will be on Saturday. The fragile ceasefire is welcome, as is the deal for returning Palestinians and Israelis from captivity. Ultimately though, there are no long term solutions except those based on justice, equality and freedom for all from war and occupation.
Don’t let Trump and Netanyahu hog the headlines. Let’s make sure this Saturday’s march from Whitehall to the US embassy for freedom for Palestine is a loud, united and powerful one. Please march with the Jewish bloc for Palestine. Our meeting point from 11.45am is on the poster. See you there!
February 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This is where I will be on Saturday. The fragile ceasefire is welcome, as is the deal for returning Palestinians and Israelis from captivity. Ultimately though, there are no long term solutions except those based on justice, equality and freedom for all from war and occupation.
We have to prevent Robinson’s supporters trying to claim city centres but the hard work to turn the tide against the far right will rest on building local alliances defending communities attack and deepening anti-racist outlooks among the wider public.
@davidjrosenberg.bsky.social made the opening speech at the demo against Tommy Robinson's followers yesterday. He makes a powerful analysis + draws urgent conclusions.
@jvoicelabour.bsky.social @jewdas.org @naamoduk.bsky.social @vashtimedia.bsky.social
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@jvoicelabour.bsky.social @jewdas.org @naamoduk.bsky.social @vashtimedia.bsky.social
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Expose the Robinsons and Farages as the groomers of capitalism’s victims
Anti-racists anti fascists mobilised in London yesterday to ensure that thousands of supporters of the far right agitator Tommy Robinson did not have the freedom of the streets. I was proud to be t…
rebellion602.wordpress.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
We have to prevent Robinson’s supporters trying to claim city centres but the hard work to turn the tide against the far right will rest on building local alliances defending communities attack and deepening anti-racist outlooks among the wider public.
Well said Natalie - time for those anti-racists pro- migrant/refugee, pro-multiculturalism MPs and activists still within Labour’s ranks to stand and be counted.
Both morally bankrupt and politically stupid.
If you concede the political ground, this is just saying "vote for Reform"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If you concede the political ground, this is just saying "vote for Reform"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour launches ads in Reform-style branding to boast about deportations
Exclusive: Some MPs and activists upset at tone of party’s Facebook campaign aimed at countering Farage
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Well said Natalie - time for those anti-racists pro- migrant/refugee, pro-multiculturalism MPs and activists still within Labour’s ranks to stand and be counted.
My speech yesterday for the Jewish Socialists’ Group at the rally before our spirited march against the Far Right’s mobilisation: rebellion602.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/e...
Expose the Robinsons and Farages as the groomers of capitalism’s victims
Anti-racists anti fascists mobilised in London yesterday to ensure that thousands of supporters of the far right agitator Tommy Robinson did not have the freedom of the streets. I was proud to be t…
rebellion602.wordpress.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
My speech yesterday for the Jewish Socialists’ Group at the rally before our spirited march against the Far Right’s mobilisation: rebellion602.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/e...
Did you see the joint statement by Board of Deputies+Jewish Leadership Council on Elon Musk's Nazi salute and Trump's executive orders promising pardons/commuted sentences to the 1,500 white supremacists + Holocaust deniers, convicted after the riots on Capitol Hill in January 2021?
Me neither!
Me neither!
January 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Did you see the joint statement by Board of Deputies+Jewish Leadership Council on Elon Musk's Nazi salute and Trump's executive orders promising pardons/commuted sentences to the 1,500 white supremacists + Holocaust deniers, convicted after the riots on Capitol Hill in January 2021?
Me neither!
Me neither!
Pleased to be speaking at this protest late afternoon on the day of Trump’s inauguration.
January 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Pleased to be speaking at this protest late afternoon on the day of Trump’s inauguration.
Reposted by David Rosenberg
The People’s March in Washington 👏
The People’s March is moving through the streets of Washington: “We won’t go back!”
A broad coalition of activists — among them climate, women’s rights, immigration, anti-war, LGBT, D.C. statehood, racial justice — are mobilizing in unison against Trump, three days before his inauguration. 🧵
A broad coalition of activists — among them climate, women’s rights, immigration, anti-war, LGBT, D.C. statehood, racial justice — are mobilizing in unison against Trump, three days before his inauguration. 🧵
January 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The People’s March in Washington 👏
Reposted by David Rosenberg
BREAKING: Three Palestinian performers who were set to appear at Celtic Connections have had their visas 'rejected' by the Home Office.
The team behind Bethlehem Calling have urged the department to reconsider.
The team behind Bethlehem Calling have urged the department to reconsider.
January 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
BREAKING: Three Palestinian performers who were set to appear at Celtic Connections have had their visas 'rejected' by the Home Office.
The team behind Bethlehem Calling have urged the department to reconsider.
The team behind Bethlehem Calling have urged the department to reconsider.
Reposted by David Rosenberg
We don't gather to only mourn the dead and the endless destruction.
Our government has been complicit in selling arms to a country committing a genocide.
We gather to demand justice and an end to the occupation.
@pscupdates.bsky.social
Our government has been complicit in selling arms to a country committing a genocide.
We gather to demand justice and an end to the occupation.
@pscupdates.bsky.social
January 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We don't gather to only mourn the dead and the endless destruction.
Our government has been complicit in selling arms to a country committing a genocide.
We gather to demand justice and an end to the occupation.
@pscupdates.bsky.social
Our government has been complicit in selling arms to a country committing a genocide.
We gather to demand justice and an end to the occupation.
@pscupdates.bsky.social
The British State's attack on democratic rights to march in London tomorrow against mass killings, near total destruction of basic infrastructure for life in Gaza by the Israeli military, the regular pogroms and burning of olive trees in the occupied West Bank, is a complete disgrace. 1/9
January 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The British State's attack on democratic rights to march in London tomorrow against mass killings, near total destruction of basic infrastructure for life in Gaza by the Israeli military, the regular pogroms and burning of olive trees in the occupied West Bank, is a complete disgrace. 1/9
This statement is a wonderful form of collective action that shows that the authorities need to listen to a much wider range of voices in the Jewish community than those whose main aim is to shield Netanyahu’s Government and the Israeli army from criticism.
Hundreds of British Jews are calling on the Metropolitan Police to reverse a ban on a pro-Palestine protest assembling at the BBC in London next Saturday, with more adding their names throughout the day.
www.jewishsocialist.org.uk/news/item/po...
www.jewishsocialist.org.uk/news/item/po...
Police must reverse BBC Palestine protest ban, say 660+ Jews | Jewish Socialists' Group
Prominent legal, cultural and academic figures are among hundreds of British Jews calling on the Metropolitan Police to reverse a ban on a pro-Palestine protest assembling at the BBC in London next Sa...
www.jewishsocialist.org.uk
January 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This statement is a wonderful form of collective action that shows that the authorities need to listen to a much wider range of voices in the Jewish community than those whose main aim is to shield Netanyahu’s Government and the Israeli army from criticism.
Reposted by David Rosenberg
Hundreds of British Jews are calling on the Metropolitan Police to reverse a ban on a pro-Palestine protest assembling at the BBC in London next Saturday, with more adding their names throughout the day.
www.jewishsocialist.org.uk/news/item/po...
www.jewishsocialist.org.uk/news/item/po...
Police must reverse BBC Palestine protest ban, say 660+ Jews | Jewish Socialists' Group
Prominent legal, cultural and academic figures are among hundreds of British Jews calling on the Metropolitan Police to reverse a ban on a pro-Palestine protest assembling at the BBC in London next Sa...
www.jewishsocialist.org.uk
January 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Hundreds of British Jews are calling on the Metropolitan Police to reverse a ban on a pro-Palestine protest assembling at the BBC in London next Saturday, with more adding their names throughout the day.
www.jewishsocialist.org.uk/news/item/po...
www.jewishsocialist.org.uk/news/item/po...
Jean Marie Le Pen is dead. Associated Press describe him as “a polarizing figure in French politics”. Way too generous. Call him a “Holocaust denying Nazi”, and save 3 words. No sadness in his passing. But sad that several countries in Europe and beyond are lurching towards the far right.
January 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Jean Marie Le Pen is dead. Associated Press describe him as “a polarizing figure in French politics”. Way too generous. Call him a “Holocaust denying Nazi”, and save 3 words. No sadness in his passing. But sad that several countries in Europe and beyond are lurching towards the far right.
Reposted by David Rosenberg
The government has told elderly & disabled people to wait until 2028 to hear its plan for social care.
What about those who are suffering here and now?
We don’t need a commission to know what to do: end austerity, reverse privatisation and build a National Care Service for all.
What about those who are suffering here and now?
We don’t need a commission to know what to do: end austerity, reverse privatisation and build a National Care Service for all.
January 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The government has told elderly & disabled people to wait until 2028 to hear its plan for social care.
What about those who are suffering here and now?
We don’t need a commission to know what to do: end austerity, reverse privatisation and build a National Care Service for all.
What about those who are suffering here and now?
We don’t need a commission to know what to do: end austerity, reverse privatisation and build a National Care Service for all.