This paper explores the anti-Jewish heart of Modern Political Zionism. It is asserted that modern... more This paper explores the anti-Jewish heart of Modern Political Zionism. It is asserted that modern Zionism is a racist, anti-Semitic ideology and movement in a double sense. Zionism is most clearly racist in the obvious sense that it is an ideology invented for the specific purpose of displacing the native inhabitants of a land in favour of an external group that claims sole title to that land, as a superior, so-called ‘Chosen People’. At the centre of this worldview is a profound pessimism: anti-Semitism is eternal, because it is impossible to eradicate.
It has come to my attention that a Turkish academic, Professor Orhan Türkdoğan, has published bla... more It has come to my attention that a Turkish academic, Professor Orhan Türkdoğan, has published blatant falsifications concerning my scholarly writings. The claims of Professor Türkdoğan are utterly false, and this is transparently apparent without expending very much energy whatsoever.
This article examines the relevancy of concepts of citizenship as tools for analysing and compreh... more This article examines the relevancy of concepts of citizenship as tools for analysing and comprehending minorities in ethnically complex societies. Taking the Kurds of Turkey as a case study, this article traces the evolution of civil society from the Ottoman empire through to the modern Turkish state, using a human rights-based definition of citizenship. The changed situation of the Kurds is shown in each epoch and appropriate conclusions are drawn. The complex diversity among the Kurds themselves is also noted. Finally, an assessment is made of the applicability of what could be called Weberian and Neo-Weberian concepts of citizenship.
This is the text of a brochure published in 1985, cataloguing the lessons of an historic pay figh... more This is the text of a brochure published in 1985, cataloguing the lessons of an historic pay fight by workers in the Australian Public Service. Despite great sacrifices by these workers, they were miserably betrayed by their union leaders in almost all cases.
The region of Dailam* is perhaps less unknown than its inhabitants; and even before Dailam one ha... more The region of Dailam* is perhaps less unknown than its inhabitants; and even before Dailam one has to think of the little canton Dailaman situated in Gilan to the south of the city of Lahidjan, although this district (1) was only a remainder, similar to a colony, of ancient Dailam. As for the Dailamites, their role in the history of Persia began to be drawn with clarity only in quite recent times, due above all to the publication of the work of Ibn Miskawaih, the historian of the Buyid [Buwayhid] dynasty. The Persian renaissance, which under the aegis of the Samanids (875-999) was operating at the extreme east of Persia, has eclipsed for generations since the life of western Persia. One certainly cannot ignore the importance of the Buyid dynasty, but its links with the the Dailamite element which with it exited and which constituted its principal appeal, have not been sufficiently put down in evidence. Now, this Iranian tribe, which between 928 and 1055 exercised its influence on the vast area spreading out from the Indian Ocean up to the border with Syria, merits our attention fully. In starting from this ethnic base, we seek especially to demonstrate that for more than one hundred years, the Dailamites were the standard-bearers of Iranism in the whole area of Iran situated to the west of the great central desert.
The failure of both Zionism and 'Post-Zionism'. This is an old article. I would say some things a... more The failure of both Zionism and 'Post-Zionism'. This is an old article. I would say some things a bit differently if I were writing it today, but its essence remains valid.
Provides an analysis of the political economy of Turkey’s Kurdish region in the Kurdish east and ... more Provides an analysis of the political economy of Turkey’s Kurdish region in the Kurdish east and south-east of Anatolia. In-depth look at the growth of Kurdish Land ownership; Details on Turkey’s economic reforms and their impact on the Kurdish Region.
Op-Ed in the 'Sydney Morning Herald', 29 September 2003. Written two years before the notorious C... more Op-Ed in the 'Sydney Morning Herald', 29 September 2003. Written two years before the notorious Cronulla race riot two years later, it warns of being 'too ready to portray the non-Western nations as belligerent while ignoring the West’s record of aggression and domination'.
This paper explores the anti-Jewish heart of Modern Political Zionism. It is asserted that modern... more This paper explores the anti-Jewish heart of Modern Political Zionism. It is asserted that modern Zionism is a racist, anti-Semitic ideology and movement in a double sense. Zionism is most clearly racist in the obvious sense that it is an ideology invented for the specific purpose of displacing the native inhabitants of a land in favour of an external group that claims sole title to that land, as a superior, so-called ‘Chosen People’. At the centre of this worldview is a profound pessimism: anti-Semitism is eternal, because it is impossible to eradicate.
It has come to my attention that a Turkish academic, Professor Orhan Türkdoğan, has published bla... more It has come to my attention that a Turkish academic, Professor Orhan Türkdoğan, has published blatant falsifications concerning my scholarly writings. The claims of Professor Türkdoğan are utterly false, and this is transparently apparent without expending very much energy whatsoever.
This article examines the relevancy of concepts of citizenship as tools for analysing and compreh... more This article examines the relevancy of concepts of citizenship as tools for analysing and comprehending minorities in ethnically complex societies. Taking the Kurds of Turkey as a case study, this article traces the evolution of civil society from the Ottoman empire through to the modern Turkish state, using a human rights-based definition of citizenship. The changed situation of the Kurds is shown in each epoch and appropriate conclusions are drawn. The complex diversity among the Kurds themselves is also noted. Finally, an assessment is made of the applicability of what could be called Weberian and Neo-Weberian concepts of citizenship.
This is the text of a brochure published in 1985, cataloguing the lessons of an historic pay figh... more This is the text of a brochure published in 1985, cataloguing the lessons of an historic pay fight by workers in the Australian Public Service. Despite great sacrifices by these workers, they were miserably betrayed by their union leaders in almost all cases.
The region of Dailam* is perhaps less unknown than its inhabitants; and even before Dailam one ha... more The region of Dailam* is perhaps less unknown than its inhabitants; and even before Dailam one has to think of the little canton Dailaman situated in Gilan to the south of the city of Lahidjan, although this district (1) was only a remainder, similar to a colony, of ancient Dailam. As for the Dailamites, their role in the history of Persia began to be drawn with clarity only in quite recent times, due above all to the publication of the work of Ibn Miskawaih, the historian of the Buyid [Buwayhid] dynasty. The Persian renaissance, which under the aegis of the Samanids (875-999) was operating at the extreme east of Persia, has eclipsed for generations since the life of western Persia. One certainly cannot ignore the importance of the Buyid dynasty, but its links with the the Dailamite element which with it exited and which constituted its principal appeal, have not been sufficiently put down in evidence. Now, this Iranian tribe, which between 928 and 1055 exercised its influence on the vast area spreading out from the Indian Ocean up to the border with Syria, merits our attention fully. In starting from this ethnic base, we seek especially to demonstrate that for more than one hundred years, the Dailamites were the standard-bearers of Iranism in the whole area of Iran situated to the west of the great central desert.
The failure of both Zionism and 'Post-Zionism'. This is an old article. I would say some things a... more The failure of both Zionism and 'Post-Zionism'. This is an old article. I would say some things a bit differently if I were writing it today, but its essence remains valid.
Provides an analysis of the political economy of Turkey’s Kurdish region in the Kurdish east and ... more Provides an analysis of the political economy of Turkey’s Kurdish region in the Kurdish east and south-east of Anatolia. In-depth look at the growth of Kurdish Land ownership; Details on Turkey’s economic reforms and their impact on the Kurdish Region.
Op-Ed in the 'Sydney Morning Herald', 29 September 2003. Written two years before the notorious C... more Op-Ed in the 'Sydney Morning Herald', 29 September 2003. Written two years before the notorious Cronulla race riot two years later, it warns of being 'too ready to portray the non-Western nations as belligerent while ignoring the West’s record of aggression and domination'.
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