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This lecture provides a political and historical analysis of the genocidal war now being conducted by the Zionist regime in Israel against the Palestinians. It draws the connection between the contemporary war in Gaza, as well as the war in Ukraine, with the historical struggle for an international socialist program by the Left Opposition, founded by Leon Trotsky 100 years ago in October 1923.

The Island of Extraordinary Captives, with photographs, a sketch of the camp and an index, tells this riveting story focused on Hutchinson, one of 10 internment camps on the Isle of Man.

Editor David Horovitz on incoming prime minister Netanyahu's next task -- to moderate his coalition; news editor Amy Spiro brings overlooked tale of refugees detained in camps

A new book sheds light on the little-known story of thousands of German Jewish refugees held in internment camps in the UK during World War II - including several of my ancestors

Let’s be honest: Britain during World War II is well-trod literary territory. I read a lot and I studied in European history in college; I thought I’d learned everything I needed to know about it. But Simon Parkin’s The Island of Extraordinary Captives truly delivers as an untold—or at least under-told—story from this time and place.

Lemon battery | Internment/interment

From pageturning thrillers and comic novels to an antidote to doomscrolling – our pick of the best new fiction and nonfiction. Plus 10 brilliant paperbacks, and 10 great reads for children and teens

The struggle for racial justice takes center stage this season, alongside surveys of Russian history, WWII espionage sagas, studies of white supremacist ideology in U.S. institutions, and tributes to pioneering Black Americans.

Simon Parkin’s book about so-called ‘enemy aliens’ interned by the British makes for an informative and engaging read, says Nicholas Jacobs

The story of how art and intellect triumphed in Britain’s bleak internment camps for ‘enemy aliens’ on the Isle of Man