Ronnie Fraser, at The Blogs

Sep 21, 2018, 12:10 PM

The Jewish contribution to the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War

This November we will commemorate the Centenary of the end of World War I (The Armistice) and of 100 years of the RAF (RAF 100). The accepted story of the First World War is of the huge loss of life, mud and the trenches, but...

Apr 25, 2017, 4:45 PM

UCU can’t reject anti-Semitism definition and claim to be anti-racist

The British Government’s Prevent counter-terrorism strategy for our schools and universities defines extremism as: “Vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.” Next month the University and...

Dec 19, 2016, 7:27 PM

The first step in defeating anti-Semitism is to define it

When Theresa May, the British Prime Minister, announced that her government was to adopt the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism she said that the ‘first step in defeating anti-Semitism is to define it clearly, to remove any doubt about what is unacceptable, so that no one...

Jun 7, 2015, 2:46 PM

BDS derailed?

According to the press last week was a good one for the Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions movement (BDS) with headlines such as, “Netanyahu condemns UK students over pro-boycott vote” and “Fury as NUS leaders vote to boycott Israel”. But if you look behind the headlines,...

About Me

Dr Ronnie Fraser is a retired Mathematics lecturer and a member of the UCU. He is also Director of the Academic Friends of Israel which campaigns against the academic boycott of Israel and antisemitism on campus. Ronnie was awarded his doctorate in 2014 by Royal Holloway College, London for his research into the British trade union movement and their attitude to Israel between 1945 and 1982.