#michaelrosen

"Michael Wayne Rosen (born 7 May 1946) is an English children's author, poet, presenter, political columnist, broadcaster, activist, and academic, who is a professor of children's literature in the Department of Educational Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has written more than 200 books for children and adults." And he was born into a Jewish family in the UK : "Michael Wayne Rosen[2] was born into a Jewish family in Harrow, Middlesex,[3] on 7 May 1946.[4] His ancestors were Jews from the Pale of Settlement, an area that is now Poland, Romania, and Russia,[3] and his family had connections to The Workers Circle and the Jewish Labour Bund.[5]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rosen #children #books #poetry #MichaelRosen #uk

... A Scottish pro-Palestine activist is facing charges for “threatening and abusive behaviour” after reading a poem about children killed by Israel (The National, 2026-07-16) https://www.thenational.scot/news/26290837.scottish-pro-palestine-activist-arrested-for-reading-poem/ archived https://web.archive.org/web/20260719094451/https://www.thenational.scot/news/26290837.scottish-pro-palestine-activist-arrested-for-reading-poem/ ------ >> Bill Williamson, 74, who lives in Ardentinny, said he had been at a weekly Palestine vigil outside Dunoon Burgh Hall on July 4 when he was approached by a pair of police officers while he was reading out Don’t Mention The Children by the Jewish writer Michael Rosen through a megaphone. >> ... “Initially I thought, just let this die a death. But then .. >> “I thought, this is intimidation. The more people that know about it, I think the better.” >> Rosen’s poem was written in response to a 2014 decision by the Israeli Broadcasting Authority to ban a radio advert from human rights group B’Tselem which listed the names of children killed in Gaza... #MichaelRosen #NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@fedibird.com