Robert Philpot

Robert Philpot is the Contributing Editor for Progress Online. He also writes regularly on politics and history for Jewish Chronicle.

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The civil rights leader who would hate identity politics

A new film tells the story of Bayard Rustin, a gay, black activist who was steadfast in his support for Jewish causes

By Robert Philpot

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Martin Luther King (centre) with his wife Coretta Scott King and colleagues during a civil rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in Montgomery, March 1965. Bayard Rustin is third from left (William Lovelace/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
New start: Kindertransport children arriving in Britain in 1938

This is what really happened to the children of the Kindertransport

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Far from helping Jews, Franco’s regime was implacably hostile

Far from helping Jews, Franco’s regime was implacably hostile

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Obituary: Baron Lawson of Blaby

Obituary: Baron Lawson of Blaby

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Gone, not forgotten: Margaret Thatcher, our honorary Jew

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April 4, 2023 15:23
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in Downing Street, London, at the start of her third term in office. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

As she enters her final act, what will Dianne Feinstein's legacy be?

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December 24, 2022 17:05
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 28: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) walks through the Senate subway on her way to a procedural vote on the Respect For Marriage Act at the U.S. Capitol on November 28, 2022 in Washington, DC. Congress returns to Washington this week after a Thanksgiving break. Pending issues in the lame-duck session are government funding legislation, Respect For Marriage Act, National Defense Authorization Act and the changes to the Electoral Count Act. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Obituary: Lord Young of Graffham

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December 22, 2022 13:30
Obituary: Lord Young of Graffham

Trump is over, the Republicans need to find themselves a Wes Streeting.

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December 16, 2022 16:26
An attendee wears a yarmulke in support of former US President Donald Trump as Trump speaks virtually at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 19, 2022. (Photo by Wade Vandervort / AFP) (Photo by WADE VANDERVORT/AFP via Getty Images)

DeSantis woos Jewish conservatives in Florida, but can he with the Kosher vote nationwide?

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December 2, 2022 17:23
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 18: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks to guests at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting on November 19, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The meeting comes on the heels of former President Donald Trump becoming the first candidate to declare his intention to seek the GOP nomination in the 2024 presidential race. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The Jewish Democrat who defied political gravity

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November 28, 2022 09:00
EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN - NOVEMBER 09: Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) speaks to reporters at a press conference on November 09, 2022 in East Lansing, Michigan. Rep. Slotkin won her midterm race against Republican congressional candidate Tom Barrett in Michigan's 7th Congressional district. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

The threat to American democracy may be diminished but it’s hardly disappeared

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November 17, 2022 15:00
Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro speaks during a rally with Democratic candidate for US Senate John Fetterman, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 5, 2022. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

The US midterms were a quietly good night for America's Jews

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November 13, 2022 13:14
OAKS, PA - NOVEMBER 08: Democratic gubernatorial candidate, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks to supporters at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center on November 8, 2022 in Oaks, Pennsylvania. Shapiro defeated Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)

Democrats anxiously wait to see if New York turns red

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November 2, 2022 13:45
HAUPPAUGE, NY - OCTOBER 29: New York Republican gubernatorial hopeful, Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) campaigns alongside Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) at a Get Out The Vote Rally on October 29, 2022 in Hauppauge, New York. Zeldin has closed the gap in recent polls to four points after the head to head debate against New York Governor Kathy Hochul. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

The moderate Jewish Democrats in the firing line in the midterms

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October 25, 2022 14:59
US Representative Elaine Luria (D-VA) speaks during a hearing by the House Select Committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the US Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC, on July 21, 2022. - The select House committee conducting the investigation of the Capitol riot is holding its eighth and final hearing, providing a detailed examination of former President Donald Trump's actions on January 6th. More than 850 people have been arrested in connection with the 2021 attack on Congress, which came after Trump delivered a fiery speech to his supporters near the White House falsely claiming that the election was "stolen." (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Can a Jewish moderate beat a Qanon superfan in one of America's most important elections?

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October 19, 2022 11:26
DALLAS, TEXAS - AUGUST 06: U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Hilton Anatole on August 06, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. CPAC began in 1974, and is a conference that brings together and hosts conservative organizations, activists, and world leaders in discussing current events and future political agendas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Is the Republican party enabling America's antisemitic far-right?

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October 4, 2022 16:00
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - AUGUST 12: Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the "alt-right" march down East Market Street toward Emancipation Park during the United the Right rally August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was declared an unlawful gathering and people were forced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be removed. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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