Matthew Kennard

Matthew Kennard^[1] is a British journalist who has previously written for the Leeds Student, Daily Bruin, Bulb magazine, New Statesman and The Guardian. He made headlines when as a student journalist he accused Leeds University lecturer Frank Ellis of racism and was interviewed by the Today programme on BBC Radio 4.^[2] He has interviewed Claire Short, Richard Dawkins, Noam Chomsky, Tony Benn, Norman Finkelstein and Damon Albarn as well as many other prominent scientists, journalists, politicians and musicians.

Kennard also broke the story in the Daily Bruin of the Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz’s attempts to suppress the publication of Beyond Chutzpah (Norman Finkelstein) by the University of California Press. Dershowitz accused him of being a 'liar' in print,^[3] this story was subsequently picked up in national newspapers in Britain and America.

Position on the Gaza Flotilla

Kennard's website indicates that he considered the crew and passengers on the flotilla to be "terrorists." Kennard writes in the article entitled “Peace Activists” Are Nothing More Than Terrorists: "The Free Gaza Flotilla “peace activists” shot at IDF soldiers that were armed with paint ball guns and small hand guns (on the off chance there would be violence), stabbed them, and hit them with metal bats." mattkennard.com

Personal views on free market economic system

Kennard's writings in the Comment Factory, the Nation, and his Guardian blog indicate that he is a strong proponent of democratic socialism. He describes the free market economic system as one that "creates obscene inequalities and mass starvation." [1]

References

1. ^ Kennard's website
2. ^ BBC Radio 4 Today programme
3. ^ Daily Bruin

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