I am a researcher and translator, a trade unionist and a political activist. I live in Walthamstow, in north-east London. My main area of knowledge and interest is the Middle East, the history and politics of Israel and Palestine, Zionism and Jewish matters. I also contribute on political issues, London and other places I know about, and literary and other cultural topics.
I am old enough to remember when television was black-and white, and there was only one channel. When I was born, Britain had a king; to my regret, it is still a monarchy. When I went to university, one of my lecturers built a computer. We were fascinated by this object, which — if you attached a tape recorder to run a programme — could add up figures entered on a keypad, and print out the answer on an electric typewriter.
About Me
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| "One may be surprised to discover that chief amongst ‘Wikipedia Jews’ is alleged ‘Anti Zionist’ (RolandR)... a London based Jewish Marxist who spends most of his time peppering Wikipedia entries with Judeo-centric context." Gilad Atzmon, 20 August 2010 [2] | "The worst anti-Semite on Wikipedia is a British Stalinist "editor" named (RolandR), closely allied to Holocaust Deniers Gilad Atzmon and Paul Eisen. He systematically distorts and vandalizes all items related to Israel to give it an anti-Semitic twist." "Ben", 19 August 2010 [3] |
My Barnstars
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
| For identifying a poem (A Life) that I was looking for. Bless sins 22:48, 25 February 2007 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of Diligence | |
| for your contributions, including extensive translations of source material, and a voice of reason with attention to detail, all beautifully displayed on talk pages and in your edits Tiamut 12:41, 26 February 2007 (UTC) |
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The Rosetta Barnstar | |
| For your kind assistance helping me usurp the account at the Hebrew Wikiquote, and your ongoing contributions to translations on Wikimedia projects, I award you this small token of our appreciation. –xeno (talk) 21:59, 21 February 2009 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of Diligence |
| You're a star ... so thought to send you one. Hope you don't mind, but I pilfered your userpage to populate my own with some boxes. Really glad to know that you're on Wikipedia ... Abedwayyad (talk) 15:04, 24 July 2011 (UTC) |
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The Special Barnstar | |
| This is to say thanks for digging out that citation, including the quote, for me to use on the National Front (UK) article, despite my blunder of accidentally calling them "EDL". Thanks! – Richard BB 13:38, 15 October 2011 (UTC) |
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The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar | |
| I, User:Jehochman, award User:RolandR the Defender of the Wiki Barnstar for stopping a campaign of ethnic POV pushing or sneaky vandalism by a disruptive editor. Jehochman Talk 00:22, 12 March 2012 (UTC) |
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The Special Barnstar |
Thanks for your contributions, RolandR. I award barnstars to users who have been contributing to fields such as vandalism and fixing articles. I saw you've been active in these and I thought I would give you an award.  SwisterTwister talk 02:21, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
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The Barnstar of Diligence |
| Two of my edits were either corrected, or acknowledged by Rolandr in a 24 hour period. As someone very new to wikipedia, I want to thank you for your diligence. Diogenes The Cynic II (talk) 23:33, 24 December 2012 (UTC) |
Countries I have visited
User comitted identity
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