Marcus Roberts is the former deputy general secretary of the Fabian Society. At the Fabian Society he authored reports, including Labour’s Next Majority: The 40 per cent strategy and Revolt On The Left: Labour’s Ukip problem and how it can be overcome. Roberts also worked on the Al Gore, John Kerry and Barack Obama US presidential campaigns.
Our Voice of the Fortnight is from the Times of Israel's 'Wartime Diaries' podcast. In the immediate aftermath of October 7th, Shai Davidai – an Assistant Professor at Columbia University – became an unlikely public defender of Israel. And truthfully, even he was surprised by this turn of events: As a committed left-wing Israeli, he had spent years criticizing the government, and often took to the streets to demonstrate against its policies. But the atmosphere he witnessed on college campuses (and specifically on his own campus at Columbia), compelled him to speak up and speak out.