Model TU/Labour motion: Reject IHRA, end IHRA-related disciplinaries Motion: Objection to the [add your organisation’s name]’s adoption of the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism and call for an end to disciplinary actions against any affected Member, Shop Steward, Labourist or Employee accused of anti-Semitism under this definition. This branch of [add your organisation’s name] that trade […]
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Statement by Paul Jonson, suspended by Dudley council
I have been an employee of DUDLEY COUNCIL for 30 years, working as an HOUSING Officer, Homeless Project Manager and currently in the Community Safety Team. On 6 July 2018 the local DUDLEY Palestine Solidarity Group called a lobby of DUDLEY North MP Ian Austin’s Surgery because of a tweet he sent out – then […]
Israeli Academics and Artists Warn Against Equating anti-Zionism With anti-Semitism
Their open letter ahead of a conference in Vienna advises against giving Israel immunity for ‘grave and widespread violations of human rights and international law’ Full article here https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israeli-professors-warn-against-equating-anti-zionism-with-anti-semitism-1.6674309?fbclid=IwAR3H5h5E8MtQL8P-58WFFYdL9BAsHWPqAdVAlFpx9m4MiSkXGZD6PKba7Wg
Petition: Reinstate Paul Jonson!
The case of Paul Jonson is similar to that of LAW secretary Stan Keable, who was sacked from his job at Hammersmith & Fulham council. The witch hunt has clearly permeated all areas of society – most worryingly the workplace. This has serious financial consequences for our comrades, which is why we hope you will speak […]
Model Motion: Reinstate Paul Johnson! Suspended for Palestine solidarity
Model Motion for Trade Union / Labour Party branches This (union / branch / organization etc): Strongly condemns the suspension of Paul Jonson by his employer, Dudley Council. Paul is a longstanding anti-racist activist and campaigner against fascism and antisemitism. Paul’s suspension for a facebook post stating “Stand up for Palestine – Israel is a […]
LAW Statement: Lift suspension of Peter Gregson from GMB, stop investigation
Labour Against the Witchhunt calls on Labour’s NEC to reject the allegations of anti-Semitism against Peter Gregson, condemns his suspension by the GMB trade union and calls for the immediate restoration of his full membership rights. The principle ‘guilty until proved innocent’ threatens the rights of all members, chills discussion, damages democracy and invites malicious […]
Labour NCC elections: Four questions to left candidates
We have written to all left candidates. We will publish all answers online as soon we receive them so that our members and supporters can decide who to nominate from their CLP and who to vote for when elections commence in November. Feel free to contact the candidates, too. We believe an active approach to candidates […]
Antisemitic misconduct – what it is and what it is not
ANTISEMITIC MISCONDUCT What it is – and what it is not This document has been prepared by Jewish Voice for Labour and Free Speech on Israel as a contribution to the Labour Party’s consultation on its Code of Conduct on Antisemitism but has a wider significance. LAW fully supports this excellent contribution to the debate. […]
Have you missed ‘The Lobby’?
The Lobby – A Four-Part Investigation In the first of a four-part series, Al Jazeera goes undercover inside the Israel Lobby in Britain. We expose a campaign to infiltrate and influence youth groups, including the National Union of Students, whose president faces a smear campaign coordinated by her own deputy and supported by the Israel […]
Do not cooperate with the ‘Antisemitism Monitoring Centre’!
We call on all Labour Party members to stay well clear of the Jewish Labour Movement’s latest stunt. The JLM, which is the sister party of the Zionist Labor Party in Israel, has written to CLP secretaries, asking them to distribute their “survey” on anti-Semitism in the Labour Party to all local members. Many CLP […]
LAW Twitter account
Statement, LAW steering committee The steering committee of Labour Against the Witchhunt deplores some of the tweets that have been issued in our name. The LAW Twitter account had been used outside of our control. We have only just been informed of the content of some of the tweets and wish to distance LAW from […]
Documentary: The Political Lynching of Jackie Walker
The world preview of this documentary by Jon Pullman in Liverpool had to be halted after a hoax bomb threat. There are forces that are clearly unhappy about the documentary’s exposure of the right-wing campaign that has led to Jackie’s suspension from the Labour Party. But they have only achieved the opposite: Plenty of people […]
Campaign for Socialism witch-hunts two members on absurd charges
The witch-hunt of Labour Party socialists has taken a new disturbing turn in Scotland, with the Campaign for Socialism’s (CfS) executive committee taking the lead. Despite criticisms of the Momentum leadership’s handling of the witch-hunt and their lack of support for its victims, Jon Lansman’s organisation, to date, has preferred to let others do the […]
Anatomy of a Bomb scare – by Kevin Higgins
Anatomy of a Bomb scare for Jacqueline Walker Tasks such as this are typically implemented on deniable mobile phones, ordered by a raised eyebrow or nod fourth or fifth floor of an unpainted, concrete building, about which no more can be said because, for reasons obvious to both The Guardian and the Daily Star […]