Feel free to change and amend. Please send us successfully passed motions to info@labouragainstthewitchhunt.org and we will publish them. You can download the motion in Word format here. 1. This branch/CLPs notes that: 1.1 Ruth Smeeth MP claimed that at the launch of the Charkrabarti report in June 2016, veteran anti-racist campaigner Marc Wadsworth was being […]
Category: model motions
Complaints and disciplinary procedures in the Labour Party
The motion below was passed unanimously by Ceredigion CLP on 27th April. This CLP calls on the NEC to ensure: 1) that there are fair and transparent procedures and processes in relation to the suspension and expulsion of members from the party, including the right of appeal, and 2) similarly, that there are fair and transparent procedures and […]
Model motion on Anti-Semitism and the witch-hunt of Corbyn supporters
1. This branch/CLPs notes that: 1.1. The dramatic increase in suspensions and expulsions of Labour Party members without due process – especially those based on alleged anti-Semitism or “support for other organisations” using rule 2.1.4.B. 1. 2. Despite the growing number of fallacious allegations of anti-Semitism, initiated by a group of anti-Corbyn MPs in cooperation […]
Merseyside Pensioners Association: a toxic conspiracy to bring down Corbyn
At a meeting on Wednesday April 25th 2018 the Merseyside Pensioners Association unanimously passed this resolution. This MPA reaffirms it’s belief that the continuing fiction of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party is generated by a toxic mix of Tories, Blairites, right-wing self-styled representatives of the ‘Jewish community’ and is designed to undermine Jeremy Corbyn and […]
Transparency and presumption of innocence
Based on FSOI/JVL model and passed unanimously by South Cambridgeshire Constituency Party on March 27: “South Cambridgeshire Constituency Labour Party notes that more than 20 months on from the Report of the Chakrabarti Inquiry, disciplinary measures in response to complaints and charges against members have continued to be implemented in an arbitrary manner without consistent […]
How you can support LAW’s submission to the Corbyn Review
Background: The so-called Corbyn Review aims to produce a report to the 2018 annual conference in Liverpool. It is not a blue-sky-thinking exercise, however: Submissions invited are limited to answering 32 pre-set questions on six themes with a 250-word-limit on each of the questions. None of these deal with the compliance unit (Disputes) or the fate of […]
Order LAW’s new leaflet
Download front page and back page in PDF format or download in A4 format (both pages side by side) You can now order copies of this leaflet for distribution in your local area: 20 leaflets for £2 50 leaflets for £3 100 leaflets for £5 200 leaflets for £8 1k leaflets for £30 You can pay via […]
Anti-Semitism training by the JLM? Just say no!
We understand that the Jewish Labour Movement is writing to Constituency Labour Parties offering training sessions in opposing anti-semitism. While opposed to racism in all its forms, we urge CLPs to reject the JLM’s offer for the following reasons: The JLM encourages the adoption of the International Holocaust Memorial Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-semitism, with […]
Grassroots Black Left Submission to Labour’s Democracy Review
I have been asked to distribute this to people and ask them to submit the following to the Democracy Review at democracy@labour.org.uk. It has to be in by Friday 12th January 4pm. I am also enclosing the Grassroots Black Left (GBL) criticism of Momentum owner Jon Lansman’s proposals on BAME. They are very critical of […]
Model motion: Review suspensions policy
Model Motion to Labour NEC Review suspensions policy This branch/CLP notes the August 9 report by online political news journal Skwawkbox revealing the Information Commissioners Office ruling that Labour headquarters cannot trawl through members’ social media accounts for disciplinary purposes, as this was a breach of the Data Protection Act, because, as a ‘data controller’ […]