(please not that this article first appeared on the website of Labour Party Marxists – all links refer to that site)
The expulsion of long-standing Israeli socialist Moshé Machover from the Labour Party (expulsion letter here) caused shockwaves throughout the labour movement. We feature the motions and statements in support of Moshé and against the ongoing witch hunt by the right in the party.
On October 5, Moshe received a second explusion letter, which states that “These allegations [of anti-Semitism] are not subject to an investigation as you are not currently a member of the Labour Party.” They will probably be kept on file, should his expulsion based on his “clear support” for LPM be overturned. This is arbitrary, to say the least.
Clearly, the mass protests against the outrageous decision worked: On October 30, they were forced to – very reluctantly – reverse their own decision and Moshé has now been reinstated to full membership.
Click here to read the correspondence between comrade Machover and Sam Matthews, “head of disputes”.
Labour Party branches and CLPs
- Sheffield Hallam CLP
- Hackney South and Shoreditch CLP
- Hexham CLP
- Hampstead and Kilburn CLP
- Stoke Newington Labour Party branch
- Otley & Yeadon branch (Leeds North West CLP)
- Broomhill & Sharrow Labour Party branch (Sheffield Central CLP)
- Larkswood & Valley Labour Party Branch (Chingford and Woodford Green CLP)
- South West Central Labour Party branch of Oxford East CLP
- St Michael’s Branch Labour Party, Liverpool
- Mapesbury Branch (Brent Central CLP)
- Sherwood branch (Nottingham East CLP)
- Wanstead Branch (Leyton and Wanstead CLP)
- Queen’s Park branch of the Labour Party (comrade Machover’s branch)
- Cam, Dursley and Berkeley branch of Stroud CLP
- Ecclesall Labour Party branch, Sheffield
- St. Georges Labour Party branch
- Hoxton West Labour Party branch
- Haggerston Labour Part branch
- East Dulwich Labour Party branch
- Herne Hill Labour Party branch
- Bethnal Green Labour Party branch
- West branch Hastings and Rye Labour Party
- Kilburn Labour Party branch
- Holme Valley North Labour Party branch
- Highams Park Labour Party branch
- West Hampstead and Fortune Green Labour Party branch
Other organisations and individuals
- Sheffield Momentum
- Swansea Bay Momentum
- Camden Momentum: 2 motions
- Statement by the Labour Representation Committee
- Merseyside Pensioners Association
- Brighton and Hove UNISON Local Government Branch
- Statement by the Jewish Socialists Group
- Hands Off the People of Iran
- Statement by Kevin Ovenden: Everyone should stand up for Moshe Machover
- Free Speech on Israel: Article by Mike Cushman
- Statement by Jewish Voice for Labour
- Article by Bob Pitt
- Article by The Electronic Intifada
- Jonathan Cook: Article 1 (October 4) and Article 2 (October 5)
- Tony Greenstein in the Weekly Worker